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Written rhetoric and punctuation - a one-day Workshop
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3942-23-00-00There are no available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 02/03/2023
Date and time31.03.2023, at: 09:00 - 16:00
Regular seats16
Course fee1,320.00 kr.
LecturersVibeke Backer 
ECTS credits0.70
Contact personMarianne Bøje    E-mail address: marianne.boeje@regionh.dk
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), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. 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. Recognize rhetorical techniques in research writing
2. Understand the impact of rhetoric in research writing
3. Use rhetorical techniques in research writing
4. Use punctuation correctly
5. Use punctuation for impact.


Content
Examples of rhetoric and punctuation from published research will form the basis for exploring and elaborating the topics, ultimately giving participants the ability to translate the techniques to their own work.


Participants
PhD students who need to publish their research in English.


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 programs


Language
English


Form
Classroom setting, working individually and in groups, with examples, explanations and discussions, leading to exercises and practice.


Course director
Adj Professor, MD DMSci Vibeke Backer
Department of ENT
Rigshospitalet


Teacher
Carol Bang-Christensen, English teacher, carol@thecomputer.dk


Date
31 March 2023


Course location
Rigshospitalet or Panum – TBD


Registration
Please register before 2 March 2023


Expected frequency
Possibly 4 times a year, depending on the feedback on the first course.


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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