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BiomedicalWritingOnlineMaterial19981999SchoolYear

BiomedicalWritingOnlineMaterial（1998-1999SchoolYear）

INTRODUCTION（For1998-1999SchoolYear）

Hello,everybody.WelcomeyoutoourBIOMEDICALWRITINGCOURSE.IamDr.ZheDong,DirectoroftheCMBBiomedicalWritingandEditingProgram.Atthebeginningoftheschoolyear,letmetellyouhowweshallconductourbiomedicalwritingcourse:

1.TimeTable:

Duringthenextyear,youwillcomplete28lessons.Theselessonswillbepresentedtoyouboththroughe-mail,viaouron-lineclassroom（andonBMU'shomepage（address:

）.Youwillreceivealessoneachweek.Thetentativeplanfortheselessonsisasfollows:

FirstSemester

September7:

LESSONONE

INTRODUCTIONTOTHECOURSE;DEFINITIONANDHISTORYOFSCIENTIFICWRITING

September14:

LESSONTWO

USINGTHEINSTRUCTIONSTOAUTHORS

September21:

LESSONTHREE

CHOOSINGTHERIGHTJOURNAL（Part1of2）

September28:

LESSONFOUR

CHOOSINGANAPPROPRIATEJOURNAL（Part2of2）

October5:

LESSONFIVE

OVERVIEWOFARESEARCHPAPER;WRITINGTHEMETHODSSECTION

October12:

LESSONSIX

COMPOSINGTHEAUTHORLIST

October19:

LESSONSEVEN

WRITINGTHERESULTSSECTION

October26:

LESSONEIGHT

DATATABLES

November2:

LESSONNINE

CREATINGEFFECTIVEILLUSTRATIONS

November9:

CATCH-UPWEEK

November16:

LESSONTEN

DRAFTINGTHEREFERENCELIST;INTRODUCTIONTOWRITINGTHEDISCUSSION

November23:

LESSONELEVEN

WRITINGTHEDISCUSSIONSECTION

November30:

LESSONTWELVE

RECOGNIZING"STOCKPHRASES";WRITINGTHEINTRODUCTION（Part1）

December7:

LESSONTHIRTEEN

WRITINGTHEINTRODUCTION（Part2）

December14:

LESSONFOURTEEN

WRITINGTHEACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;SUMMARYANDEVALUATION,SEMESTER1

SecondSemester

March1:

LESSONFIFTEEN

CREATINGTHETITLE

March8:

LESSONSIXTEEN

WRITINGTHEABSTRACT

March15:

LESSONSEVENTEEN

SUBMITTINGYOURARTICLETOTHELOCALINSTRUCTOR;TENSES,JARGON,ANDABBREVIATIONSINSCIENTIFICWRITING

March22:

LESSONEIGHTEEN

USINGENGLISHPREPOSITIONS

March29:

LESSONNINETEEN

USEANDMISUSEOFENGLISHINSCIENTIFICWRITING;USEOFARTICLESINENGLISH

April5:

LESSONTWENTY

REVISINGARTICLESANDSUBMITTINGTHEMTOUSEXPERTEDITORS

April12:

LESSONTWENTY-ONE

ETHICS,RIGHTS,ANDPERMISSIONS

April19:

LESSONTWENTY-TWO

SPOKENPRESENTATIONSANDPOSTERSESSIONS

April26:

CATCHUPWEEK

May3:

LESSONTWENTY-THREE

REVIEWARTICLES,LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR,ANDBOOKREVIEWS

May10:

LESSONTWENTY-FOUR

OTHERTYPESOFSCIENTIFICWRITING:

GRANTPROPOSALSANDCURRICULAVITAE

May17:

LESSONTWENTY-FIVE

OTHERTYPESOFSCIENTIFICWRITING:

CASEREPORTSANDTHESES

May24:

LESSONTWENTY-SIX

UNDERSTANDINGTHEEDITORIALPROCESS

May31:

LESSONTWENTY-SEVEN

WRITINGCONCISELY;REVISINGANDPROOFREADING

June7:

LESSONTWENTY-EIGHT

SUBMITTINGTHEARTICLEANDFOLLOW-UP;COURSEREVIEWANDEVALUATION

Duringthecourse,youwillcomplete7majorwritingassignmentsplusyourfinalpaper.Thetimetableforyoutosubmitwritinghomeworkisasfollows:

ASSIGNMENTDUEDATE

paragraphonthestudent'sresearch9/14/97

draftofmethodssection10/12/97

draftofresultssection11/16/97

draftofdiscussionsection11/30/97

draftofintroductionsection12/14/97

possibletitles3/8/98

draftofabstract3/15/98

2.On-lineinstruction

Theon-lineinstructionswillbegivenbyProfessorTuYun-eofBeijingMedicalUniversityDivisionofForeignLanguageStudies.Dr.BarbaraGastel,theprincipalconsultantoftheprogramatTexasA&MUniversitywillbehersupervisor.Therewillalsobe4USeditingexpertsservingasyourhomeworkgraders.Youwillhaveoneofthemasyourcontactpersonandcandirectlycommunicatewithhim/herthroughe-mailifyouhavequestionsorwhenyouwanttosubmityourassignments.Thenamesande-mailaddressesofthesepeopleareasfollows:

ReneeCohen（Steve.and.Renee@）

ArkadyMak（aandcee@）

JasonMoore（jmoore@tamu.edu）

CandyKumugai（candy@）

Note:

CandywillservestudentsrecommandedbytheMinistryofPublicHealthonly.

3.Coursematerials

ThemajortextbookisRobertDay's"HowtoWriteandPublishaScientificPaper."Youwillalsoneedourcoursebook"BiomedicalWritingCourse"anditsSupplementaryReadingBook.Ifyouneedthiscoursepacket,pleasecontactMs.ZhangJian.

4.SomefeaturesofourBiomedicalWritingCourse

OurBiomedicalWritingCourseisanon-linedistanceeducationprogramgivenviaInternet.Itwasoriginallydesignedforindividualsfrom11ChinaMedicalBoardGranteeInstitutionsinChinawhoareactiveinlaboratory,clinical,oreducationalresearchandinnovation,andwhoareseeking,withinstitutionalencouragement,toobtaininternationalaswellasChineserecognitionforexcellenceinthenextfewyears.Atpresent,theprogramcapacitywillpermitabout50individualsperyeartoparticipatefullyinthecourseactivities,whichculminateinpreparationandrevisionofanEnglish-languagemanuscriptforsubmissiontoaninternationaljournal.Thenumberofindividualswhocan"audit"thecoursewillbelimitedonlybytheavailabilityofnetworkterminalsandprivatetutors.However,itisnecessaryforthosewhowanttoauditthiscoursetopurchasethepacketofcoursematerialsfromtheprogramheadquarters.

TheheartofthecoursewillbeaseriesoflessonsviaourOnlineClassroom,orthroughe-mailorFaxifspecialarrangementshavebeenmade.Onelesson,includinganexercisetosubmit,willbegiveneachweekthroughouttheschoolyear.Participantscandothelessonanytimeduringtheweek.Theelectroniclessonswillbesupplementedbyapacketofcoursematerials,suchasmodelwritings,andthetextbook"HowtoWriteandPublishaScientificPaper."

Mostlessonswilldealwithaspectsofwritingscientificpapers;forexample,atleastonelessonwilladdresseachmajorsectionofthepaper,andlessonswilladdressthepublicationprocessandaspectsoflanguageespeciallypertinenttoscientificwriting.Othertopicswillincludeuseofresourcessuchasinstructionstoauthors,preparationofconferencereportsandpostersessions,andwritingofgrantapplications.

ThemainprojectinthecoursewillbethewritingandrevisionofascientificpaperinEnglish.Youwillpreparethepaperonesectionatatimeasthecourseprogresses.Thispaperinitiallywillbereviewedandeditedbyatraineeintheeditorcertificateprogram.ItwillthenreceivefurtherdetailedreviewandeditingbyanexperiencedAmericanbiomedicaleditor.PaperswillbedistributedtovariousAmericaneditors,bothtoavoidoverburdeninganyoneindividualandtomatcheachpaperwithaneditorexperiencedinappropriatecontentarea.Thisinternationalreviewwillprovidefeedbackhelpfulinrevisingthepapers.ItisexpectedthatafterincorporationofsuggestionsbytheAmericaneditors,thepaperswillbeessentiallyreadyforsubmissiontointernationaljournals.

Forauditorstoorderapacketofcoursematerials,pleaseeithersendane-mailmessageto:

zhangjian@orsendaFaxto（010）62092264.

Thankyouforyourinterestinthebiomedicalwritingcourse.Wehopeyouwillenjoythecourseandfindituseful.

ZheDong,Ph.D

ProgramDirector

BiomedicalWritingOnlineMaterial（1999-2000SchoolYear）

Class1:

WELCOMETOTHEBIOMEDICALWRITINGCOURSE!

（WeekofSeptember6,1999）

Wearepleasedtowelcomeyou,theforthgroupofparticipantsinthebiomedicalwritingprogramfundedbytheChinaMedicalBoardofNewYork.Theprogramhasnowsuccessfullyentereditsforthyear.Duringthepast3schoolyears,about180scientistsandphysiciansfrom11medicaluniversitiesthroughoutChinahavecompletedthecourse,whichincludesonlineinstruction.TheyhavelearnedmuchabouthowtowriteanEnglish-languagescientificpaperandpublishitinaninternationaljournal,andduringthecoursetheyhavewrittenscientificpapersandreceivedfeedbackfromAmericaninstructorsandeditors.

Forthenexttwosemesters,wewillusetheChineseMedicalInformationNetwork（CMINET）toundertakeacourseinbiomedicalwriting.Duringthiscourse,youwill

--writeascientificpaper,receivefeedbackonitfromlocalandAmericaneditors,andprepareitforsubmissiontoanEnglish-languagejournal

--learnmoreaboutwritingandpublishingscientificpaperssoyoucansuccessfullysubmitpapersinthefuture

MynameisTuYun-e,andIaminchargeoftheonlinematerialforthecoursethisschoolyear.Lastschoolyear,undertheguidanceandsupervisionofDr.BarbaraGastel,whoistheprincipalconsultanttoourprogramandwastheprincipalinstructorforthebiomedicalwritingcoursefortheyearbefore,IupdatedtheonlinelessonsandIenjoyedthisworkalot.

ThisonlinematerialwasoriginallypreparedbyMrs.ElizabethWhalen,whowasprincipalinstructorinthiscourseforthefirstschoolyear（1996-1997）.Dr.Gastelupdatedthematerialsforthesecondschoolyear（1997-1998）.Theonlineslessonsforthelastandthisschoolyeararebasedontheirversionsofthematerial.

Inadditiontotheseonlineintroductions,yourlearningmaterialswillincludethefollowing:

1.Atextbook,BiomedicalWritingCourse,thatdescribeseachlessonmorefully,providesexamplesandexercises,andexplainstheassignmentforeachweek

2.HowtoWrite&PublishaScientificPaper,anexcellentbookbyRobertDay

3.Apacketofsupplementaryreadingmaterials

Eachweek,pleaseretrievetheonlineintroductiontothelesson.Iftechnicalproblemskeepyoufromreceivingtheonlinematerial,youcancompletethelessonusingonlythebooksprovided.

Inyourcoursematerialsforthisw