Copyright (C) 2009 INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL WEEK / ISW2011
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Writers' Workshop by ISS/SIC / Springer
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A Workshop on Scientific Writing by Springer Verlag is planned during ISW 2011 to provide new authors and new reviewers insight in how to prepare and review scientific manuscripts. The workshop is available in the format as a one day (Sunday) or a three days (Tuesday - Thursday early morning hours) workshop. The content as below also applies to the 3-days workshop.
Separate Registration will be required for participation in the Workshop - applicants must be fully registered for ISW 2011. Booking for only a part (1 or 2 days) of the workshop will not be possible. Booking will close when the workshop is complete, however, a number of 10 registrants will be included on a waiting list only in order to offer them to fill places if cancellations occur.
Organizer:
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John G. Hunter, USA
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Sponsors:
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Springer Science + Business Media, LLC.; The World Journal of Surgery and the ISS/SIC
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Dates:
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One day: Sunday, August 28, 2011 (09:00-15:00) or
3 days: Tuesday - Thursday, August 30 - September 1, 2011 (07:00-08:20)
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Venue:
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Pacifico Yokohama Congress Center
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Maximal attendance:
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96 participants (48 in the one day workshop / 48 in the 3 days workshop)
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Course Fee:
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JPY 4'500.00 (~EURO 40.00)
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One Day Workshop
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09:00-10:15
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Getting started: so you have an idea - what next?
Types of manuscripts. Posing the correct question. Defining methodology. Collecting the data. Organizing the data. Choosing Statistical Methods and Data analysis. Identifying at audience (best meeting, best journal). The authorship team. Trial registration. RCT reporting.
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10:15-10:45
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Break
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10:45-12:00
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The elements of style: writing the abstract and constructing the manuscript
Introduction, Methods, Results (Narrative, Tables, or Graphs?), Discussion (Keep it short), References.
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12:00 -13:30
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Lunch and Writing Break (write abstract from study description and dataset from a manuscript)
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13:30-15:00
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Bringing it all together: abstract review and the "rules" of publication
Critique abstracts. Discuss editorial misconduct and duplicate publication. Further discussion and questions.
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Sunday, August 28 to Thursday, September 1, 2011
