Paper critique 1000-word summary and critique of primary research paper

Coursework I – Parasitology 2019

Paper critique 1000-word summary and critique of primary research paper

In less than 1000 words summarize the paper.

Do not use bullet points. You are aiming to communicate clearly not just deposit information on the page. Someone with a good understanding of biology but who is not completely familiar with this field should understand what you have written. This should be written as a coherent piece of prose. It is not a short answer question – your answer should be intelligible to someone who has not read the paper.

Critical thinking and creative thinking are essential (sections 2 and 3 give you the opportunity to demonstrate these skills). The word limit is short – you will have to write clearly and concisely and make decisions as to what is important to include.

 

In your summary you should include the following subheadings and sections:

 

Subheading 1: Introduction and major conclusion

Introduce the topic addressed, briefly outline the overall strategy, and clearly state the major conclusion and implications of the paper.

 

Subheading 2: Key experiments

In this section you should outline how the two most important experiments were done – explain why you consider these to be important experiments and what the conclusions are (you do not need to go through the supplementary figures etc).

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the experiments/conclusions/ideas. You should discuss results/conclusions and why you think they are important.

 

Subheading 3: Future work

Describe the two experiments that you would do next if you worked on this project (specify the question that will be addressed and why it is important)? The experiments that you propose should build on the ideas proposed in the paper. You should explain what results you might expect to see.