popular sources for biomedical topics. • Iden9fy parts of peer reviewed/primary source literature in the sciences. • Recall steps of the peer review process.
1 person from your group to get 3 magazines/ journals -‐ 1 from each pile & a chart for recording your answers. • On the chart write down WHY you think the magazine or journal you have is peer-‐reviewed or a popular source. • 1 person who is willing to share what you found, should come back to the front. • Juniors and Seniors – make sure you can tell us which ones are unique to this format.
the big ques2on? A. Does monitoring a person's gait while administering single and duel func9on Stroop tests the best way to judge recovery from a concussion? B. Are high school students playing sports gefng more concussions each year and aren't studied enough? C. How long does it take adolescents to recover their ability to control balance while walking and comple9ng a simultaneous cogni9ve task in comparison to healthy control subjects?
in this ar9cle? A. Mental and motor skills are impaired for up to 2 months ager a sports related concussion in young people. B. Quan9fies the degree of gait balance control disturbances in different condi9ons from the 9me of injury and through the following two months of recovery. C. Gait balance in adolescents recovering from concussions should be studied. D. None of these.
A. Adolescents recovering from a concussion have greater difficulty with their balance while walking and doing other tasks for several months or more. This can be used to diagnose and treat the pa9ents. B. Adolescents recover quickly ager concussions and should be cleared to return to play as soon as possible. C. Dual task tests in adolescents are difficult to do and it's impossible to account for all of the variables. D. Something else.
Policies. The New York Times. hDp://www.ny9mes.com/2010/02/02/sports/ football/02concussions.html. Published February 2, 2010. Who is the intended audience?, Who are the authors?, What is the big ques9on?, Specific ques9on? A. An educated person, reading the newspaper; wriDen by reporters; generally it's about who should protect young athletes who get concussions; specifically about what regula9ons should be used. B. For medical researchers; wriDen by medical doctors; concussions; regula9ons. C. Only intended to be understandable for specialists with years of experience on concussions; wriDen by leading doctors in the field; trauma9c brain injuries in young people; long term health impacts on college athletes.
Sent to journal editor Blind review Blind review Blind review Sent to three to five experts in the field Manuscript (poten9al ar9cle) 1. Accept 2. Revise 3. Reject Graphic from Dominque Turnbow, UCSD
sources, fix dead links, etc.) B. Fix the cita9ons and check for accuracy (see if the ar9cles say what the wiki entry says they should say, are there beDer sources to use for those sec9ons/improve the cita9ons, etc.) C. Improve the cita9ons used and revise the exis9ng informa9on in the ar9cle. D. Expand the ar9cle (sports concussions, gender differences, treatment op9ons, brain ac9vity, severity, causes, etc.) E. Do research on a concussion related topic of your own.