Writing and Publishing Epidemiologic Research

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Description

Researchers are writers. Scientific research is not complete until it is written up and published, and writing is a major component of most researchers’ jobs. You will also find that the further you advance in your career, the more time you will spend writing, and the more important it is to be able to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences. Yet few researchers receive any formal writing instruction in their training, despite its centrality to science, careers, raising research funding, and communicating findings to advance knowledge and improve health.
 
The goal of this 5-session course is to strengthen your scientific writing skills by analyzing the arguments and narrative pathways embedded in the IMRAD format (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion), which is used to report most scientific research. We will also address the publication process, so that as an author you can navigate it with confidence and make informed, strategic choices.
Each 3-hour session will combine 1) lecture and discussion on core writing principles, and 2) application of these principles via constructive peer review of selected draft research manuscripts submitted by course members who want feedback on their work.