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.
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. If you wish to continue discussing the paper further, please move over to the common area to do so.
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.
These journal clubs might be broadcast internationally as part of UW’s online course offerings - extra incentive to be clear in your presentation :)
It’s not expected that everyone will read every paper every week, but 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.
To encourage active participation from all attendees, please be thoughtful and constructive in your comments.
We’re all here to learn some cool stuff, so don’t be shy about participating and asking questions.