Tips for presenters:
Co-presenters are advised to meet up a week before their presentation to discuss and plan.
Ideally, presenters should budget about 30 minutes for their presentation and the remaining time for discussion. A good way to kick off the discussion is with a brief summary/overview of the paper.
Please remember that the audience has a range of different backgrounds and levels of expertise. It’s better to give enough time to cover the background and only focus on a few of the most interesting figures than to skimp on the background to get through all of the figures.
Tips for participants:
It’s not expected that everyone will read every paper every week, but as a participant, you’ll get more out of it if you at least skim the paper.
The designated reader is expected to read the paper that week and to come up with a few questions to seed and help guide the discussion.
Clarification questions are always welcome. To make the most efficient use of time, please save your deeper questions for the discussion immediately after the presentation.
Journal club will end right at 10:30am, but often the zoom room will stay open as long as people want to continue discussing the paper.
To encourage active participation from all attendees, please be thoughtful and constructive in your comments.
These journal clubs might be broadcast internationally as part of UW’s online course offerings - extra incentive to be clear in your presentation :)
We’re all here to learn some cool stuff, so don’t be shy about participating and asking questions. All are welcome and encouraged to ask questions, offer commentary, and to volunteer as presenters or readers regardless of experience or education level.