Last modified: 29 Jun 2026 16:16
During this course students will get a "hands on" experience in conducting a literature review on a public health topic for 3 months. Students will identify a particular Public Health issue and then search for published literature using electronic bibliographic databases. Relevant published articles will be selected after defining and applying inclusion/exclusion criteria. Once a set of original research (primary) articles has been identified, the articles will be critically assessed before describing, interpreting, and discussing the current knowledge and any knowledge gaps related to answering the research question regarding the chosen research topic.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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During the course, students will conduct a narrative (non-systematic) literature review, building on the knowledge gained from previous taught courses that are part of the master's degree programme, which covered the core Public Health elements. Students will identify a topic, develop a research question and search strategy, and then search for published literature using electronic bibliographic databases. Relevant published articles will be selected after defining and applying inclusion/exclusion criteria. Once a set of original research (primary) articles has been identified, the articles will be critically assessed before describing, interpreting, and discussing the current knowledge and any knowledge gaps related to answering the research question regarding the chosen research topic.
Individual extended literature reviews in Public Health are student-led. The student will manage their review under the guidance and support by local Qatar course coordinators to ensure a piece of high-quality work is completed. This is an opportunity to implement and gain experience of the key skills required whilst completing a piece of research. This includes self-management, applying the skills you have acquired during the taught component of the program, learning new practical literature reviewing skills including defining a research question, literature searching, evaluation, critical appraisal and discussion of a pre-defined topic.
Teaching and learning for this course will be in the form of two workshops and a drop-in session and formative feedback of a draft paper. You will be expected to spend around 300 hours in total on this course, including meetings, workshops and write-up.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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Written rubric-based feedback via Turnitin. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Identify and formulate a research question or topic in public health that can be addressed through a literature review. |
| Procedural | Apply | Conduct a comprehensive search for relevant literature using appropriate databases and search strategies. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate the quality and relevance of identified literature using appropriate tools and criteria. |
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