...it's not just about translating your paper into English
Dr Steven Lock
Chief Executive
British Medical Journal

MEDICAL WRITING & STATISTICS ADVANCED

DAY 1 - HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND STATISTICS

Medium of instruction: English and Polish

08:15–08:30

Registration and morning coffee

08.30 – 09.15



09.15 – 10.15

Statistics in Clinical Research (Statystyka w badaniach klinicznych)

  • Types of clinical trials
  • Data in clinical trials: types of variables, scales of measure
  • Sample size calculations 
  • Statistical analysis plan and study protocol 
  • Data management, preparation for analysis, variable conversion 
  • Choosing statistical tests appropriate to clinical data

10:15 –10:30 

Coffee break

10:30 –11:30


11:30 – 12:15

The Meaning of Statistics in Clinical Research (Znaczenie statystyki w badaniach klinicznych)

  • Descriptive statistics and graphical presentation
  • Estimates and confidence intervals
  • Statistical method description in papers
  • Statistical software

12:15–13:00   

Lunch

13:00–15:00   

Workshop: interpreting clinical trials statistics and graphical statistical analytic techniques (Warsztaty: interpretacja wyników i techniki graficznego przedstawiania wyników)

  • Study populations
  • Dose finding and responder analyses
  • Kaplan-Meier analyses

15:00–15:10   

Coffee break

15:10–17:10

Workshop: statistical planning and writing (Warsztaty: planowanie i opisy statystyczne)

  • Planning statistics
  • Choosing tests in practice
  • Statistical descriptions


 

DAY 2 - MEDICAL WRITING

Medium of instruction: English

08.00–08.15

Morning coffee

08.15–09.00

The elements of a paper: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion (IMRAD)

09.00–10.00

Writing in English: Common problems, what makes text difficult/easy to read, using paragraphs effectively, jargon and technical terminology

10.00–10.15

Coffee break

10.15–11.00

How to write abstracts and  summaries, letters to the Editor, and covering letters 

11.00–11.15

Coffee break

11.15–12.00

The editorial process: How a journal treats submitted articles, the peer-review process, why papers are rejected, what to do if your article is rejected/accepted, and how to response to reviewers

12.00–12.30

Managing bibliographies effectively

12.30–13.30

Lunch

13.30–17.30

Workshops (including coffee breaks)

Review a manuscript, identify its faults and suggest improvements
Write an abstract, discuss the covering letter and respond to the referees’ comments

17.30–17.45

Closing remarks & certificates

 

JC - John Carpenter PhD

BD - Barry Drees PhD

JS - Justyna Stefaniak MSc

(more)  (speakers)  (dates)

Patronage:

PTT

Polish Society of Transplantation

Polskie Towarzystwo Dermatologiczne

Polish Dermatological Society


The Polish Society For Rheumatology

Testimonials

"A practical approach and professionalism of the tutor"

Rafał Zyśk, Health Economics Consulting
Statystyka praktyczna w badaniach klinicznych i publikacjach naukowych, Warszawa, 11.12.2010
translation: PMW 



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