Forum:Seminar papers/Biophysics/2. LF/2015-2016/Hints

Hints from Prof Carmel J. Caruana
Dear students here are some hints on writing your wikilecture.

VERY IMPORTANT Aim for quality not quantity! A lot of copying and pasting without true understanding would be easily detected by the examiner. Make sure you have some good diagrams. If it is copyrighted material, just describe it briefly and give the author and provide a link to it.

Your wiki lecture should consist essentially of four parts:

1. Introduction

 * Start with a good definition which shows that you have understood clearly what the title of your wikilecture is about!
 * Explain the definition in more detail - as if you are explaining it to a colleague who does not know it.

2. Say why it is important in clinical medicine

 * In which branches of medicine is it important?
 * What is its role in diagnosis or therapy or both?

3. Say briefly what the literature says about it. Answer some of these questions:

 * Are there different types?
 * What are advantages and disadvantages?
 * How does it work?
 * How was it developed?
 * What is the present state of its development?
 * Are there any risks in it’s use?
 * etc etc

4. Conclusion

 * What future developments are envisaged in the area?

Reference List: Give 3 - 5 KEY references (not the first ones you come across but those which provide real good information and which you can recommend to your colleagues if they want further information).

The following information should be given for each reference:


 * 1) Book: name of at least one author or corporation; title; edition; year; isbn
 * 2) Article in journal: name of at least one author or corporation; article; journal; pages; year; volume or the year; issn.
 * 3) Webpage: name of at least one author or corporation; url.

For more information on referencing go to Template:Cite/documentation

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Dear students,

Before you submit your wikilecture go through each part and ask yourself - is this really about my topic or not? Going out of subject is one of the worst things you can do at university because it shows that you cannot focus on your particular topic.

Please remember the absolute deadline is Monday 7th December midnight.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to send me an email on carmel.j.caruana@um.edu.mt. The email subject should be 'Wikilectures - your name and surname"

For questions of a general nature which would be of interest to all please use this forum.

Cheers

prof Caruana