This unit of study will appeal to anyone wanting to write medical papers for conferences or journals, or to improve their paper writing skills. Students will work at their own pace through 9 modules covering research integrity, medical style, abstracts, presentations and posters, constructing a paper, data visualisation, manuscript submission, responding to reviewers' comments, post-publication research dissemination, and peer- reviewing a paper. This unit aims to teach students the principles of research integrity in writing for medical journals, typical issues they may face, and link to resources to help them maintain integrity through their publishing careers. It will guide them to reliable evidence-based resources to improve their conference abstract, presentation and poster design, and manuscript style and writing. Students will learn about reporting guidelines, common pitfalls in writing and presenting research, choosing a journal, keywords, improving tables and figures for manuscripts through open source software, copyright, writing cover letters and response letters to reviewers. Students will learn about measuring research impact and ways to improve research reach, dealing with the media and press releases, using social media in dissemination, digital archiving and basic skills needed to act as a peer-reviewer. This is an online unit, but those needing to study in block mode will do online study as well as a workshop.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Public Health |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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(PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or BSTA5011) |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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CEPI5214 |
Assumed knowledge
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Some basic knowledge of summary statistic is assumed |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Christina Abdelshaheed, christina.abdelshaheed@sydney.edu.au |
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