At a research presentation forum for doctoral candidates an academic staff member came up to me.
Today, at Pfizer's research presentation at its labs in Groton, Conn., executives defended the medicine against doubters and said that if what researchers currently believe is true, torcetrapib has a good chance of hitting the market within two years, despite a worrisome side effect.
In group tasks, individual performance can improve if each person is allowed to focus on what they're good at (such as presentation, analysis, research, and so on).
The questions after a research presentation at an academic conference are often a blood bath, but this isn't taken personally, because it's normal, like some strange kind of consensual intellectual S&M: we do it because we know it's good for us, and nobody threatens legal action.
At our institute, grand rounds in the Department of Surgery include an original research presentation by residents.
I'm good at study, research and discipline.
Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on initial journal entries, participation in class discussions, group research, presentations at the mock trial, and written decisions.
