Department of Public Health 2023/2024 year 1st semester
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Department of Public Health
2023/2024 year 1st semester
Project Work Requirements of Medical Sociology Course for 2nd Year Medical Students
During the semester, students will have to work on a project in small groups (maximum 3-4 students per group) in order to learn how to perform a scientific research.
The project work includes a research plan related to a pre-selected topic,a review of the scientific literature related to the topic, a questionnaire OR an interview, and a presentation of the project work. Students will be rewarded with maximum of 40 points for the project work
Steps of the project work
1. Topic/title (1st slide). Maximum 2 points.
2. Research questions, goals, hypotheses (2nd slide). Maximum 4 points. 3. Presentation of the theoretical background of the research question(s).
(maximum 10 slides, maximum 10 minutes duration). Maximum 10 points.
Select two articles from the literature uploaded to CooSpace (Presentation folder) and collect 8-10 scientific literature on a given topic by performing literature research (pubmed.com; sciencedirect.com, statistical databases, etc.). Summarise the background in a few sentences.
Literature references should be listed in alphabetical order (APA style), at the end of the presentation. References to the literature should be given in brackets in the text;for one author: lastname of author,year (Abbott, 2005),for two authors: lastname of authors, year (Dore-Duffy and LaManna, 2007), for several authors: last name of first author, year (Blasiole et al., 2007).
4. Describe the significance of your own research in relation with medicine. Maximum 2 points.
5. Introduce the method. Maximum 10 points.
. Interview (questions and answers) OR
. Questionnaire (online or paper-based, which the students fill out for each other during the test survey).
Interview:
. Attach the interview (at least 10- 15 questions + answers).
. The interviewee must be a competent person in the chosen topic.
. The interview should last for 20-25 minutes. It is up to the students how to formulate the specific interview questions.
. Recommended interview topics:
. professional socialisation, career orientation - career choice, prior knowledge, family patterns, difficulties of their career.
. initial difficulties - variants of solutions
. working conditions, satisfaction, doctor-patient relationship - communication, teamwork
. role conflict -family and career - possible solutions
. professional vision, preconceptions vs. reality
. experiences of doctor-patient encounters explored through a medical sociology theme (e.g. addiction, disability, sexual health, stigma, compliance etc.)
Questionnaire:
. Attach and present the questionnaire (if you use an online questionnaire, please include the link to the questionnaire in the submitted research design).
. The questionnaire should contain at least 15 -20 questions (and answer options), measures the dependent and independent variables and comply with the rules of questionnaire construction.
. If you use a validated questionnaire or scale (e.g. Beck Depression Scale, Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, Bogardus Scale, etc.), please provide the name of the instrument and a justification for its use in your presentation.
6. Describe the composition, size of the sample and sampling procedure. Maximum 2 points.
The structure, requirements and evaluation criteria of the presentation:
. Duration: presentation time 20-25 minutes + 10 minutes discussion. Maximum 2 points
. Content: the slides are neat; the text in the slides is clear and understandable. Maximum 3 points
. Style of presentation, interactivity: rhetorical quality of the presentation, debating skills, quality of interactivity, 3-4 questions per presentation regarding the project work in the last slide, to which the group responds; the presenter also responds to the questions posed by the group. Maximum 5 points
2023-09-26