Venue:  Postgraduate center Coordinator: Dr. Peter Hall Faculty: Dr. Hilary Russell, Dr. Peter Hall Recommended CE Course: CEC14 entitled "Scientific Writing & Publishing"

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

Workshop Objective:

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 areas such as

• 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

• The changing world of scientific publishing (Peter Hall)
• What makes good writing? (Hilary Russell)
• Understanding the peer review process & journal production (Peter Hall)
• The structure of a paper (Hilary Russell)
• The art of concise writing (Hilary Russell)

• Getting it right first time:  Instruction to authors (Peter Hall)
• Getting it right first time:  Titles and abstracts (Peter Hall)
• Getting it right first time:  Dealing with references (Hilary Russell)
• Getting it right first time:  Language, structure, phrasing and writing style (Hilary Russell)
• Getting it right first time:  Figures, Table and Graphs (Peter Hall)
• Getting it right first time: Other things journals ask for and the problem of the cover letter metadata (Peter Hall)

• Submitting your manuscript (Peter Hall)
• Dealing with rejection (Peter Hall)
• Publication ethics (Hilary Russell)
• Overview and discussion (Peter Hall & Hilary Russell)