Documentation and Information in Medicine
Code
101183
Academic unit
NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
Credits
2
Teacher in charge
Professor Doutor Miguel de Oliveira Correia
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
We have developed this Curricular Unit to respond to difficulties among internet information users in identifying, evaluating, selecting, locating and accessing relevant information sources that can address specific information needs and objectives.
The main objective of this unit is to help students with a set of critical information skills, in the biomedical information literacy area, that have been recognized as crucial for academic achievement and life-long learning development in an increasingly competitive and global context.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1. Find, search, evaluate & ethical use of biomedical information
2. Biomedical information retrieval in electronic resources
3. Citation and referencing
4. Scientific Publishing and Bibliometrics
Bibliography
1. Find, search, evaluate & ethical use of biomedical information
Badke, W. Research strategies: finding your way through the information fog. 3. New York: iUniverse, 2008. Print.
2. Biomedical information retrieval in electronic resources
Kingsley K, Galbraith GM, Herring M, Stowers E, Stewart T, Kingsley KV. Why not just Google it?. BMC Medical Education. 2011; 11:17. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/11/17
3. Citation and referencing
Kellum KK, Mark AE, Riley-Huff DA - Development, assessment and use of an on-line plagiarism tutorial. Library Hi
Tech. 2011; 29(4) 641-654. Available from: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/07378831111189741
4. Scientific Publishing and Bibliometrics
Thomson Reuters. Using bibliometrics: a guide to evaluating research performance with citation data. [Internet]. New York, NY: Thomson Reuters; 2010. Available from: http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs /325133_thomson.pdf.
Teaching method
The lectures are predominantly expository (oral presentation MSpowerpoint e Internet). In practical classes the students will solve Group exercises and practice searches in biomedical resources. In the theoretical classes it will prevail a strong interaction between concepts and their practical application.
Evaluation method
The students have a final examination worth 100%, its an evaluation test (multiple-choice questions and 1 essay question).