Manuscript Writing - Training Opportunities
These resources, while developed with the postdoctoral trainee in mind, are useful to a broader group of individuals, including medical residents, study coordinators, and nursing or allied health students.
| On-campus Instructional Opportunities | Campus Resources | Online Resources |
On-campus Instructional Opportunities:
| Credit | Non-Credit |
LIFE SCI COMM 560: Scientific Writing
3 credits; semester unknown
Writing scientific reports such as journal articles, theses, abstracts for a technical audience.
P: Sr or Grad st in a science discipline, or cons inst.
NURSING 705: Seminar in Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Evidence
2 credits; semester unknown
Exploration of interdisciplinary clinical research questions including strategies for assessing the evidence and conducting a systematic review of research. An interdisciplinary perspective is emphasized throughout the course. This is a 2-credit course. Students who complete a manuscript based on their systematic review will receive an additional 1 credit.
P: Grad students with at least one grad research course, or postdoc trainees, or cons inst.
ICTR Scientific Writing Workshop - manuscript writing section
View information about the upcoming November 2009 offering of this workshop.
Select presentations from the March 2009 offering of this workshop are also available for online viewing via the IME video library.
Campus Resources:
The UW-Madison Writing Center
http://www.wisc.edu/writing
The Writing Center provides assistance for graduate students in writing proposals, dissertations, & other projects by providing individual consultations, workshops, and other services. Instructors can work with you on issues such as analyzing your style, organization, and arguments. Writing workshops are also offered; click the Classes link on the Writing Center's main page.
UW-Madison Libraries - subject liaisons by UW Department
http://library.wisc.edu/directory/directory/liaisons
Subject librarians serve as liaisons to your department and can help you with questions about:
- Library services, collections, and policies (e.g., reserves, runners, Library Express, etc.)
- Collections and purchase requests
- Article alerts and customized searches
- Help managing information (e.g., RefWorks)
- In-depth reference consultations
- Customized instructional sessions and web-based Library Course Pages
- Citation verifications
- And more...
Online Resources:
UW-Madison Libraries online RefWorks access
http://www.library.wisc.edu/refworks
RefWorks is a software application accessed from the UW Library website that will help you format bibliographies and citations automatically while you research, create and organize a personal research database online, access your information online from any computer, and share your database with colleagues around the world. Any UW-Madison student, faculty or staff can use RefWorks. It is provided for your use by the UW-Madison Libraries.
Topics in the Context of Research: Research Publication
http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/research/publication04.html
From the UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Interdisciplinary Education Group. Features online presentations on topics of research publication and active vs. passive voice in science writing, as well as additional resource links.
