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- Feb 2017
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Course Structure
Four Articles used to teach critical analysis:
- Flawed paper
- Exemplary
- Conflicting Paper #1
- Conflicting Paper #2
Class Meeting Agenda:
- Identification of Background, terminology, and methodology
- Explanation of unfamiliar background, terminology, and methodology
- Data interpretation
- Author's conclusion and unanswered questions
- Follow up experiments
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FIGURE 1.
Title: Number of papers read by undergraduates and Masters Students
Specific Question: How many scientific papers have students carefully analyzed?
Analysis:
2/3 students have carefully read fewer than 20 papers.
Prediction: Most undergraduates read about 1 primary literature article each semester. This is probably not enough to learn how to read the primary literature.
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, instructors have detected that students struggle with some of its aspects
- Connecting background information to specific research questions
- The logical linkage of hypothesis with testing methods
- Data interpretation
- Evaluating strength of conclusions based on evidence
- Identification of implications
- Relating data between articles.
- Jargon and writing style
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In their report Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians, the American Association of Medical Colleges and Howard Hughes Medical (AAMC-HHMI) Institute listed the ability of critical reading and evaluation of scientific papers as one of the competencies that students should possess before entering medical school (AAMC-HHMI, 2009, p. 26).
Motivating statement for why students should want to learn how to read scientific papers.
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