MEWE21800 - The Structure of Medical Articles

Course Description

In this interactive course, a brief overview of trial types and design will be given (including a refresher on basic concepts of biostatistics. Each section of a standard medical manuscript will then be dissected and discussed from various aspects and in considerable detail, using examples from published literature. In addition, students will be asked to come up with their own trials, to offer critical input on their colleagues thinking, and to take turns in a hot seat, where they will edit parts of a manuscript provided by the instructor (word by word, punctuation mark by punctuation mark) and explain each of their decisions. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the interplay between critical reading and writing and the ways in which various components of a manuscript come together.

NOTES: Students who register 5 or fewer business days before the class runs are responsible for emailing the program manager for any pre-assignment.