What does it take to do a project at BMI?
For getting the most out of your time and optimize the supervision, we recommend some workshops and readings as preparation before you start your project. Some topics like academic information seeking, reference handling and good scientific practice are must-haves.
Discuss with your supervisor which elements of the ones listed below will otherwise be relevant for you.
Literature databases
Unless you have already attended a course in literature mining, you should sign up for literature search workshop (PubMed, Embase) offered by the Copenhagen University Library (KUB).
Here is the link to KUB’s course and workshop overview.
Literature handling
You will need to use a reference management programme to handle the references in your project report. The Copenhagen University Library offers workshops regularly for a variety of different reference management programs (e.g. Endnote or the open source program Zotero).
Check with your supervisor which program they recommend/use themselves and participate in the respective course.
Here is the link to KUB’s course and workshop overview.
Online course on Absalon about academic information seeking, reference handling and good scientific practise (in Danish) developed by the Copenhagen University library (<1 hour to complete).
Use of figures and illustrations
When using figures from other sources in your report or thesis, you need to respect copyright rules and obtain rights and permissions that you ideally save in the same folder as all your other materials related to your project.
You can find information on PhD-thesis requirements here.
Toolbox in English Medium Instruction
You can watch short videos that are part of an online toolbox for academic reading and writing developed by the Centre of Internationalization and Parallel Language Use and Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen. Originally developed for Master projects, it is likewise suited for bachelor or other projects.
Link to the online toolbox for academic reading and writing
Better Thesis
Better Thesis is an open educational resource containing a series of tutorials and references on how to plan, structure and write a university thesis at Master level.
- As student, you can get help with statistics from SUND’s Section of Biostatistics.
- Depending on your project, you might need to apply more complex statistical methods. Discuss with your supervisor and check if you can strengthen your skills with one of the workshops offered by SUND’s Health Data Science Center (HeaDS) or the Copenhagen University Library.
- If your projects needs a larger understanding of how data come about, you can take an online course within data literacy developed at UCPH.
- If your project involves personal data, read the information on the University pages for students and discuss with your supervisor.