Section outline

  • Lecture: Overview of the course; a Writer’s Algorithm; The Manuscript’s Introduction

    Faculty:  Amy Markowitz

    Location:  
    Mission Hall 1400

    • Prospectus:

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research Chapters 1, 3, and 14

    • Assignment:

      SUBMIT PRIOR TO CLASS VIA E-MAIL WITH YOUR SURNAME AND HW#1 IN THE SUBJECT CLAUSE (amymarkowitz@gmail.com)

      The title of a manuscript (or presentation) that you have completed or are working on, and the 3-paragraph introduction.

  • Lecture: Results: The Difference between Data and Information; Use of Tables and Figures

    Faculty:  Vivek Jain

    Location:  
     Mission Hall 1400

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8

    • Assignment:

      No homework assignment.  Discussion of final project.

  • Lecture:  Anatomy of an Abstract: Preparing, Focusing and Shortening abstracts; Elevator Speeches - Delivering Your Professional Mission in a Nutshell

     

    Faculty: Amy Markowitz and Vivek Jain

    Location:  
     Mission Hall 1400

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research Chapters 2, 4, and 11; pilot on-line abstract editing exercise; Elevator Speech Materials

    • Resources:

    • Assignment:

      SUBMIT PRIOR TO CLASS VIA E-MAIL WITH YOUR SURNAME AND HW#2 IN THE SUBJECT CLAUSE (amymarkowitz@gmail.com)

      An abstract prepared according to the submission guidelines of the annual meeting of a professional society in your field, and include in the abstract a table and a figure, presenting the same data two ways. Also, please complete the online abstract editing exercise.

      In the second part of class we will draft elevator speeches – a 3-minute presentation of who you are and what you do. No preparation is required prior to class.

  • Lecture: The Manuscript Discussion: Persuasively Bringing Home the Study’s Implications; The Sequelae: Managing Peer (and Internal) Reviews

    Faculty:  Amy Markowitz

    Location:  
     Mission Hall 1400

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research Chapter 13

    • Assignment:  No Assignment

  • Lecture: Preparing and Delivering a Talk; Making Slides and Posters; Dealing with Anxiety and Questions

    Faculty:  Warren Browner

    Location:  
     Mission Hall 1400

    • Session Slides:

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research Chapters 11, 12

    • Assignment:

      SUBMIT PRIOR TO CLASS VIA E-MAIL WITH YOUR SURNAME AND FINAL PROJECT IN THE SUBJECT CLAUSE (amymarkowitz@gmail.com)

      Final Project: An actual or fictional poster that you will or could submit to a major professional meeting in your field of study