- Start Date - 19/02/2013
- End Date - 07/05/2014
- Start Time - 13.00
- End Time - 14.00
- Location - TR 8
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Dated - 07
Want to develop your writing skills?
Time: Wednesday’s (1:00-2:00 p.m.)
Course Convenors: Prof. Teresa Pawlikowska, Director and Jane Burns, Research Officer, Health Professions Education Centre – RCSI
Who should attend: This course aims to support you in writing a paper concerning medical education for submission to a relevant journal. The course is suitable for those who have data in the field of medical education and who wish to publish in a medical education journal, or those who have a paper that needs to be re-drafted for a medical education journal.
Course Objectives:
- Demonstrate how Research/Article writing can be managed.
- Design a realistic writing plan to help manage the article writing process.
- Understand IMRAD techniques and tools for article planning and writing.
- Write an abstract, letter of submission and an article outline.
- Understand Impact Factor and how to target your submissions.
- Select effective key words to support your article.
- Understand the journal publication process.
- How to re-purpose work and write as you develop a project presentation, poster s etc.
- Work collaboratively /understand and participate in peer review.
- Enjoy writing!
By the end of this course participants will
- Have an understanding of how to integrate effective search strategies at the beginning of the writing process.
- Know how to integrate researching and article writing into their daily activity.
- Have an understanding of the writing for publication process and the review process.
- Be able to develop a realistic effective work plan utilising a single source approach to content development.
- Know how to target journals and identify other areas of publication/presentation.
- Submit a proposal to a targeted publication.
- Be more effective at managing timelines and deadlines.
- Appreciate the benefits of peer reviewing before submission.
- Be able to Identify collaborative partners.
- Enjoy the writing process!
If you are interested in attending then please contact: Jane Burns janeburns@rsci.ie orMary Smyth msmyth@rcsi.ie. Spaces are limited so early registration is encouraged.