TRAINING

This programme comprises of self-study courses to teach the required skills on writing a research paper and submitting it to  peer-reviewed journals for publishing. 

Who Can Benefit

This course is designed for students and early career researchers who want to develop research competency and publish a research paper in a peer-reviewed journal. These include: 

Senior undergraduate bioscience students

Pre-medical students

Graduate bioscience and medical students

Post-graduate students

Early career researchers

Early career physicians who want to polish their research writing skills

A Focus on Essentials

The course enables students to develop a sound understanding of writing and submitting a research paper. Throughout the programme, the focus is on teaching what is essential and avoiding overly complicated and unnecessary material.

Learn at Your Own Time

The course does not require any fixed time commitment.

Time Commitment Required

The total duration of the course videos is approximately eight hours. The course has to be completed within three months, as access to the course will be automatically blocked on completion of three months. 

Course Structure

The course comprises of pre-recorded self-learning modules. 

Module -1: 

Developing a Research Question

Essentials of Good Medical Writing

Statistics in Bioscience and Medical Research -1

Statistics in Bioscience and Medical Research -2

Module -2: 

Crafting an Effective Introduction Section

Guide to Writing the Methods Section

Writing the Results Section

Mastering the Discussion Section

Creating Effective Abstracts, Titles, and Keywords

Module -3: 

Doing Literature Research and Handling References and Citations

Handling Authorship, Acknowledgements, and Conflict of Interest

Publication Ethics - Plagiarism, AI Use, and Scientific Fraud

Navigating Journal Selection and Handling Peer Review

Writing a Scientific Review Article

Writing Medical Case Reports and Case Series