Everyone will read all of the papers, but each will be presented by one student. Students will be expected to sign up for at least one paper during the course and should choose this well in advance of the session. The students will read the paper and will work with the faculty member responsible for the session to prepare for their presentation. They will be prepared during the presentation to answer questions and to engage in discussion with the students and faculty. The student will have about 45 to 50 minutes for their presentation including time for questions. Please plan your presentation timing so that there will be plenty of time for questions. You can anticipate questions during the presentation as well, especially for points of clarification. The important elements of the presentation are as follows:

1. Brief (5 to 10 minute) overview with a crisp statement summarizing the background, hypothesis, principal findings and author’s conclusions and, importantly, what the student regards as the strengths and weakness of the paper and its overall impact on the field.
2. Context of the work, with background.
3. Author’s hypothesis and research goals. What do they wish to show?
4. An overview of the research plan.
5. What the paper shows, including the student’s evaluation of the quality of the work.
6. Student’s overall evaluation.
7. What the paper contributes to understanding the disease.
8. What the student thinks is the next step in the work. What should be done to pursue the problem by this or other research groups?
9. A call for discussion.

At the conclusion of the discussion of both papers, we will ask students to grade the papers as to their impact on the field. We will then briefly discuss why students gave this grade and discuss generally where the field of study and treatment should be going.