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I find it really difficult to read an academic paper from cover to cover in one go.
Online or in print, even for a subject I’m fascinated by and passionate about. I find it so difficult to focus in a single stint.
A thread maybe... 1/
Online or in print, even for a subject I’m fascinated by and passionate about. I find it so difficult to focus in a single stint.
A thread maybe... 1/
I know many colleague like to scan abstracts, but I’m highly conscious of the risks that presents and how many abstracts missrepresent the contents within.
So how do you do it? 2/
So how do you do it? 2/
I often find myself reading a whole a paper in chunks. I’ll read the intro and the methodology, I might pop to the back to read the conclusions, and then hop about between results and discussion. 3/
I sometimes find myself taken with a particular idea and I’ll wander off to write some quick notes or look up another paper I remember with similar or contrasting opinons.
I might chase a reference to check if that’s really what it meant, or google an author. 4/
I might chase a reference to check if that’s really what it meant, or google an author. 4/
I’ll sometimes return with a pen or a highlighter to ring the important bits, or a nice quote.
Sometimes it will go in the bag to make the journey to and from work a few times in the vain hope of being read to completion, or be moved atop the “pile of shame” in the office. 5/
Sometimes it will go in the bag to make the journey to and from work a few times in the vain hope of being read to completion, or be moved atop the “pile of shame” in the office. 5/
Nowadays I usually tweet about it and let the ensuing discussion reignite my interest to compete the task, or ferret out a specific fact while accidentally reading the rest in the process. 6/
I wonder if it’s me and the way my brain works.
I have no issue with a whole novel, or a lengthy scroll through Twitter, even the junior doctors’ terms and conditions when the need arose, but academic papers are often uniquely impenetrable.
I wonder if it might be them... 7/
I have no issue with a whole novel, or a lengthy scroll through Twitter, even the junior doctors’ terms and conditions when the need arose, but academic papers are often uniquely impenetrable.
I wonder if it might be them... 7/
I’d love to know how other people manage this? What are you tips and tricks #MedTwitter?
How do you read academic papers?
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How do you read academic papers?
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