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Advance Scientific Writing Courses and Resources

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Resources

All About Grants Tutorials -- NIAID
Link to the NIAID (National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases) website which provides on-line tutorials on preparing RO1 grant applications. Tutorials help biomedical investigators, especially new ones, plan, write, and apply for the basic NIH research project grant, the R01. Advice comes from the experience of NIAID staff, including former NIH grantees.

Authorship and Accountability
PowerPoint presentation in which Harold "Hal" Sox, M.D., Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine, lists the qualifications to be listed as an author as well as the specific ways in which an author is accountable for a paper's content.

Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers
This guide is used and recommended by both Dr. Judith Swan and Dr. Elizabeth Colston, who teach classes in Advance’s Scientific Writing Series.

Courses

Course Title
Description
Date/Time/Location
Instructor

Writing an Article for Publication Part 2: Writing the “Introduction” Section
ENROLL NOW

This session will focus on constructing Introductions with the important elements in the right order.
This class is available for CME Credit.
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

February 22, 2012
12 noon to 1:30 p.m.
702 Clinical Research Building (CRB)

Dr. Elizabeth Colston

Writing an Article for Publication Part 3: Writing the “Discussion” Section
ENROLL NOW

This session will focus on four elements of a sound argument: claims, evidence, warrants, and qualifications.
This class is available for CME Credit.
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

March 22, 2012
12 noon to 1:30 p.m.
104 Anatomy Chemistry Building

Dr. Elizabeth Colston

Writing an Article for Publication Part 4: Writing the Abstract for Your Paper
ENROLL NOW

This session will focus on writing excellent abstracts.
This class is available for CME Credit.
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

April 17, 2012
12 noon to 1:30 p.m.
104 Anatomy Chemistry Building

Dr. Elizabeth Colston