MDSC1102 - Skills for Medical Scientists 1

Timetable - Semester 1, 2020

Week Topic Lecturer Format Date Time Location

INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC (Please bring your phone or laptop ) L1

Week 1 Elke Sokoya Mon 2-Mar 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
COMPULSORY
L2
INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION-BASED RESEARCH Voula Gaganis Tue 3-Mar 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
COMPULSORY
ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Workshop 1
Voula Gaganis Tue 3-Mar
(Oral Presentation Skills Lecture followed by practical) COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Level 4 Seminar
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Area
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50
PUBLIC HOLIDAY (No live lecture but watch videos on FLO )
Week 2 Ursula Bronicki L3 Mon 9-Mar N/A FLO
COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK PART 1 AND 2

DISEASE OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION (Discussion of Assignment 1 ) Voula Gaganis L4 Tue 10-Mar 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01

*DISEASE OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION WORKSHOP Workshop 2

Voula Gaganis Tue 10-Mar
(Start of Assignment 1- Group Allocation & Completion of Team Charter) COMPULSORY

Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50

Level 4 Seminar
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Area
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50

Week 3 WRITING A LITERATURE REVIEW (Discussion of Assignment 2.1 ) Voula Gaganis L5 Mon 16-Mar 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01

Teoh Kung-Keat L6
PLAGIARISM AND PARAPHRASING Tue 17-Mar 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
(SLC) COMPULSORY
LITERATURE REVIEW WORKSHOP Workshop 3
Voula Gaganis Tue 17-Mar
(Analysis of Sample Literature Review) COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50 Lecture Theatre 3
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50

DATABASE SEARCH METHODS

Week 4 Heidi Savilla L7 Mon 23-Mar 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
Please bring a laptop for use during the lecture

Barbara Craig
REFERENCING WITH VANCOUVER L8 Tue 24-Mar 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
(SLC)
Computer Lab
DATABASE SEARCHING COMPUTER LAB
Library Staff Workshop 4 Tue 24-Mar
(Start of Assignment 2.1- Provision of Topics)
COMPULSORY
Class 1 10:00-10:50
Class 2 11:00-11:50
Class 3 1:00-1:50
Microscopy Lab
Class 4 2:00-2:50
Class 5 3:00-3:50
Class 6 4:00-4:50
L9
Week 5 STUDY DESIGNS- POPULATION-BASED RESEARCH METHODS Voula Gaganis Mon 30-Mar 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
COMPULSORY
SCIENTIFIC WRITING John Stirling L10 Tue 31-Mar 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01

DETAILS OF GRANT ASSIGNMENT WORKSHOP Workshop 5

Voula Gaganis Tue 31-Mar
(Part 1- Details of Grant Assignment; Part 2- Grant Application Example) COMPULSORY

Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50

Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50 Lecture Theatre 3
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50

Week 6 PERSUASIVE WRITING Werner Botha L11 Mon 6-Apr 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01

DIAGNOSTICS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE John Stirling L12 Tue 7-Apr 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01

*GRANT ASSIGNMENT RESEARCH PLAN WORKSHOP I

Workshop 6
(Start of Assignment 2.2- Group Allocation & Completion of Team Voula Gaganis Tue 7-Apr
COMPULSORY
Charter)
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50 Lecture Theatre 3
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50
 MID-SEMESTER BREAK

Week 7 ANIMAL RESEARCH AND ETHICS Dani Dixon L13 Mon 27-Apr 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
HUMAN RESEARCH AND ETHICS Mark Slee L14 Tue 28-Apr 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
GRANT ASSIGNMENT RESEARCH PLAN WORKSHOP II Workshop 7
Voula Gaganis Tue 28-Apr
(Continuation of Assignment 2.2 - Bring completed task) COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Level 4 Seminar
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Area
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50

Week 8 STATISTICS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH I Mary Barnes L15 Mon 4-May 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01

STATISTICS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH II Mary Barnes L16 Tue 5-May 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
Workshop 8
DATA ANALYSIS: STATISTICS WORKSHOP Mary Barnes Tue 5-May
COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Level 4 Seminar
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Area
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50
Week 9 COMMUNICATION IN MEDICAL RESEARCH Elke Sokoya L17 Mon 11-May 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS Elke Sokoya L18 Tue 12-May 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
Workshop 9
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS: WORKSHOP I Elke Sokoya Tue 12-May
COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Level 4 Seminar
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Area
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50
Week 10 SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS Heidi Savilla L19 Mon 18-May 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
FUNDING MEDICAL RESEARCH John Stirling L20 Tue 19-May 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
Workshop 10
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS: WORKSHOP II Elke Sokoya Tue 19-May
COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Level 4 Seminar
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Area
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50
Week 11 MEDICAL DEVICES John Arkwright L21 Mon 25-May 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS Annie Murray L22 Tue 26-May 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS: WORKSHOP III Workshop 11
Elke Sokoya Tue 26-May
(Exam Conditions- no admission after scheduled start) COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50 Lecture Theatre 3
(1st hour)
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Level 4 Seminar
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50 Area (2nd hour)
Week 12 CALCULATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL LABS Elke Sokoya L23 Mon 1-Jun 1:00-1:50 HSLTC 1.01
THEORETICAL PARADIGMS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH Anya Arthurs L24 Tue 2-Jun 8:00-8:50 HSLTC 1.01
Workshop 12
CALCULATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL LABS WORKSHOP Elke Sokoya Tue 2-Jun
COMPULSORY
Class 1 and 2 9:00-10:50
Level 4 Seminar
Class 3 and 4 1:00-2:50
Area
Class 5 and 6 3:00-4:50

Week 13 PUBLIC HOLIDAY (No lecture ) Mon 8-Jun

OMICS AND PRECISION MEDICINE (No live lecture but watch
Karen Lower L25 Tue 9-Jun N/A FLO
Camtasia presentation on FLO )
No scheduled workshop

Rooms in the Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) Rooms in the Health Sciences Lecture Theatre Complex
Lecture Theatre 3 = 5E305 HSLTC 1.01
Level 4 Seminar Area = 4E303
Microscopy Lab = 5D218

Students need to register into one of the workshop classes. Please attend ONLY this session.
* If you are absent from this workshop, it is your responsibility to contact Tarryn Gagliardi ASAP so that you can be placed into a group.

FIRE TRAINING AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY TUTORIAL IS ON FLO. IT IS MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS AND COMPLETE THE QUIZZES.

Please bring your laptop to the Database Search Methods lecture and every workshop (except the Computer Lab and Workshops 8 and 11)

Closed shoes must be worn in Microscopy Lab