Graduate Program in Kinesiology and Health Science

Graduate Seminar

September 2015

Participation and Engagement

Opportunity to engage with fellow graduate students and faculty in academic exchange and dialogue - in a positive, multidisciplinary environment.

Be a scientist! Be curious, insightful, and supportive. Be critical thinkers. Ask questions.

Provide constructive feedback to presenting students through feedback forms (attendance). 2

Schedule

http://kahs.gradstudies.yorku.ca/graduate-seminars/

Sessions targeted towards specific streams, but open to all. Start dates differ based on stream.

Start date for most streams: October 9th – JOINT

First invited Speaker: Dr. Sean Wharton: October 23rd

Muscle Health Research Centre (supplementing Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology stream) in Lumbers 306 @ 2:30. 3

Attendance

Today - Counts towards attendance!

Attendance Mandatory • MA/MSc students in their first year• PhD students in their first and second years• All others strongly encouraged to attend

Must attend min. 8 sessions to receive a PASS grade.

Students must fill out evaluation forms for attendance grade. 4

When it’s your turn…

MA/MSc students present in their 2nd year

PhD students present twice during degree, usually in 2nd year (proposal stage) and 3rd/4th year (final stage)

Standard of Quality

Conference/defense style presentation

Follow seminar guidelines and guidelines/policies as prescribed/accepted in your field of study

Approval by supervisor and feedback from lab regarding content and structure 5

Abstracts

Due at least one week prior to your presentation

Should summarize your presentation

Maximum 300 words

Must be reviewed and approved by supervisor

Send to Stephanie at kahs@yorku.ca

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Presentation Format

Use MS PowerPoint

Minimum font of 28-30 pt

Length• MA/MSc – 15 mins presentation + 5-10 mins Q&A• PhD – 20 mins presentation + 10-15 mins Q&A

TIME LIMITS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED

Upload 15 minutes PRIOR to seminar start time.7

Presentation Outline Guide

Introduction

Rationale

Objectives/Purpose

Hypotheses (Optional)

Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion8

Introduction

• Include background information needed to understand the topic.

• Refer to published literature on the topic.

• Present information on mechanisms/theory the audience needs to understand the project.

• Highlight any hypotheses and /or controversies the audience needs to be aware of.

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Rationale, Objectives/Purpose Hypotheses (Optional)

Rationale • What is the rationale for undertaking the study?• What are current gaps in the literature?• How will this research address these gaps?

Objectives/Purpose• What is (are) the main objective(s) of the study?• What is (are) the question(s) you are trying to answer?

Hypotheses (Optional) • What are your hypotheses regarding the results?• Why did you generate these hypotheses (literature)?10

Methods

Subjects/Participants/Population• Include characteristics. • Clarify inclusion/exclusion criteria (if appropriate)• Clarify differences between groups (if appropriate).

Design and Protocol • E.g., testing protocol, measurement tools, cell lines• Independent and dependent variables (e.g., why

chosen, how operationalized).

Analyses• E.g., tests, calculations, methods, examples 11

Results

•Clearly outline the findings of the study.

•Highlight the most important points / take home message.

•Consider that figures and/or tables are often more expressive and more powerful than text in conveying findings.

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Discussion

 

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Summarize the main findings of your study.

Highlight discrepancies in your findings. Use scientific literature to explain why they may have occurred.

Contextualize your research. Discuss how it advances science and/or knowledge? Use scientific literature.

Discuss the strengths and limitations of your study.

Explain relevance/significance/implications of the study to the current state of knowledge in the field.

Outline directions for future research on this topic.

Conclusion; Referencing

 

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Conclusive statement best representing your results.

References• Whole slide: cite at the bottom right of the slide• Portion of the slide: cite immediately after the

appropriate sentence/paragraph, pref bottom right.• More than 2 authors: First author + “et al.”• Only 2 authors: Cite both• Include year of publication, abbreviated journal title,

volume, and page numbers (optional).

Referencing Example

 

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Burke DB, Sliver S, Holt LE, Smith-Palmer T, Culligan CJ, Chilibeck PD. The effect of continuous low dose creatine supplementation on force, power, and total work.  Int J Sports Nutr Exerc Metab 2000;10:235-44.

Would appear as:(Burke et al, Int J Sports Nutr Exerc Metab 2000)or(Burke et al, Int J Sports Nutr Exerc Metab 2000;10:235-244)or(Burke et al,2000)

Questions

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Graduate Student Panel

Chris Thereaux Brian Nairn

Rachael Stone Loren Yavelberg

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