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43518-01 - Doctoral course: Academic Writing in the Health Sciences / Phase I 1 CP

Semester fall semester 2017
Course frequency Irregular
Lecturers Annegret Mündermann (annegret.muendermann@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content Communicating research results in international peer-review journals is a critical aspect of scientific education and work. Preparing manuscripts for publication is a key skill acquired during PhD training. Concise writing and careful journal consideration greatly increases the chance of successful academic publishing.
This workshop provides background information and training on academic writing in the Health Sciences.
Basic and advanced knowledge and skills that are critical for successfully and concisely presenting and disseminating research in international peer-reviewed scientific journals will be discussed and feedback on current manuscripts will be provided.

Course Content
• Developing a work routing
• Steps towards successful international publishing
• How to choose a target journal
• Principles of effective writing in English
• Writing a scientific manuscript
• Referencing, Data presentation in figures and tables
• Submitting a scientific manuscript
• Peer-review process
Learning objectives At the end of this workshop participants will understand critical issues of academic manuscript preparation. They will learn concise scientific writing skills and be familiar with important resources for successful scientific publishing. Participants will prepare a manuscript on their research for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal.
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Admission requirements Advanced PhD students, postdocs and junior researchers, from all disciplines of health sciences e.g. sport science, epidemiology, public health, medicine, nursing science and others
Course application MOnA/Student Services and Registration over PPHS Website
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used

 

Interval Weekday Time Room

No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.

Modules Doctorate Nursing Science: Recommendations (PhD subject: Nursing Science (Start of studies before 01.02.2015))
Doctorate Nursing Science: Recommendations (PhD subject: Nursing Science)
Assessment format continuous assessment
Assessment details Participants will prepare a manuscript on their research for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal.
Assessment registration/deregistration Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale Pass / Fail
Repeated registration as often as necessary
Responsible faculty Faculty of Medicine
Offered by Institut für Pflegewissenschaft

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