Session 2 · Find & read: the evidence
Week 2 · Saturday · online, 19:30–22:30 (3 hours, 15-minute break)
Date: 07/11/2026
Agenda
- Recap quiz on Session 1
- 2.1 Finding the evidence: PICO to search, Boolean, MeSH, live PubMed demo
- 2.2 Managing and citing: Zotero demo, citation styles, paraphrasing, grey literature
- Break
- 2.3 Reading a paper in 15 minutes and 2.4 from literature to introduction
- Proposal builder 2: your own search, 5 references, problem statement, working title
Timetable
| Start | Clock* | Min | Segment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | 19:30 | 10 | Recap quiz |
| 0:10 | 19:40 | 40 | 2.1 Finding the evidence: search funnel, from PICO to search blocks, Boolean, MeSH, search tools, PubMed vs Google Scholar, live PubMed demo, each participant builds a Boolean search for their own question |
| 0:50 | 20:20 | 20 | 2.2 Managing and citing: reference managers (Zotero demo), citation styles, paraphrasing safely, grey literature & trial registries |
| 1:10 | 20:40 | 15 | BREAK |
| 1:25 | 20:55 | 40 | 2.3 Reading a paper in 15 minutes: IMRaD, reading order, what an abstract must contain, spin; individual reading task on Paper 1’s abstract (Boulet 2024, RCT; in Course/Papers/) |
| 2:05 | 21:35 | 15 | 2.4 From literature to introduction: literature matrix, problem-statement funnel, working title & keywords |
| 2:20 | 21:50 | 35 | Proposal builder 2: modelled live (search string, 5 references in the matrix, problem statement, working title); each participant searches and drafts their own (finished as homework); two volunteers share |
| 2:55 | 22:25 | 5 | Wrap-up |
*Times are relative to the start of the session; the clock column shows Vietnam time for the online 19:30–22:30 session. All exercises are done by the whole class together (no groups). [DS] = course-dataset content (FLUID-ICU analysis and manuscript writing).
Slides
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Downloads
| Slides (PowerPoint) | English · Tiếng Việt |
| Exercise sheet | Read online · Word · PDF |
| Solutions | Read online · PDF |
| Live-demo script | Read online · PDF |
Before this session
- Your PICO question and your synonym list (Session 1 homework).
- A second browser tab for the PubMed search during the demo; Zotero and its Word plug-in installed (required).
After this session (homework)
- Your proposal: find your five key references and write the problem statement. This completes Proposal Part 1, with a working title and keywords.
- Read one paper for your topic with the 15-minute routine and fill its row in the literature matrix.
- Everyone: read the abstract of Paper 2 (Hyun 2023) with the Exercise 3 grid.
- Optional: look up Paper 1’s registration (NCT04947904) on ClinicalTrials.gov.