Writing an Academic Paper

Course Code:

ΝΟΣ0704

Semester:

7th Semester

Specialization Category:

ΜΓΥ

Course Hours:

Theory 2 - Lab 2

ECTS:

4


 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Writing an academic paper (Literature review, Research paper).

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to provide the appropriate guidance to student nurses for writing an academic paper, following the basic principles of scientific writing. Furthermore, the course aims at assisting the nurse students, to develop critical thinking, creativity and synthesis, and demonstrate originality, skillfulness in research design and methodology, by presenting their final academic paper.

After the end of the course the students will be able to:

  • Understand the scientific work needed to systematically report, write and present the findings of their research and demonstrate evidence of the new knowledge raised.
  • Follow basic guidelines for selecting a topic under study. 
  • Understand that formulation of the research question is one of the most critical issues in scientific research.
  • Depending on the nature of the research questions and the research method to distinguish the following types of research: quantitative research – qualitative research – literature review (systematic) – mixed research methodology.
  • Display an in-depth presentation of the methodology followed during the research.
  • Provide information on both the sample and the material used as well as the process of data collection.
  • Properly complete the literature search and indexing.
  • Follow the principles of formatting an academic paper.

 

GENERAL COMPETENCES

  • Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
  • Respect of diversity and multiculturalism
  • Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Adaptation to new situations
  • Decision making
  • Production of new research ideas

 

Course Outline

 

SYLLABUS

COURSE CONTENT

General guidelines for writing an academic paper

  • Introducing the structure of an academic paper
  • How to select the topic of a research study
  • Identifying and formulating a research question
  • Literature search and indexing
  • Literature review
  • Introduction on how to start writing an academic paper
  • Formatting
  • Principles of writing an academic paper
  • Using scientific language
  • References
  • Plagiarism
  • Referencing Styles

Content configuration and writing empirical quantitative research

  • Methodology
  • Sample (Participants)
  • Measurement tools
  • Research Process
  • Results
  • Presentation of results (statistics)
  • Creating Tables
  • Creating Graphs and Images
  • Conclusions
  • References

Qualitative research design and presentation of the results 

  • Characteristics of qualitative research
  • Types of qualitative research
  • Design of a qualitative research study
  • Data collection
  • Analysis of qualitative data
  • Presentation of qualitative research results
  • Discussion
  • References