Bachelor thesis: Public Health (Medicine)

Author: cc

Created: 2025-11-29 02:49am

Edited: 2025-11-29 03:49am

Keywords: Supervision, academic writing, knowledge acquisition

Derived from: firtst draft: Bachelor thesis: Public Health (Medicine)

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
Preparation for first supervision
Course catalogue General lectures (across all bachelor courses) Supervision letter Presentation (Brightspace)	→	Opportunity to look at the presentation for inspiration ↓	←	Supervisor reachable by e-mail
Short questionnaire (motivation and expectations)	→	Consider own motivation Fill out questionnaire Return questionnaire to supervisor ↓	←	Individually or in a group

First supervision meeting
		Attend 1st supervision meeting ↓	←	Face-to-face or online meeting (face to face preferred)
Students filled out questionnaire	→	- Discuss the questionnaire - Short walkthrough of the presentation if deemed relevant - Discuss expectations - Decide on a topic - Expectation until next time - Feedback on video/first meeting - Questions ↓

Preparation for second supervison
PubMed, AU Library class	→	Investigate the literature ↓	←	Individually or in a group Supervisor available for questions pr e-email
		Describe methods for the literature search and send to supervisor ↓	←	Individually or in a group

Second supervision meeting
Papers found Table available as an example and template		Attend 2nd supervision meeting ↓	←	Face-to-face or online meeting (face to face preferred)
		- Feedback on methods described - Discussion of problem statement (more narrow or broader) - Walkthrough of results table (example + template) - Next step - Questions ↓

Preparation for third supervison
Discussion from supervision meeting	→	Revise search strategy ↓	←	Individually or in a group
Table available as a template	→	Fill out table with keywords and send to supervisor	←	Prior example given, e-mail availability, written feedback (comments) and follow-up meeting (face to face or online)