General Description

• Name of Organization: Baghdad College of Medicine
• Department: Medical Education Unit
• Module Name: Student Self-Component
• Course Pattern: Seminars, Small Groups, Library Hours, Discussion, Presentation, Mentoring
• Semester and Year: 2nd Year / Semester 1 and 2
• Total Course Hours: 66 hours (6 hours of lecture plus 60 hours practical)

Goal of the Course

• Teaching the student to choose and write scientific topics and present them in the form of slides, with the cooperation of a number of students supervised by a number of professors.
• Scientific branches (each group 4-5 students).
• This course is supervised by Professor Dr. Basil Awaid Muhammad Saleh, A.M. Yasmine Jawad Ahmed Al-Bayaa, A.M.D. Zainab Abdel Hussein, and M.M. Sarah Muhammad Abdullah.

Outcome of this Module

A. Cognitive and Theoretical Goals:

• Learning of:
  • Methods of choosing a scientific topic
  • Search for sources on the topic
  • Adopting the correct method in writing scientific reports
  • Work collaboratively
  • Trying to avoid drawing inspiration from research
  • Knowing how to develop scientific sources

B. Skills:

• Using the computer to follow the course objectives
• Using computers to write scientific topics
• Presenting the course in the form of a scientific lecture and discussing it
• Presenting the completed work in PowerPoint format on CD and printing

Methods of Learning

• Using the computer and using the college website in publishing reports and distribution of students among supervisor professors.

Methods of assessment

Daily follow-up by the professors supervising the module to select students for their scientific topics, which must be.

The topics of their modules that they study in the second stage include directing students not to repeat a single scientific topic within a single module. Therefore, it may not be chosen by two groups of students unless it has been studied within another module and from another scientific aspect. This takes place during the first course and within a specific time limit set by the professors supervising the module and within an appropriate and sufficient time period for the students After that, the students prepare a PowerPoint lecture on their topic, and the professors supervising the module prepare a list of college professors, especially from the basic sciences branches, as well as from some of the clinical branches, to evaluate the research and present the PowerPoint to each group and within a specific timetable .

Values and Sentimental Goals

• Gradually preparing cadres capable of scientific thinking in addition to medical information.
• Increasing the level of knowledge in preparing research, methods of writing it, and presenting it in the form of a lecture.
• Paying attention to mastering the English language during the presentation.
• The student is evaluated individually on all his activities during the research period until the day of discussion, and is determined by grades placed on a form filled out by the supervising professor that determines the overall activities.

Infrastructure

• Eight weeks each of 2 hours, of preparing the scientific report through lectures and report writing. Assessment done by using special formula for each group.

Resources

Course Books Required: Lectures for medical education in which he explains the methods of writing a report, the extraction process, and definition In the educational unit with all the scientific topics chosen for this purpose (explanation in the form of lectures). Displayed on the college’s website.

Main References (Sources): It is included in the scientific topics chosen by the student and under the supervision of the supervising professor.

Recommended Resources: Books, scientific magazines, and websites, depending on the chosen topic.

Course Development Plan

• Decreasing the number of students in each group to maximize the benefit of doing the report and making student lists early in the year to organize and distribute the students earlier.