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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Skriv och publicera dina forskningsresultat |
|---|---|
| English title | Write Your Research Results and Get Them Published |
| Course number | 2618 |
| Credits | 3.0 |
| Notes |
The course meets the requirements for a general science course. |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa |
| Specific entry requirements | |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Committee for Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2021-03-12 |
| Purpose of the course | The purpose of the course is to impart knowledge and practical experience in scientific writing, based on own research, including manuscript, abstract, popular science summary and scientific poster. |
| Intended learning outcomes | AFTER ATTENDING THE COURSE, THE COURSE PARTICIPANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Explain the characteristics and disposition of different written presentation media and decide which forum is the most suitable for a specific text - Understand, and apply, the terminology associated with scientific writing - Write an abstract - Use the correct structure and language to compose a short draft for a scientific paper, following the editorial requirements - Revise a manuscript according to a checklist with the most common language and structure mistakes in scientific writing - Use the focus points in a scientific paper (where the readers focus their reading) to your advantage - Identify the main scope and focus of the research and summarize information aligned to the target group - Write a popular science summary and use popular science as a tool for presentations - Give a poster presentation - Design a scientific poster and reflect upon structure, language and style - Understand the ethics in publication - Use the software EndNote for reference management - Search for references in databases (e.g. PubMed) and decide what sources are reliable - Respond to the reviewer's comments - Write a cover letter - Write a project plan - Reflect on own development as a writer of different texts during the course |
| Contents of the course | THE MAIN SCOPE OF THE COURSE is how to write about research in different contexts and forums.
THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE: 1. Terminology associated to scientific writing 2. Different formats for presenting your research a) scientific paper b) abstract c) scientific poster d) cover letter e) project plan g) popular science summary (for example for your dissertation kappa, project plan, grant application) 3. The writing process: structure, language, style 4. Editorial requirements of different journals 5. Summarizing and presenting information aiming at the target audience 6. Identifying the main scope of a research project 7. References and reference management (EndNote software) 8. Data base search 9. Basic rhetoric for poster presentations 10. References 11. Ethics in publication |
| Teaching and learning activities | Lectures, seminars, writing exercises, group assignments and practical exercises. As part of the learning process, the course participants will be members of in-class review groups, giving feedback to their colleagues. |
| Compulsory elements | Lectures, seminars, evaluation sessions, and group assignments as well as all written assignments. Absence can be compensated:
a) during next course occasion b) individual assignments |
| Examination | 1) Written assignments reflecting the intended learning outcomes of the course: draft for scientific paper, popular science summary, poster and abstract. All assignments can (but doesn't have to) be based on own research (if applicable).
2) Evaluation sessions, where the course participants give each other constructive feedback on the written assignments as a part of the learning process 3) Poster presentation, where the course participants present their posters to a small group of their colleagues (there are no presentations in front of a larger group) |
| Literature and other teaching material | Mandatory:
Handouts from the lectures and worksheets. Recommended: Angelika H. Hofmann: Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, second edition. Oxford University Press, 2013. Optional (for Swedish speaking doctoral students): Gert Helgesson & Stefan Eriksson: Publiceringsetik. Studentlitteratur, 2013. |
Course responsible |
Anna Hildenbrand Michelman Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa 070-789 06 07 anna.hildenbrand.michelman@ki.se |
| Contact person |
Anna Hildenbrand Michelman Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa 070-789 06 07 anna.hildenbrand.michelman@ki.se Lalit Kumar Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa Lalit.Kumar@ki.se |
