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Presentation:Core Presentations on Research Communication

By | May. 27, 2013
Slide set containing presentations on writing journal articles, giving presentations, preparing proposals, and related topics. From the AuthorAID Workshop on Teaching Research Communication, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27-31 May 2013.

Guidelines for AuthorAID Guest Posts

By | May. 11, 2013
Guidance for potential authors of guest posts for the AuthorAID blog. Includes background information about the blog. Also includes guidelines for writing and submitting posts. Please note that those who might like to write blog posts for AuthorAID should first consult Barbara Gastel (bgastel@cvm.tamu.edu), who oversees the AuthorAID blog.

Global Health Internship Scheme

By | May. 02, 2013
Costello Medical Consulting is a medical consulting company based in Cambridge (UK), and they are offering a health professional from a low- or middle-income country the opportunity to gain skills in evidence-based medicine by working with them for two-to-three months on a healthcare problem.

Article:The SAMPL Guidelines for Statistical Reporting

By | Mar. 17, 2013
"Basic Statistical Reporting for Articles Published in Biomedical Journals: The 'Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature' or The SAMPL Guidelines” by Thomas A. Lang and Douglas G. Altman. These statistical-reporting guidelines can help authors, editors, and peer reviewers. Most of the content is applicable not only to biomedical but also to other fields.

Online tools for researchers

By | Feb. 18, 2013
A list of online tools for researchers: crowdsourcing research, social networking, sharing scientific data, lab management, writing and publishing...

Web resource:"How to Write for Technical Periodicals & Conferences"

By | Jan. 27, 2013

A 28-page guide from the professional association IEEE. Among topics addressed: ethics in scientific publication, deciding whether to present at a conference or write a journal article, identifying conferences and journals suitable for one’s work, developing a manuscript, revising, and peer review. Interactive, with links to other resources.