Training undergraduate biomedical science majors in peer review and constructive criticism through a senior capstone course.

ABSTRACT: Effective scientific communication is crucial for undergraduate students to succeed in future graduate or professional careers in the biomedical sciences. Peer review and constructive criticism are essential to producing written science communications. Unfortunately, training in how to perform peer review and incorporate constructive criticism is minimal in undergraduate science courses. Here, I describe a senior thesis course for immunology and microbiology majors that encourages students to integrate iterative peer review to improve their writing skills and their ability to incorporate feedback. In this course, students are expected to complete one of the following written projects that focuses on an immunological disorder or infectious disease: a research proposal, a case study, or a me

SUBMITTER: Collins KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636314 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature