NIeCer 103: Scientific Writing in Health Research

By Multifaculty | Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) - NIE

Learners enrolled: 35095

About the course
Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR], National Institute of Epidemiology [NIE], has been offering online programs on bio-medical and public health research, the ‘NIE-ICMR e-Certificate’ – NIeCer courses since 2016. The third in this series, NIeCer 103: Scientific Writing in Health Research, is a self-paced course on scientific writing for health researchers. Communicating research findings to the scientific community is the responsibility of every researcher.
Our course will explain the fundamental concepts in drafting a scientific manuscript to effectively communicate research findings. It will provide an overview of the steps and principles involved in organizing a manuscript logically and sequentially within a structure. It will also introduce writing styles and formatting guidelines to be adhered to while drafting a scientific manuscript. We expect this course to be useful to individuals interested in improving their scientific writing skills and enhancing their publication profile.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	Self Paced
Category :	Multidisciplinary
Level :	Certificate

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Course layout

Course syllabus

Argument matrix & Background

Argument matrix

How to set the background of your article

Reference management & Methods

Referencing using Zotero

How to write methods section?

Results & data sharing

Tables and figures

How to write results section?

Data sharing policy

Discussion & Additional information

How to write a discussion?

How to write a title, abstract & list keywords?

Additional information

Publication ethics &Submission of manuscript

Publication ethics

How to choose a journal for submission?
Responding to peer review
Scientific writing style

Course process

Note: Name as entered during enrollment will appear in the e-certificate

Books and references

1. Trisha Greenhalgh. How to read a paper. https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications/how-read-paper

2. Guidance on Scientific Writing- Equator Network. https://www.equator-network.org/library/guidance-on-scientific-writing/

3. Kotz D, Cals J. Scientific writing and publishing in medicine and health sciences: A quick guide in English and German. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter; 2021.

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Course certificate

Attempting all assignments is mandatory. Participants who obtain a minimum score of 50% in each assignment will be awarded an e-certificate of completion. e-certificate will be sent to the registered email id of successful participants on the last working of every month.

Note: Name as entered during enrollment will appear in the e-certificate. No further changes will be entertained in the e-certificate.

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