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Module Title
LI Communication and Skills in Biosciences
School
School of Bioscience
Department
School of Biosciences
Module Code
03 35415
Module Lead
Roisin Madigan
Level
Intermediate Level
Credits
10
Semester
Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Exclusions
Description
This is a 10 credit Phase 2 module for all Honours students registered for the Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Human Biology. The module is delivered by a series of lectures, workshops and independent work but is also integrated with the tutorials with the personal tutor. It aims to improve scientific writing, oral presentation, science communication and group work skills. The module will start with a series of lectures introducing the scientific literature, scientific ethics, critical appraisal of scientific papers and science communication and the media.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Articulate and discuss ethical issues arising in scientific research
Understand the nature of the scientific literature
Be able to search and retrieve articles from the scientific literature using different defined search criteria and on-line databases and libraries
Critically review and interpret a research paper
Understand why particular statistical tests have been performed, and know how to report the results of statistical tests and interpret results in published papers
Communicate ideas clearly, both orally and in written exams and extended essays
Communicate complex scientific ideas to a ‘lay’ audience
Work in groups to produce a short video that addresses a scientific question
Develop strategies to organise your time effectively and coordinate the delegation of defined tasks.
Identify three skills and describe the circumstance or scenario in which you could deploy or have deployed them effectively