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Effective Medical Reading | Effective Biomedical Writing | Team research writer

EBW - Effective Biomedical Writing

An intensive, practical course for biomedical researchers, organized in 6 full-day sessions (6 h each), for up to 16 persons. Each session is composed of two lectures followed by small group exercises. The course, given in English language, focuses on scientific content (this is not a language course).

Main goals of course
  • Understand how to correctly structure a research report
  • Know how to strategically choose the best presentation of data in graphic form
  • Experience writing and revising, as well as working with a medical editor
  • Write a publication-quality research paper according to the latest international standards
Didactic strategies
  • Alternation between lectures (1 h) and small group work (2 h)
  • Lectures provide strategies for writing each section of a research paper
  • Small group work:   problem-solving exercises
  • Homework writing assignments (to be delivered by email before the next session) bring participants through each step of writing a brief report of their own research
  • Each writing exercise is returned, fully corrected, at the next session
  • At the end of the course, participants will have written a publication-quality brief communication
  • The set of students' reports will be formatted in journal style and presented to the head of department.
  Main course topics
  • Fundamental aspects of scientific writing: the sentence, the paragraph, the section, the verb, word choices and style
  • The writing process: all the steps from writing an outline and a first draft to preparing the final, revised text
  • Defining the article: study hypothesis, scopes, actions
  • Graphic elements (figures and tables): roles, choice, design, legends; when to choose supplementary online material
  • Writing the various sections of an article: roles, structure and contents of the Introduction, the Materials and methods, the Results, the Discussion
  • Completing the text with an abstract, a title, closing notes, references
  • Revising your own manuscript to ensure internal coherence
  • How to anticipate reviewers' criticisms
Prerequisites for participation
  • University degree in medicine, biology or related biomedical field
  • Ability to read and write English (this is not a language course)
  • Ability to understand lectures given in English by a native speaker (however, class discussion may be in Italian or English)
  • Prior participation in the course Effective Medical Reading

The course is organized for preformed groups and is held conveniently in your institute. A brief bio of the instructor is available here. For further information:   Dr. V. Matarese, Ph.D. (+39-0423-985191; info@uptoit.org)


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