Medical Writing
Medical Writing (2015)
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Instructor: |
Dr. Philip Greenland, Northwestern University |
Teaching Assistant: |
Ms. Hagar Interator (hagarinter@gmail.com) |
Date and Time: |
July 12-16, 2015 / 14:00-18:30 |
Location: |
Room 215, Sackler Faculty of Medicine |
Final Exam: |
July 17, 2015 / 9:00-11:00 / Room 215 |
Prerequisites: |
Experience with medical writing |
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Course Syllabus Click here to download the course syllabus. |
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Course Description The course should be of benefit to anyone interested in improving medical writing skills and better understanding the biomedical publication process. The course will be conducted in part as lecture and in part as a hands-on workshop that will review and discuss the steps involved in preparing, peer reviewing, and revising manuscripts for publication.
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Requirements To receive academic credit for the course, participants must pass the final exam with a grade of at least 60 (D). Non-credit participants are not required to take the final exam. |
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Instructor Biography |
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Philip Greenland, MD Dr. Greenland is the Director of the Center for Population Health Sciences - Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology, and a Professor in Preventive Medicine-Epidemiology. Dr. Greenland's research, teaching and clinical interests focus on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). He has authored or coauthored over 400 research papers, editorials, and reviews on topics related primarily to heart disease prevention, heart disease risk prediction, and heart disease in women. Dr. Greenland's current research is focused mainly on prediction and early detection of CVD, including coronary imaging and metabolomics. Dr. Greenland is Director of a Post-doctoral Training Program in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, funded by the National Institutes of Health in the USA. He is also Director of the Population Research Center, part of the American Heart Association-funded prevention research network, based at Northwestern University. He is also a Senior Editor of the Journal of the AMA (JAMA). |