Medical School RTP 6950

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Medical School RTP 6950

• Literature Review Tutorial
• Dr Patrick Eyers
• 1st Year PGR Tutor
• GU32, Medical School

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Reminder MED640 Critical Review of Research
Papers

• Identify relevant scientific literature
• Acquire in-depth knowledge on the topic
• Present a scientific paper to your peers
• Critically evaluate and discuss scientific data
• Develop skills for writing your literature review
• Module dates Wed 2nd Nov 2011 (2-4 pm)
• Mon 7th Nov 2011 9-5 pm (?)
• Tues 8th Nov 2011 1-3.30 pm

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Content

• Factual Information that can be referenced
• Should cover entire scope of your study
• Conflicting arguments should be equally weighted
  and discussed its a review so be balanced!
• You may express an evaluated opinion on
  controversial data after full discussion of the
  literature
• Beware of journal envy (positive or negative)

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Information Sources

• Your Supervisor
• Your colleagues (other PhD/MSc students!)
• Pubmed (NCBI)/Medline
• www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Primary research papers
• Other reviews (be careful, maybe 2 or 3)
• Library e-journals
• Books OK, but always out of date
• Websites Be Very Careful! Best avoided

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Structure

• Relevant to your research area
• Introduction background sets the scene why
  important? (How did this get funded?)
• Body contains the detail - use sections to keep
  it clear (progressively more complex?)
• A picture is better than a thousand words use
  your own Figures. Can rely on .jpg, .tiff, .pdf
• Finish with a conclusion/Summary to round it of
  take home message should be strong
• Link your research into this if possible ie pose
  a question, or make clear what isnt known

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Figures

• Actively encouraged bare minimum of 3
• Graphs Pictures Diagrams etc.
• YOUR OWN
• Colour is best, but be sensible!
• Dont make text too small to read.
• Legends describe what is in the figure -
  exempt from the word count!
• If it is not yours you must reference it!
• Try and construct a summary figure

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Practicalities 1

• 4000 word limit flexible (20-30 pages)
• Use 12 point font (e.g. Arial)
• Spacing at 1.5 lines
• Inset figures in a box that also contains the
  legend. Use insert command
• Include a Title page (Must include DDP number,
  supervisor, department, registration number)

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Practicalities 2

• Break into sections for each subject area keeps
  a good structure
• Include a Contents page
• Include Abbreviations (looks good too)
• Use the headings tool in MS Word for this
• Get it bound together nicely
• Hand it in on time
• Get most of it done by Christmas

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Practicalities 3 Contents Page
1 Protein Kinases 1 1.1 Ser/Thr
kinases 1 1.1.1 Non-membrane 3 1.1.2
Transmembrane 5 1.2 Tyrosine
kinases 7 1.2.1 Non-Membrane 8 1.2.2
Transmembrane 10 2 Protein phosphatases 12
2.1 Classification 12 2.1.1 Catalytic
mechanism 16 2.1.1.1 Metal ions 18
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Practicalities 4 References

• References must be done using a reference
  manager. End note or end note
• Use Author date to help the marker validate your
  references easily
• Bibliography in Alphabetical order
• References are not included in the word count-so
  no excuses please

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Submission

• Wed 11th Jan 2012 _at_ 5.00pm
• Every day late you lose 5 of your final mark
• 2 Printed copies and 1 Electronic copy to Jodie
  Burnham (LU116)j.a.burnham_at_shef.ac.uk
• You must email your Endnote reference Library to
  Jodie so she can verify its usage

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Submission 2

• Your review will be checked for plagiarism before
  marking Dont copy!!!! If you do, it will be
  discovered and acted upon-so be prepared to
  defend yourself
• Figures can be re-drawn and modernised (Cite as
  After Bloggs et al., 2009)
• Your supervisor and another member of staff
  knowledgeable in the area will mark your work
• The pass mark is 65