MBBS Year III

Resources for Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Year III.聽

Help with research proposals and critical appraisals

MBBS 3rd Year students can book an appointment with the MLC in person or via Zoom to discuss research proposals/critical appraisals. Any time the MLC is open (10am to 4pm Monday to Friday) is possible, though we like to avoid Mondays if possible.

At these appointments, students will talk with a staff member about their research proposal/critical appraisal, and the staff member will give advice on the appropriate statistical methods, as well as answer general questions about statistics.

To make an appointment, email mathslearning@adelaide.edu.au, and make sure to follow these guidelines:

  • Make sure the subject of the email clearly states you want an appointment for medicine third year.
  • Suggest several days and times you will be available.
  • Say whether you prefer to meet in the MLC face-to-face, or online over Zoom.
  • Say whether you want to discuss the research proposal, critical appraisal or both.
  • For research proposals, please include as much information as possible about the proposed research such as:
    • The research question(s)
    • How you plan to choose participants for the study
    • What will be done to the participants
    • What information you will record about the participants
    • Ideas you already have for how you might analyse the data
  • For critical appraisals, please attach the papers themselves as PDFs, and also be specific about the particular statistics terminology you want to talk more about.

Statistics lectures

MLC lecturer David has done workshops and seminars about statistics and statistical methods for medical students which you will find useful. You can access them on their own page of the MLC website here:聽