Unit information: Unit 3 - Advanced Research Skills in 2011/12

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Unit name Unit 3 - Advanced Research Skills
Unit code PHARM0004
Credit points 15
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Professor. Apps
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Unit 1 $� Foundations of Neuroscience and Unit 2 $� Concepts and Techniques for In Vivo Research (MRes Systems Neuroscience)

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Faculty Faculty of Life Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

In this unit the following topics are taught: How to write a systematic literature review How to make a scientific poster How to present a scientific poster Public understanding of science The students will develop their skills in the above by: Writing an extensive literature review on the subject of their subsequent research project Making and presenting a poster based on their literature review Writing a lay summary of the background to their proposed research project