firtst draft: Bachelor thesis: Public Health (Medicine)

Author: cc

Created: 2025-08-29 08:01pm

Edited: 2025-11-29 03:37am

Keywords: Supervision, academic writing, knowledge acquisition

Description:

The student(s) (1-3) have some general lectures on what a thesis is, research ethics, and the opportunity to attend classes by AU Library on literature search.
The students choose overall subjects (e.g., lead exposures and fertility) with an assigned supervisor, and are then offered 4.5h of supervision time. The assessment is an externally censored written thesis in English.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

1. Analyse health science issues systematically and critically on the basis of general prior knowledge and newly collected literature.
2. Define a problem statement within the self-chosen subject and argue for the relevance of the issue.
3. Critically use information technology to search for knowledge.
4. Discuss and assess scientific methodologies and results.
5. Discuss and put an academic issue into perspective.
6. Reflect on ethical and scientific perspectives which are relevant to the chosen issue.
7. In written English, answer the self-chosen problem statement in a Bachelor's project and present the main points to non-specialists in a Danish summary.

Resources	Tasks		Supports
Video sent to the students by e-mail - Why is thesis writing meaningful - Which format is the writing expected to have - What can they expect from their supervisor (time use, timeline for text feedback) - AI use - What would I like them to prepare before our first meeting - Opportunity for feedback	Watch video on expectation allignment ↓	←	Supervisor reachable by e-mail
Video	Consider own motivation ↓	←	Group or individually
Table example available from prior students	Look at a literature table example ↓	←	Students can discuss it within the group outside class
PubMed, AU Library class	Orient themselves in the litterature ↓	←	Can be done individually or in a group Supervisor available for acquiring papers behind paywalls
Papers found, video	Prepare pitch ↓	←	Can be done individually or in a group
Video	Attend 1st supervision meeting - Discuss motivation - Perform pitch - Feedback on pitch - Decide on project - Expectation until next time - Feedback on video/first meeting ↓	←	Face-to-face or online meeting
Table available as template (example)	Fill out table with keywords ↓	←	Prior example given, e-mail availability, written feedback (comments) and follow-up meeting (face to face or online)
	Write section on search methodology ↓	←	E-mail availability, written feedback (comments) and follow-up meeting (face to face or online)
	Attend 2nd supervision meeting - Discuss written feedback - Next step - Questions	←	Face-to-face or online meeting