ME-624 Research Dissemination in Health and Sport Sciences: Scientific presenting and practice

On successful completion of the course, the candidate:

Knowledge

• is able to assess the usefulness of disseminating research findings in different channels to different audiences
• knows how articles and a PhD thesis are constructed and demonstrates knowledge on the procedures of scientific writing and publishing
• is familiar with and able to assess the possibilities of research dissemination through popular scientific channels such as media and social media

Skills

• can disseminate the candidate´s research work through recognised national and international channels
• can disseminate academic matters in both scientific and popular scientific ways

General competences

• can draw the essence of complex matters and present it in an understandable way to different audiences
• is ready to participate in academic debate in both national and international forums
• understands the importance of brevity and is experienced in expressing oneself with brevity

The course will be held as one-day seminars with lectures and student presentations and oppositions. In general, three to four seminars will be held each semester. It will also function as a scientific and social meeting point for the students enrolled in the programme.

The trial lecture completed at normally 90 % of the completion of the PhD timeframe counts as the examination in the course. The candidate hands in the work as completed at the time, i. e. scientific articles (both published and drafts) as well as an outline and a draft for the summary or a draft of the monograph. The work that is handed in must be of a quantity and quality which convinces the examiner that the candidate will be able to submit the thesis within the remaining 10 % of the available PhD timeframe (i.e. in three to four months).

The candidates will present their project (20 minutes) and will then be questioned by the examiner for about 40 minutes. The examiner must be without affiliation to candidate’s project and may be internal or external. The examination will be open to the other PhD candidates enrolled in the program. The main supervisor will suggest an examiner. It is expected that the main supervisor is present at the examination. Immediately after the examination, the examiner will discuss the examination with the leader of the PhD programme and the main supervisor. The examiner will then recommend whether the work is sufficiently completed to be submitted as a thesis within reasonable time or not.

Contact person / Kontaktperson

Professor Åshild Slettebø

The candidate is required to have participated with a presentation of

1) project outline

2) the candidates own project findings

3) opposition to another candidate’s project finding presentation

In addition, attendance in at least nine one-day seminars is required (included those where the candidate conducts presentations and opposition).