Inventing the future of medicine
 
 
 
A joint department of the College of Engineering and the School of Medicine

BIOEN 509: Bioengineering Departmental Seminar

Winter & Spring 2012

Location: Bioengineering Seminar Room, William H Foege Building N130

Time: Thursday 12:30 - 1:20 pm

Email contact: bioetalk@u.washington.edu (same email: bioetalk@uw.edu)

Grading Policy: Grades will be awarded on a credit/no credit (CR/NC) basis as follows:

Students who attend the lecture in-person:

1. Must attend a minimum of NINE (9) lectures in person and actively participate in discussions (PLEASE SIGN IN)
2. Must write a minimum of THREE (3) 1-page critique on lectures you attend in person, see guidelines below

3. For every lecture not able to attend in person, must watch the online video and submit a critique on it. This is in addition to the 3-critique minimum requirement.

Students who are unable to attend the lecture in-person:

1. Must watch the lectures online
2. Submit 9 out of 10 1-page critiques on the weekly lectures during the quarter

Calculation Table for the # of required critiques (Due to a cancelation, use the numbers in red for Winter quarter 2012)

# of lectures attended in person
# of lectures watched online
# of critiques needs to be submitted
10 (9)
0
3
9 (8)
1
3
8 (7)
2
4 (3 from the 8 (7) attended in person + 1 from the 2 watched online)
7 (6)
3
5 (3 from the 7 (6) attended in person + 2 from the 3 watched online)
6 (5)
4
6 (3 from the 6 (5) attended in person + 3 from the 4 watched online)
5 (4)
5
7 (3 from the 5 (4) attended in person + 4 from the 5 watched online)
4 (3)
6
8 (3 from the 4 (3) attended in person + 5 from the 6 watched online)
3 (2)
7
9 (8)
2 (1)
8
9 (8)
1 (0)
9
9 (8)
0
10
9

Lecture critique guidelines:

1. Critique is limited to one page, Word format, font size=11 or 12, saved as .pdf)
2. Critiques should be submitted in .pdf format as an attachment to bioetalk@uw.edu, due by Thursday March 15 for 2012 Winter quarter, and Thursday June 7 for 2012 Spring quarter. THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL SHOULD BE "Your Lastname First initial, Lecture # Critique". For example "Yager P., Lecture 1 Critique"

3.Describe weak and strong points; good and bad features
4.Identify important principles
5.New information gathered; new things learned
6.Present your perspectives on lecture’s topic
7.Criticize the presentation itself. How could it be improved?

Note: Due to lack of TAs, feedback on critiques will not be provided during the quarter. Grading of all submitted critiques will be done at the end of the quarter.