Scientific Writing in English - Beginners & Intermediate

Aim:To provide a solid understanding of: common mistakes & reasons for rejection, how to write clearly avoiding common errors & how to improve style, keep your audience interested & present data clearly.
Provider: Sandy Williams and Jim Weale, Scriptoria Communications. (link)
For:PRBB residents who are planning a specific scientific article or who have a current work in process.
Language:English
Contents:

Beginners course (29th June)
For those who have never written or been involved in writing an IMRAD article. If you don’t know what the letters IMRAD stand for then this course is for you. If you are uncertain how to structure an article and what information goes into the Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion sessions then this session will clarify these issues, through practical exercises and class discussion.

Intermediate course (30th June)
If you have already submitted a scientific article to a journal or have a very clear idea of how an IMRAD article is structured then choose this course. The focus of this course will be on understanding what makes a good article and practical exercises will include of analysis and critique of published articles.

Participants must have good written and spoken English for BOTH courses.

Scriptoria Communications (UK) provide specialised training in writing & editing to research centres and the biomedical industry worldwide."Very interesting and fun course. It pin-pointed the problems I often encounter when writing about science and showed the solutions."




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You should bring a copy of your own work in progress (paper copy or MS Word file), and laptop computer if possible. The trainers will be available for one hour after the course ends to give additional individual feedback to participants who request it.


For any questions or comments please email intervals@prbb.org.



Finished editions:

Intermediate edition: 30th June
Beginners edition: 29th June
Edition 2: 5th November Look at photos!
Edition 1: 4th November Look at photos!