In this part, we will introduce you to the basics of scientific publication and communication. In order to understand how to search and find scientific literature relevant to your topic, it is good to know something about the context in which the information is published and communicated. We will give some special attention to different kinds of research articles since they will probably be an important part in your own projects.

Introduction video

In the following video Lotta will give you a short introduction to this part of the course.

Viewing time: 2:20 minutes.

Transcript to the video Introduction to Scientific Publication

Part Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)

After this part you should be able to:

describe how scientific information is published and communicated
have knowledge of how a scientific article is structured
identify different kinds of scientific sources.

Overall Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)

After the course you will:

understand the context and the characteristics of scientific information
be able to search and manage the medical sciences literature in a structured way

How to work in this part

This part of the course consists of videos, text and study questions. You can se the different pages in the margin to your left. Click on the title of the next section or choose next at the bottom of the page to continue. After a video or a text part you will be asked a couple of study questions. For this part of the course there is no assignment in the exercise document.

This is what you should do in this part:

Watch the Introduction video above (or read the transcript if you prefer).
Watch the video about Communicating Science and read the text
Answer the Study questions about communicating science
Watch the videos on Scientific articles
Answer the study questions about scientific articles
Go to 'Learn more' if you want to deepen your knowledge - otherwise go to the next part of the course.