Week 9 (10/25/05, 10/27/05)

10/27

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. -- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), 1780 

Class

• Hand in your one to two page topic abstract as specified in the 10/20 handout
• Present your research idea. Each student will have 4 minutes to present their idea. A 4 minute discussion will follow for comments by peers & Dr. G.
• Dr. G will grade the abstract, its presentation, and comments made to help other students. A 10 point scale will be used where 10 = A+, 9 = A-, and so on. Here are the grading criteria:
• Evidence of having completed the background reading
• Content, organization, clarity of expression, syntax, spelling, grammar, proper referencing (APA)
• Following the directions on the 10/20 handout

HW 

Do a Wikipedia search on your topic. Learn about the specifics about the pathophysiology and epidemiology of your topic. (We will hold off on the PubMed search on for now. Refine your research abstract based on this additional research and presented this in class next week.