Research Summary of Recent Reserach Article

1. Select an article

Find a current research article related to the topic you have chosen. Current means published online in 2020. Research means academic in nature and coming from a reputable medical journal.

1. Reading

Once topic and article are approved, download the article in WORD (double spacing which will enable you to mark the article).

Make a first SKIM of the whole article, making hand written notes for yourself while skimming – paying attention to associations or suppositions that come to mind while reading, old or previous views of the topic versus current or new views, alternative views, controversy, disagreements or debates which arise.

On your second SKIM, you should be ready to mark (highlight) the article for main ideas, background information, hypothesis statement, research question, research methodology, results, controversy, alternative views, examples, studies, names of various researchers and experiments.

Use a code for marking the paper:

MI = main idea

BI = background information (historical overview of the topic)

HYP = hypothesis statement

RQ = research question

METH = methodology

EXP = experiment (1,2,3)

EVID = evidence, that supports a claim

RES =results, findings

CONT = controversy (alternative views, debate, disagreement)

DISC = discussion of the results

CONC = conclusion/s,

APP = future applications

Writing a Summary

Your summary should commence with the title of the article, the researcher/s, the source (publication and date). Then you can introduce the major ideas and topics.

The major points which should be included in your summary are the main claim, hypothesis, evidence and conclusions. No more than 300 words. Please use simple sentences and check your spelling and grammar before sending!