Here are the groups for the prac exam on Friday 30th May.

Click on this link to see the groups

Two people had to be moved from Group 1 to make way for a couple of tardy ‘must be in Group 1’ people. Please contact me ASAP (Jane.Pittaway@utas.edu.au) if you think you have a valid reason for wanting to change your group.

The End of Section Haematology Quiz will start at 9.15 AM on Friday 30th May and finish at 10.15 AM. Be on time in Lecture Theatre 4. Good luck.

CLASS FEEDBACK FOR ALBUMIN & TOTAL PROTEIN REPORT

Follow link to see your marks. Individual feedback is written on your report.

PLEASE NOTE
If you are going to do CXA 121 Histology next semester can you please email the electronic copy of your report to me. I would like to do a writing exercise on academic writing in this unit, and it would be helpful if you had a piece of work you could edit.

Overall: this report was well done. BUT…. in order to improve your skills in the future I have made the following general comments:

Abstract: in many cases this was too long, and not sufficiently focused. A Short focused abstract is a good abstract.

Introduction: in many cases this was under-referenced. It is important to begin to use the appropriate clinical references in order to put your work into context. You cannot make statements unless supported by references. References to lecture notes should be credited to the lecturer who wrote the notes, in this case ME. So my notes should be referenced as Watts M 2008, Unit…. School…… Uni……..

Methods: paragraph format was asked for, which means NO lists. It is entirely appropriate to reference well used methods to the original source (for a first year report like this you CAN reference your practical manual).

In many cases too much irrelevant detail was included. Although methods should be written so that someone can repeat it (or find the original themselves if referenced), you have to assume that you are writing for an informed audience, so it is not necessary to include how many test tubes (or cuvettes) you used, that is a given as long as you state how many samples were used. Also you do not have to describe how you put your samples into cuvettes etc, this is also understood if you say the abs was read at xxx nm.

Results: generally the best section overall. Most of you got reasonable results and presented them appropriately. The tables were well laid out and labelled at the top, as appropriate. Some of you added figures (figure legends always go below the figure). While it is good to see that you are attempting to be imaginative with your presentation, you DON”T need to duplicate the information from the tables (unless specifically asked to do so).

Discussion: same comments as for Introduction. Mostly under-referenced. A couple of you supported your discussion with comparisons to results from other studies. WELL DONE . Others……..take note: begin to use peer-reviewed literature to support the things you say and to make comparisons.

Refs: NEED TO READ MORE JOURNALS

	Unit Outline
	Lecture Notes
	Laboratory Manual and ProFormas
	Tutorial Information
	Assessment Item Guidelines and Criteria
	Supplementary Information
	Student Results 2008