For today& #39;s teaching, I asked our 1st year undergrads to read 3 primary literature papers & we critiqued together. I was blown away by how much their understanding, depth of questions & ability to think critically. I& #39;m feeling proud of them all, they& #39;ve done a great job.

It was the 1st time they& #39;d used primary literature or read a whole paper. We& #39;ve spent the last couple of weeks learning methods but it& #39;s so darn dry with no questions to apply them too. I was worried when I sent them the paper that it was going to be a hard tutorial to run.

It was like a & #39;whistle stop& #39; journal club. We worked through 1 paper looking at a genetic association, 1 using in vitro models to test function of the IDd gene & one using in vivo models. They saw how research builds on past work & we chatted about replication, limitations etc.

So many typos in this thread but you get the gist!