Supervision of M.Sc. theses using the writing of a scientific article as a framework to increase efficiency and quality of research outcomes
Paper in proceeding, 2019

The number of published peer-reviewed research articles has increased exponentially in the past decades, as has the degree of competitiveness in scientific publishing. Publication of scientific articles remains the gold standard for measuring research quality. In this context, quality is understood as to how rigorously the scientific method was applied. However, a critical disconnect exists between the continuous channel of projects fed to students by research laboratories, and the scientific quality of outcomes these students produce. Here, we present a process for the supervision of M.Sc. thesis projects conducted in research laboratories with the objective to increase productivity and quality. It is based on an iterative model of writing a scientific article naturally following the scientific method. This approach intends to maximize learning and development for the student, as well as productivity for the research laboratory by facilitating the publication of a peer-reviewed scientific article out of the thesis work.

Author

Max Jair Ortiz Catalan

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering

Alexandra Middleton

Princeton University

Magnus Gustafsson

Chalmers, Communication and Learning in Science, Language and Communication

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

1557170X (ISSN)

1436-1439
9781538613115 (ISBN)

2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
Berlin, Germany,

Subject Categories

Learning

Pedagogical Work

Reliability and Maintenance

Software Engineering

Communication Studies

Areas of Advance

Health Engineering

Learning and teaching

Pedagogical work

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856364

PubMed

31946163

ISBN

9781538613115

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3/21/2023