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Presentation:Day 1 of 2: PACN-INASP Post-Congress Workshop on Scientific Writing

By | Dec. 24, 2012

Main slides from the first half of an AuthorAID workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28-29 November 2012. Major topics include approaching a writing project, choosing a target journal, and writing each part of a scientific paper.

Presentation:Week 2: 2012 Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 09, 2012
Main slides from second week of 3-week intensive course given at Texas A&M University in summer 2012. Major topics include writing the introduction, some aspects of writing style, ethical and other issues, writing an abstract, and publishing a paper.

Presentation:Approaching a Writing Project

By | Apr. 29, 2012

Main topics: establishing the mindset (attitude), knowing the ethics, preparing to write, doing the writing, and revising your work. To keep the file small, photos have been deleted. From the IADSR International Conference 2012, "Fundamentals of Conducting & Reporting Research", Lahore, Pakistan, 27-29 April 2012.

Presentation:Ética de la Publicación Científica

By | Apr. 17, 2012
Una presentación en un curso de posgrado sobre ética científica. Se enfoca principalmente en los estándares éticos de la escritura y publicación de un artículo científico. Introduce principios básicos de la ética, nota las normas éticas y asuntos pertinentes a la investigación científica, además que enlista fuentes de más información.

Presentation:Ethics of Scientific Publication: An Introduction

By | Feb. 04, 2012
A lecture from a graduate course on scientific ethics. Focuses mainly on ethical standards for writing and publishing journal articles. Introduces basic principles of ethics, notes ethical norms and issues in research publication, and lists sources of further information.

Presentation:Scientific Writing: 10 Basics

By | Jan. 20, 2012
Lecture from a writing-intensive undergraduate course (Biology of Mammalian Cells and Tissues) at Texas A&M University. Introduces basic principles. Suitable overall for students in a variety of fields.

Presentation:Approaching a Writing Project

By | Dec. 03, 2011

From the AuthorAID Post-PACN-Congress Workshop on Research Writing, Ghana, 24-25 November 2011.

Presentation:Class 7--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 07, 2011
PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Session included presentations by some class members about their work, a segment on aspects of writing style, and most of a segment on ethical and other issues. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Presentation:Class 8--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 07, 2011
PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Session included presentations by some class members about their work, the latter part of a segment on ethical and other issues, and a presentation on publishing a paper. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.