Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE WRITING AND PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES	Third cycle	ECF 603		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Assist. Prof.Dr. İffet İpek Boşgelmez
Lecturer(s)	Assist. Prof.Dr. İffet İpek Boşgelmez
Teaching assitant(s)	-
Mode of delivery	Theoretical, practical.
Course objective	Course aims to provide detailed description of scientific writing and presentation.
Course description	Details of oral and poster presentations, article types.

Course contents

1	Introduction to scientific materials
2	An overview of oral presentations, preparation/presentation guidelines
3	Participation to a seminar
4	Introduction to written material types
5	An overview of posters and preparation/presentation guidelines
6	Exploring poster samples
7	Midterm
8	Article types (original research, letter, review etc)
9	Examples of article types, guidelines, parts
10	Examples of article types (practice in samples)
11	Basic principles in manuscript preparation
12	Basic principles in writing thesis and reports, discussion on samples
13	Student presentations
14	FINAL EXAM
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Learns about types/properties of written and oral scientific materials, and how to prepare them (with practices).
2	Learns the principles of oral presentations.
3	Learns the principles of poster presentations.
4	Investigates the types and parts of manuscripts.
5	Learns the basic principles of preparation of manuscripts/articles.
6	Learns the basic principles of preparation of thesis and reports.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	13	4	52
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	13	5	65
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	2	20	40
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	0	0	0
Midterm exams	0	0	0
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Final exam	1	1	1
Research	7	5	35
Total work load			203
ECTS			8.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homework	2	40
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	-
Additional references	1.Ayşan E (2003) İnternet Desteğinde Bilimsel Makale ve Tez Yazımı. 3.Baskı. Lotus Matbaacılık, İstanbul. 2.Cantürk NZ, Sayek İ (2005) Cerrahi Araştırma-Bilimsel Makale Yazımı. Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri.Day RA (2000) Bilimsel bir Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve Yayımlanır? Çeviri: Gülay Aşkar Altay 4. Basım, TÜBİTAK yayınları. 3.Edis K, Eryürek İB, Derbentli T, Sevük A (Çev.) (1994) Bilimsel Makaleleri Hazırlama ve Yazma Tekniği. (Orijinal eser yazarları: Edward P. Bailey, Jr., Philip A. Powell, Jack M. Shuttleworth) Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul. 4.Erren TC, Bourne PE (2007) Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation. Plos Comp Biol 3(5):e102, 0777-0778. 5.Üstdal M, Vuillaume R, Gülbahar K, Gülbahar Y (2004) Bilimsel Araştırma Kılavuzu-Projeden Makaleye. Pelikan Yayıncılık, Ankara. 6.Üstdal KM (2009) Bilimsel Bir Posterin Hazırlanmasında ve Sunulmasında Bilinmesi Gerekenler. Erciyes Tıp Dergisi (Erciyes Medical Journal) 31(3):282-290.

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