Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: May 30, 2019

Present:   Levi Bonnell, Justine Dee, Nancy Gell, Ben Littenberg, Jen Oshita, Connie van Eeghen

1.                   Warm Up:

2.                   Poster on Prevalence of Speaking Disabilities in Older Adults – Jen

a.       Time: 5 minutes max – met the time target

b.       Little time spent on the Discussion material; condense the intro to methods

                                                   i.      Thin out the text

                                                 ii.      Enlarge the tables/figures

c.       Identify the key points from the Conclusions; eliminate distractors

                                                   i.      Connect the conclusions to the objectives

d.       Consider animation

3.                   Hans Rosling “Factfulness” – Ben

a.       The Negativity Instinct

b.       Are guitars a measure of change for the better?  Heck yes, Steinway pianos too!

c.       Things can be bad and better at the same time

d.       What we remember about the past doesn’t have a whole lot to do with what it was actually like.

4.                   Next week: “Factfulness” Chapters 3-4

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