MEDICAL WRITING
18th June 2010, Warsaw
This one-day training workshop has been specially developed for scientists and medical professionals in the healthcare system, academia and clinical departments of the pharmaceutical industry. It aims to teach you how to get your research published in peer-reviewed journals. It discusses in depth all the essential steps you will need.
CME points (punkty edukacyjne): 8.
(more) (agenda) (location) (price)In this workshop we will examine the structure of manuscripts, and you will learn how to write abstracts, how the peer-review process works and how to write effectively in English – for example, what makes text easy to read, using paragraphs to get your message across, use and misuse of jargon and medical terminology – and what to do when you receive the referees’ comments. The aim of this course is to provide professional support to authors and would-be authors of medical papers. Participants will acquire up-to-date information on the requirements for submitting articles, publication structure and common problems encountered by authors, plus some of the “tricks of the trade” that professional writers use
The morning will consists of lectures followed by breakout sessions in the afternoon. In these breakout sessions, participants will work in small groups on real-life practical tasks designed to reinforce the messages contained in the lectures. In these small group sessions you will work with our experienced trainers in an interactive manner.
By completing the course you will be able to:
- Write a structured abstract which meets the congress requirements and at the same time captures the critical points of your study, describes your results clearly and consistently, and raises interest
- Write a manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal so that it has the best chance of being accepted by the editor and referees.
- Write a covering letter
- Critically review a publication, point out the pitfalls and to come up with ideas for an improved version.
- Write a letter to an editor in response to your publication being turned down.
The trainers are researchers with many peer-reviewed publications, and professional medical writers, all with wide experience in data presentation at international meetings and writing scientific and medical papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
CME points (punkty edukacyjne): 8.
Agenda
MEDICAL WRITING
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08.00–08.15 |
Registration and morning coffee |
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08.15–09.00 |
Lecture 1 – The elements of a paper: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion (IMRAD) |
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09.00–10.00 |
Lecture 2 – Writing in English: Common problems, what makes text difficult/easy to read, using paragraphs effectively, jargon and technical terminology |
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10.00–10.15 |
Coffee break |
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10.15–11.00 |
Lecture 3 – How to write abstracts and summaries, letters to the Editor, and covering letters |
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11.00–11.15 |
Coffee break |
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11.15–12.00 |
Lecture 4 – 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 |
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12.00–12.30 |
Lecture 5 - Managing bibliographies effectively |
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12.30–13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.00–17.30 |
Workshops (including coffee breaks) Workshop 1 – Review a manuscript, identify its faults and suggest improvements |
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17.30–17.45 |
Closing remarks & certificates |
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Workshop 1 – Review a manuscript (provided), identify its faults and suggest improvements
Participants will be divided into small subgroups. During the first part of the workshop each group will be given a manuscript to study and will be expected to highlight its strengths and weaknesses. With guidance from the workshop leader, participants will then suggest how to improve the manuscript. During the last 45 min each group will present their findings about the manuscript and the workshop leader will record and correlate the groups’ findings for a final summary.
Workshop 2 – Write an abstract, discuss the covering letter and response to the referees’ comments
Participants will work in their small groups. During the first part of the workshop, the groups will prepare an abstract from the provided manuscript and develop a covering letter to accompany the manuscript when submitted to the journal. The groups will then come together for a guided discussion of their work. The last 25 minutes of the workshop will be a guided group discussion (all groups combined) of how to deal with the referees’ comments that the authors of the paper received, when they submitted their manuscript for publication. The referees’ comments will be projected onto a screen for the general discussion.
CME points (punkty edukacyjne): 8.
Venue
Centrum Konferencyjne Adgar Plaza
Postępu 17A
02-676 Warsaw
+48 22 337 40 73tel. (22) 337 40 73
