The following are guidelines on giving presentations in journal club. These guidelines were designed to help the establishment of the interdisciplinary level of communication. The paradigm of this approach is to explain why a topic over which you are excited can be exciting to the members of the other disciplines. The following guidelines will help the presenter to keep the attention of people from other fields on the aspects of the topic they are familiar with. Journal club topics can be used to promote future collaborative research between the disciplines.
Journal Club Guidelines:
§ the greater your excitement about the topic the better;
§ the more controversial the topic the better;
§ give the audience a detailed picture of the scientific problem;
§ give some conflicting views on the given problem;
§ explain to the audience what knowledge is affected by the problem;
§ show the audience what aspects of the problem deserve special attention;
§ specify which issues of the problem have been resolved and which are still unresolved;
§ give the audience the examples of works that address the problem in other disciplines;
§ attempt to cover as many GSBS departments as possible;
§ ask the audience for possible solutions to the unresolved issues;
§ use metaphors when possible to get the point across;
Use your best judgment on which guidelines apply to your topic.
This page last has been updated on December 05, 2005