Scientific Writing Courses

The DoS Scientific Writing Core offers its faculty, trainees, and lab personnel access to class recordings, slides, and resources from two scientific writing courses developed and taught by Pamela Derish.

Intensive version (8 sessions) for faculty and research fellows: 

https://ucsf.box.com/s/3fou2301fs8s28hj6d32m1w5tg14u0f4 (UCSF ONLY)

Topics Covered: 

• Clarity Clinic (2 sessions): How to write clearly and succinctly to maximize the message
• Approaches to Getting the Writing Done
• Research Papers: The Introduction
• Research Papers: The Results
• Research Papers: The Discussion, Abstract and Title
• Grant Proposals: Part 1(Developing your research goals, hypotheses, and specific aims; Understanding the review process with Drs. Tammy Chang and Lucy Kornblith, NIH-funded surgeon-scientists)
• Grant Proposals: Part 2 (Developing and Refining the Specific Aims, Significance, Innovation, and Approach Components of the Proposal)

Short version (3 sessions) for lab personnel/research assistants: 

https://ucsf.box.com/s/hnl9mza0rkq2vgdnooxmeage9sfn7i9h (UCSF ONLY)

Topics Covered:

• Core Elements of the Research Narrative (for abstracts, papers, and grant proposals)
• Building on the Research Narrative to Develop the Introduction, Results, and Discussion Sections of the Scientific Research Paper
• Getting the Writing Done and Revising for Clarity and Brevity

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