# Welcome to SMIRK - Your mobile SMILE

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- Unit 1 - What is a student?
- Unit 2 - Understanding the question including
  PICO and SPICE
- Unit 3 - Organising your time
- Unit 4 - Gathering information
- Unit 5 - Finding information
- Unit 6 - Evaluating information
- Unit 7 - Managing information
- Unit 8 - Plagiarism
- Unit 9 - Harvard and APA referencing
- Unit 10 - Numerical, OSCOLA and Chicago referencing
- Unit 11 - Communication skills
- Unit 12 - Managing information

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Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 1 - What is a student

- What is a GCU student?
- Learning styles
- Groupwork

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# Unit 2 - Understanding the question

- Deconstructing the task
- Knowing your audience
- Practice based questions
- PICO
- SPICE
- Problem solving
- Writing a research proposal
- Peer assessment and feedback form

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# Unit 3 - Organising your time

- Time management

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Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 4 - Gathering information

- What is information and why do we need it?
- Research design
- Survey and questionnaire design
- General ethics
- Research ethics

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Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 5 - Finding information

- What information is needed?
- Searching and databases
- GCU databases and how to write up your search strategy
  using PRISMA
- Systematic reviewing

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Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 6 - Evaluating information

- Assessing information
- How to assess a research article
- Writing a critical review
- Evaluating apps

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Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 7 - Managing information

- Aquiring and storing information
- Keeping up to date
- Idea generation or ideation
- Calculating drug dosage

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SMIRK by Imperial College, Loughborough University and the University of Worcester, modified by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 8 - Plagiarism

- What is plagiarism?
- Avoiding plagiarism

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SMIRK by Imperial College, Loughborough University and the University of Worcester, modified by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 9 - Harvard and APA referencing

- Harvard referencing
- GCU Harvard examples
- Harvard examples
- APA referencing

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Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 10 - Numerical, OSCOLA and Chicago
referencing

- Numerical referencing
- Numerical referencing - examples
- OSCOLA referencing - legislation and reports
- OSCOLA referencing - other publications
- Chicago referencing - books
- Chicago referencing - journals
- Chicago referencing - web pages and multimedia

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Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 11 - Communication skills

- Planning your work
- Writing your assignment
- The executive summary and conclusion
- Reflective writing
- Signal words
- Top tips on grammar
- Technical writing
- The dissertation
- Writing a literature review and writing up your search strategy using PRISMA
- Presentation skills
- Electronic communication
- Electronic portfolios or ePortfolios

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SMIRK by Imperial College, Loughborough University and the University of Worcester, modified by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.

# Unit 7 - Managing information

- Aquiring and storing information
- Keeping up to date
- Idea generation or ideation
- Calculating drug dosage

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SMIRK by Imperial College, Loughborough University and the University of Worcester, modified by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/SMILE/Unit_1_vers3/start.html.