Comprehensive Exam Guidelines for Neurobiology - MoedA and MoedB
This document outlines the exam guidelines for neurobiology assessments, specifically MoedA (02/07/2014) and MoedB (08/08/2014). Students must choose 7 out of 8 questions, each worth 12.5 points, with an allotted time of 7 hours from 9:00 to 16:00. Additional time may be requested. Scoring criteria include answer relevance, citation concordance, and paper impact. Strategy tips for successful keyword searches and best practices for writing and submitting answers are also provided.
Comprehensive Exam Guidelines for Neurobiology - MoedA and MoedB
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Exam Guidelines • Date: • MoedA: 02/07/2014 • MoedB: 08/08/2014 • Choice of 7 out of 8 questions in total – 12.5pts each • Allocated time – 7hrs (9:00 – 16:00) • Additional time will be given upon request.
Scoring Criteria (by order of importance) • Relevance of answer to the question • Concordance between answer and citation • Relevance and accuracy of paper cited • Year • Journal • Number of citations • Length and complexity of answer
Impact Factor High impact journals Low impact but high relevance Hippocampus Cerebellum Cortex • Science • Nature (+nat. neuroscience and nat. review neuroscience) • PNAS • Cell • Neuron • Journal of Neuroscience • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience • Journal of Neurophysiology • Trends in Neurosciences • Annual Review of Neuroscience
Tips for Search • Choose the right keywords – they will mostly be part of, or derive from the text of the question. Try more than one combination or use the ‘advance search’ functionality to get optimal coverage. • Search for keywords (ctrl-F) within papers that touch the subject but don’t necessarily deal with it directly (such as review papers) • Alternate between PubMed and Google scholar. • Use PubMed when you want to sort your results by date of publication (best when looking for the most recent research papers/reviews) • Use Google scholar when you want to sort by relevance. • In many cases, Google search and wikipedia can also be helpful. • Write your answers on a word file first and then copy them to the moodle in order to avoid the loss of unsaved data.