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Medical Writing: Follow-up Course
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3755-18-00-02 
Enrollment deadline: 12/08/2018
Date and time12.09.2018, at: 09:00 - 16:00
Regular seats12
Course fee2,040.00 kr.
LecturersChristine Møller
ECTS credits1.20
Contact personChristine Møller    E-mail address: medicalmanuscripts@gmail.com
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list.

The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee.

Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1. Present their work clearly and convincingly
2. Transform weak writing into strong writing
3. Appreciate the finer points of English grammar, usage and punctuation (especially the comma)
4. Apply their knowledge of the IMRAD structure
5. Write an appropriate cover letter in response to difficult-to-answer reviewer’s comments

Content
Participants will build on knowledge acquired in previous courses. They will have the opportunity to further improve their writing skills and maximize the impact of their published research. Topics covered will include idiomatic phrases, verb tenses, the passive, prepositions, linking words and organizational signals, punctuation to clarify meaning, tightening up the language, and removing the dead wood.

Participants
PhD students who have attended the Medical Writing or Intensive Medical Writing course.
Researchers who have some experience in writing and publishing would also benefit from attending the course.
Note: The course is not suitable for novices.

Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

All graduate programmes

Language
English

Form
Presentations, exercises, discussions, and evaluation of short texts.

Course director
Christine Møller BA, Dip Ed / Medical Manuscripts / medicalmanuscripts@gmail.com / 26 84 06 36
www.medicalmanuscripts.dk
http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinemoller

Teachers
Christine Møller BA, Dip Ed / Medical Manuscripts / medicalmanuscripts@gmail.com / 26 84 06 36

Dates
12 September 2018, 09:00 to 16:00

Course location
Panum

Registration
Please register before 12 August 2018.

Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.

Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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