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Certified Training - Successful Publishing in Science

290,00€

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How to Write, Present and Publish in Biodmedical and Health Sciences:  
A Guide for Laboratory Researchers and Clinicians

Developed by: 
Farzad Salehpour 

Target group
This course is designed for undergraduate and post-graduate students as well as research fellow scholars, who want to meet the optimum for any kind of scientific publication in the biomedical and health field (scientific paper, thesis, dissertation, conference presentation etc.).

Competencies  
You will complete the following skills:

How to do a scientific research proposal
How to write a publishable manuscript
How to find a proper journal for the submission
How to support the journal review process
How to set up a scientific congress presentation

What is the goal of the course?
We want you to start your career directly, without detours and setbacks.
For this purpose, we have brought together the luminaries in a field of modern, future-oriented medicine, the photobiological medicine. They are old hands in this field, have published up to hundreds of papers and know the scientific procedures inside out .

Course structure and length

The course consists of 14 parts with a total duration of 7 hours.

Course Content

	Session 1: Overview on the Course - 54 min Michael Hamblin, PhD Professor of Dermatology, Havard Medical School, Boston, USA The origin of the scientific records Types of peer-reviewed scientific articles Non-peer reviewed publications Authorship criteria Importance of peer-review Structure of an original research article How should we read a scientific article? Different components of the scientific article How to write a cover letter? Manuscript submission
	Session 2: How to Prepare a Research Proposal? - 17 min Marvin Berman, PhD, CBT QuietMIND Foundation & Associates, Philadelphia, USA What is the function of a research proposal? How we must convince the proposal review board (PRB)? Essential components of a research proposal Component #1: Working Title Component #2: Introduction & Research Problem Component #2: Introduction & Research Problem (cont.) Component #3: Literature Review Component #4: Methodology (Research Design) Component #5: Research Management Component #6: Ethical Considerations
	Session 3: How to Do an Effective Literature Search? - 26 min Daniel Bourassa, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Einstein Medical Institute, Florida, USA Some steps for effective literature searching Developing a research question Relevant keywords Using Boolean operators What sources we should use? Widely used databases 1: Web of Science (WOS) Widely used databases 2: PubMed Widely used databases 3: Scopus Widely used databases 4: Google Scholar How to use Google Scholar to find scientific articles? Some other non-obvious sources Evaluation of literature for quality Build a reference database Popular reference management software
	Session 4: How to Read a Scientific Article Efficiently? - 17 min Anita Saltmarche, BScN, MHSc Clinical Gerontologist, Saltmarche Health & Associates, Toronto, Canada Typical structure of the scientific article How to get the most out of an article with the least effort? Phase I Phase II Phase III What else we should do? Review of example articles
	Session 5: Scientific Article: “Introduction” Section - 35 min John Mitrofanis, PhD Professor of Anatomy & Histology, University of Sydney, Australia What is the role of introduction in a scientific article? Why is introduction very important? Length & structure of the introduction section What information should be included in the introduction? Typical flow of the introduction 1: Subject area & topic of research Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 2: Establishing the context Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 3: Literature review Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 4: Purpose statement or hypothesis Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 5: Methodological approaches Some tips!
	Session 6: How Does the Literature Review Should be done? - 27 min Miriam Henke, MSc Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Adelaide, South Australia What is the literature? Why the literature review is important? What does the literature review do? Different types of literature review Common approaches to structure the literature review How we should actually review the literature we found? Some tips! Review of example articles
	Session 7: Scientific Article: “Methods” Section - 28 min Theodore Henderson, MD, PhD Neuropsychatrist, Neuro-Laser Foundation, Denver, USA Methods section: an overview Different types of research works What questions should be answered in the methods section? Typical flow of methods section 1: Materials & study design Typical flow of methods section 2: Major measurements & calculations Typical flow of methods section 3: Statistical analysis Some tips! Review of example articles
	Session 8: Scientific Article: “Results” Section - 28 min Daniel Johnstone, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow of Physiology, University of Sydney, Australia What is the results section? Organization of the results Some styles for reporting data Designing the Figures & Tables Captions for the Figures & Tables Some tips! Review of example articles
	Session 9: Scientific Article: “Discussion & Conclusion” Sections - 44 min Paolo Casano, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychatry, Havard Medical School, Boston, USA What is the discussion all about? What does the discussion look like? Discussion section should answer some questions How should we organize the contents in the discussion? Some tips for enriching discussion section! What is the conclusion all about? Language used in the discussion section
	Session 10: Scientific Article: “Abstract” Section - 17 min Marvin Berman, PhD, CBT QuietMIND Foundation & Associates, Philadelphia, USA What is an abstract? Main functions of journal abstract Main types of abstracts Essential elements for an abstract Some tips! Review of example articles
	Session 11: English in Academic and Research Settings - 16 min Sarah Turner, MSc Clinical Neuroscientist, London, UK What should you do after the writing the manuscript? Most common writing errors Common language errors in scientific article writing #1 Plagiarism! Active or passive voice? Which verb tenses should we use in a research article? Present tense Simple past tense Present perfect tense Conclusion
	Session 12: Journal Article Submission Process - 34 min Liisa Laakso, PhD Professor of Physiotherapy, Griffith University, Australia Journal article submission process: Overview What should be done immediately after writing the manuscript? Authorship criteria & problems Journal (publication) metrics Journal metrics: Impact Factor - background Different types of scientific journals Selecting a journal for a publication How to write a journal submission cover letter? Manuscript formatting & final actions
	Session 13: Journal Article Review Process - 27 min Michael Hamblin, PhD Professor of Dermatology, Havard Medical School, Boston, USA Journal article review process Step 1: Submission of the manuscript & initial checks Step 2: Appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief What is the journals’ typical standpoint? Why does immediate rejection happen? High Impact journals Step 3: Invitation to reviewers & response to invitations Step 4: Review is performed & Journal assesses the reviews Step 5: Decision is communicated & Revision is submitted Important issues that should be considered in journal submission
	Session 14: Giving an Effective Oral Conference Presentation - 21 min Joseph DiDuro, DC, MS, DABCN Chiropractic Neurologists ProNeuroLIGHT LLC, Phoenix, USA Use an OUTLINE Common presentation problems Some important factors! Some tips!