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Hello everyone

Welcome to my class

I'm Cherry Chen

from Central South University

Welcome to this part

We are focusing on the last part

医学专业论文的基本阅读技巧

That is the reading skills

for medical articles

So we divide this part into five parts

from reading medical papers

the purpose and goals to

making use of tables and graphs

in comprehension

Now let's look at the first part

sample paper

for reading practice

This is our sample paper for this part

You will find some diagrams

some tables

and the picture in some outlined

or highlighted headings

Right

So reading medical

you have to ask yourself

why you want to read

this journal article

So before read the research article

make up your mind

about this following questions

like why do I read the paper

What am I reading now

Who are the authors

For example

are they the professionals

or are they the doctors

or are they from a famous research group

or research institute like that

And what a specific task

for your reading

Do you want to read

for the specific information or data

or do you want to read

for the methods they use

the approach they analysis

and want to make some comparisons

between this article and that article

the methods they used

in different articles

And also

whether are you reading for the ideas

of logical thoughts

for your own study

Or you want to review the article

So

before you read

you have to go through

the whole structure

focus on the contents

The contents is combined with

theme

results

methods

discussion

and a reference

And whether it is readable

that means

whether the sentence patterns

the variation

the length

the complexity

is good for you

is appropriate for you to understand

And also the words

whether the terms in it

the technical and the symbols

the data

the statistics

the expressions

do you think it's easy or it's

quite appropriate for you to read it

and to cover it

And also the drawing

that means the table

the graph

the flow chart

or whether they are appropriate

for you to understand

While you are reading this article

the journal article

focus on the contents

basically

or

especially on the methods

results and the discussion

And you can find this kind of information

from the factors

from the data

table or graph

and also in the reference part

But pay attention here

Do not read the article

for the language of the article

You focus on the ideas

okay

not on the language itself

So now let's analyze the journal paper

First we would find the title

And here is the title for this part

the sample

establishing a standard definition

for child overweight

or obesity worldwide

international survey

This is a survey

and the abstract part

should be objective

you would find the objective

that is the purpose of this article

and how it is designed

the setting and who are their subjects

and the main results

And then you will find the measure

That means what method they carried

and results and the conclusion

And sometimes you find

the introduction for the authors

their institutions

and their titles

even their address

so that you can connect with them

if you want

And for the subjects

you would find

a long sentence here

But in this part

you will find the subjects

For example

each survey

had over ten thousand subjects

with ages ranging

from six to eighteen years old

So this is the subjects

Right

And the part of results here

Figure two shows

And here down here you find

these show

the different extents of overweight

across data sets

reflecting national differences in fatness

So part of the articles are given

in the statement or description

of figures

So we have to make use

of the tables and graphs

to help us to understand this article

Look at the following table

It would be helpful

Right

Look at this table

It's about

six nationalities

representative

so different countries

here are the ages

And here you find the two line graphs

right

Line graphs in different countries

and their changes

their differences

Now let's look at the language features

The structure of the paper

is a report form

with instruction

subjects methods

results

discussion and conclusion

Basically

there are these parts

one two three

four five parts

And the first person is used

as the subject in statements like

our analysis provides

blah blah blah

And the third person is used

in analyzing the items

and describing the process

Here

It is not realistic to wait for them

because there is an urgent need

Okay

So the general principle

for paper reading

we have to follow these questions

If you want to read for breath

Ok

what did they do

Then you skim the introduction

head and graphs

definitions

conclusions

and bibliography even

And then you consider

the credibility

The credibility means whether

it is reasonable

reliable

and then how useful it is

and then decide whether

you want to go on

to continue to finish it

And then go in depth

再深度阅读

Ask yourself

how did they do it

the methods

And then challenge their argument

Do not always follow their ideas

You have to reflect

to reflect whether they are right

Do you have any different ideas

And exam the assumptions

examine their methods

even examine their statistics

examine reasoning and conclusion

and then ask yourself

how can I apply their approach

to my research work

So let's make a summary for this part

Paper reading

is not merely reading

in language comprehension

It is for the information

the methods

So you have to notice

the intention and purpose

of the reading

and the structure of the paper

and also the important ideas

facts

and data

And if you want

the language also can help you

to get this information

The language features can help you

to get the information

Here are the assignments

You read the sample paper again

try to make an outline of it

and compare yours with your classmates

And the second task

find a paper of for your possible

dissertation topic

and read and discuss your reading process

with your teacher

That's all for this part

Thank you for joining us