Venue:  AlLazurd, Intercontinental Hotel Coordinator: Dr. Peter Hall Faculty: Hilary Russell PhD MResEth, Peter Hall MD PhD

Course Description:

A practical approach to scientific writing from leading researchers and experienced authors and teachers who will guide you through the process of drafting your papers and getting them published. The workshop will cover

• Publishing in biomedical sciences: a changing landscape   
• Understanding the process of peer review and journal production
• The principles of effective writing
• Titles and abstracts, concise writing
• Dealing with references
• Getting your work published: what to do & what not to do.
• The importance of following Instructions to Authors
• Ethical issues in publishing, including authorship, plagiarism and fraud

Lectures:
Day 1: Understanding the publishing process

1. The Changing World of Scientific Publishing, P. Hall
2. What Makes Good Writing?, H. Russell
3. Understanding the Peer Review Process & Journal Production, P. Hall
4. The Structure of a Paper and The Art of Concise Writing, H. Russell

Day 2: Getting it right first time

1. Getting it Right First Time: Instruction to Authors, Titles and Abstracts, P. Hall
2. Getting it Right First Time: Dealing with References, Language, Structure, Phrasing and Writing Style, H. Russell
3. Getting it Right First Time: Figures, Table and Graphs, P. Hall
4. Getting it Right First Time: Other Things Journals Ask for and the Problem of The Cover Letter Metadata, P. Hall

Day 3: Problems that can happen and how to avoid them

1. Submitting your Manuscript, P. Hall
2. Dealing with Rejection, P. Hall
3. Publication Ethics, H. Russell
4. Overview and Discussion, P. Hall, H. Russell

Target Audience :

Anyone with an interest in using and contributing to the scientific literature and in particular doctors such as residents, fellows and junior consultants, nurses, pharmacists, PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and other scientists as well as senior medical students and those in professions allied to medicine.