PNIJC Guidelines

Psychoneuroimmunology Journal Club (PNIJC) – Guidelines Coordinators: Anna Marsland, Ph.D., RN 412 624 4530 or 412 624 2434 marsland@pitt.edu Bill Chambers, Ph.D. 412 623-3218 chamberswh@upmc.edu Contact Person: Aric Prather, BA 412 624-4524 aap12+@pitt.edu Guidelines for article selection 1) An article selected for PNIJC should be an original research article. You may choose papers from any quality, peer-reviewed journal (some suggested journals are listed below). The critical factors in your choice should be that you consider the paper a. Highly significant and interesting in your area of research. b. To contribute something new to the literature c. To be worthy of discussion d. To be of general interest to the members of PNIJC The quality of journal club hinges on your selection of a good article to discuss, so please give this some careful consideration. You should identify 3 possible articles and email your choices to one of the coordinators (Anna or Bill) at least 2 weeks before you are scheduled to present. The coordinator will review the articles and let you know which are most suitable for PNIJC. PLEASE NOTE THAT ARTICLES FOR PRESENTATION MUST BE APPROVED BY ONE OF THE PNIJC COORDINATORS. 2) Once approved, you should email a copy of the article to Aric for distribution at least 1 week prior to presenting so that we all have time to read the article and prepare for discussion. Guidelines for Leading Discussion 1) Come prepared to present material for the first 30 minutes. a. Powerpoint and/or overhead are not required. b. Lecture notes/handouts are suggested 2) Presentation suggestions: 10/19/2010

a. In general, summarize information and emphasize the most important details. It is not necessary to state all specific information, but you must include enough information to adequately explain all that was done and why. b. Introduction i. Discuss background rationale for study – why was the study done? ii. Review significance of research question iii. State hypotheses and/or aims c. Methods iv. General description v. Help explain anything that is particularly complicated or not explained well in the text. vi. Do background reading of extra papers as appropriate to summarize the methods. d. Results vii. Synthesize and describe important results e. Discussion viii. Summarize most important findings ix. Did the authors address hypotheses x. State limitations of the paper xi. State anticipated impact f. Discussion Questions xii. Is this work significant? xiii. Is this work new? xiv. Are the experiments well designed and technically adequate? xv. Are the conclusions justified? xvi. Are there other papers out there that have reached different conclusions? Why are they different? xvii. What would be some interesting follow-up experiments? xviii. Any other relevant question(s) specific to the work. Suggestions of Journals to Select Articles from: 1. Science 2. Nature 3. Lancet 4. Cell 5. Immunity 6. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 7. Health Psychology 8. Psychosomatic Medicine 9. Journal Of Immunology 10. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 11. Journal of Virology 12. Journal of Neuroimmunology 13. Nature Immunology 14. Trends in Immunology 15. European Journal of Immunology 16. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 10/19/2010

17. Journal of Experimental Medicine 18. Immunology 19. Psychological Medicine 20. Psychophysiology 21. Psycho-Oncology 10/19/2010

PNIJC Guidelines

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