Single-Course Engelsk 0.5 ECTS

Journal club in aquatic animal health (1)

Overall Course Objectives

There are two main objectives of this Journal club, expand the background knowledge in the different research areas of fish diseases and aquatic animal health, and develop scientific communication skills.

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Read, assess, and critically review scientific articles.
Make a well structured oral presentation of scientific articles, addressing results of research projects.
Identify hypothesis to test in the different articles read and explain in his/her own words whether the experiments carried out are enough to test the hypothesis and why.
Provide alternative/additional experiments that can be done to further explore the scientific problem showed in a specific article.
Provide constructive feedback to presentations given by fellow students.
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The course consists of presentations and discussions of scientific articles and PhD project results. The PhD students should present to Professors, senior researchers, post-doc, and PhD students. The evaluation will focus on both deep knowledge of the information delivered and the way that the information is delivered.

36 – 49
6 – 20

Either scientific articles, manuscript in preparation or research projects will be discussed every session. All participants are expected to spend time reading the manuscripts and other relevant literature before the session start. If needed, supporting information will be provided in advance. It is expected that 75 pct. of the sessions consist of analyses of scientific articles, and 25 pct. will focus on project presentations.