Background: The Promise of Poop, 8/30/13 issue of Science: Section A
http://www.sciencemag.org.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/content/341/6149/954.full.pdf
- Links to an external site.
- Scientific Article: Section B Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Is Superior to Fidaxomicin for Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection, 1/2/2019 issue of Gastroenteroogy http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2018.12.019
Section A: Briefly summarize the background article in a language & style that you’d use in telling your classmates this. Don’t repeat the title of the article, authors, etc. Use your own words; no quotes. Word count: 100-250 words
Section B: concisely answer the questions, labeled 1-8, in your own words. Don’t re-state the questions. Word count: 100-300 words
Intro: (1) Why is this study important? (2) What is the authors’ hypothesis?
Methods: (3) What criteria were used to select the subjects?
(4) What criteria were used to select the donors?
(5) This was a randomized controlled trial; what does this mean?
Results: (6) What does the data table show?
(7) Did the study results support the authors’ hypothesis?
Discussion: (8) What are some unanswered questions?
Label the sections of your writing as A,B. the total word count for both sections: 300-550. Put word count at end of each section, & total word count at end.
