# Welcome to SMIRK -
Your mobile SMILE

- Unit 1 - Being a student
- Unit 2 - Understanding the question including
  PICO and SPICE
- Unit 3 - Finding information
- Unit 4 - Evaluating information
- Unit 5 - Plagiarism and referencing
- Unit 6 - Writing skills
- Unit 7 - Your digital footprint and electronic
  communication
- Unit 8 - Research skills
- Unit 9 - Presentation and other skills
- Unit 10 - Copyright in action
- Help and feedback

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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 - Being a student

- What is a GCU student?
- Groupwork
- Time management

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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 2 - Understanding the question

- Deconstructing the task
- Knowing your audience
- Practice based questions
- PICO
- SPICE
- Problem solving
- Peer assessment

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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 3 - Finding information

- What is information and why do we need it?
- What information is needed?
- Searching and databases
- GCU databases
- Database help and how to write up your search strategy
  using PRISMA
- Aquiring and storing information

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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 4 - Evaluating information

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

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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 5 - Plagiarism and referencing

- What is plagiarism?
- Avoiding plagiarism
- Harvard referencing
- Harvard examples
- APA 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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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 6 - Writing skills

- Planning your work
- Writing your assignment
- The executive summary and conclusion
- Reflective writing
- Signal words
- Top tips on grammar
- Technical writing
- Writing a literature review

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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 7 - Your digital footprint and electronic communication

- Your digital footprint
- Electronic communication
- Netiquette
- 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 8 - Research skills

- Writing a research proposal
- Research design
- Survey and questionnaire design
- Keeping up to date
- Idea generation or ideation
- General ethics
- Research ethics
- Systematic reviewing
- The dissertation

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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 9 - Presentation and other skills

- Presentation skills
- Posters
- Placement planning
- Getting the most out of your placement
- 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 10 - Copyright in action

- Copyright basics and Reusing content
- Creating content
- Educational exceptions

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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/.