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Professional Skills Training
2010 Professional Skills Training Courses for all Trainees
Supported by The American Physiological Society
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Writing & Reviewing for Scientific Journals |
- Do you want to...?
- Improve your skills at writing and submitting manuscripts?
- Learn how to better respond to reviewer criticisms?
- Know how to select a journal for submission?
- Learn how to be a good reviewer yourself?
- Discover how diversity issues may influence how you write and review manuscripts?
- Learn about resources that can further develop your writing and reviewing skills?
- Who can apply?
- Upper level graduate students who have a 1st-author draft manuscript
- Lower level postdoctoral fellows who have a 1st-author draft manuscript
- All physiology fields are welcome to apply.
- How will I benefit?
After finishing the program, you will have…
- A detailed plan for improving your draft manuscript
- Hands-on experience at critiquing abstracts and manuscripts
- Network of peers and mentors to share critiques and advice
- Tools and resources for developing future manuscripts and abstracts
- What is the cost?
- The 2010 PST courses will cost $700.
- Travel (roundtrip budget airfare or mileage)
- Ground transportation to and from home airport (if applicable)
- Registration includes:
- Materials and instructor support
- Hotel room - double occupancy (note that students are expected to share a room with another course participant)
- Food
- Ground transportation from Orlando airport to hotel
- How is the Course structured?
- Intensive 2.5-day course (day & evening work, so please, no families during the course)
- Groups of 3-4 students paired with 1 instructor/mentor from your field
- Taught by experienced
biomedical researchers in your field
- Hands-on training at critiquing your presentation skills and those of your colleagues
- Pre-workshop homework required (readings, sending in a draft abstract and/or poster)
- What is my commitment?
- Attend the entire short course on “Writing and Reviewing for Scientific Journals”
- Complete all the required readings before the course
- Send in a complete draft manuscript of which you are the 1st author by
December 1st
- Send in a critique of an supplied abstract by
January 2nd
- Complete a journal exploration assignment before the course
- Complete all the required work during the course
- Thoughtfully complete all the evaluations: before, during, and after the course
- Participate in all aspects of the course as fully as possible
- How do I apply?
- APPLICATIONS due October 30th with payment
- Go to http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps
- Fill in your profile information
- Submit the requested material:
- The title and key words for your first-author manuscript
- 2-page biographical sketch
- 1-page letter stating why you want to attend the course
- Letter from your research advisor agreeing for you to attend and discuss your manuscript and stating that you will have a draft manuscript by the deadline.
- Submit payment via fax
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Making Scientific Presentations: Critical First Skills |
- Do you want to...?
- Improve your skills at introducing yourself to colleagues, faculty members, chairs?
- Learn how to write a better meeting abstract?
- Know how to write a great poster?
- Learn what constitutes an effective poster design?
- Learn how to present your poster to different types of audiences?
- Discover how diversity issues may influence your presentation skills?
- Learn about resources that can further develop your presentation skills?
- Who can apply?
- Lower level graduate students with first-author meeting abstract and poster
- How will I benefit?
After finishing the program, you will have…
- A well-thought-out and practiced professional introduction
- Hands-on experience at writing and critiquing meeting abstracts
- Hands-on experience at writing and designing scientific posters
- Hands-on experience at giving poster talks
- Network of peers and mentors to share critiques and advice
- Tools and resources for developing future presentation skills
- What is the cost?
- The 2010 PST courses will cost $700.
- Travel (roundtrip budget airfare or mileage)
- Ground transportation to and from home airport (if applicable)
- Registration includes:
- Materials and instructor support
- Hotel room - double occupancy (note that students are expected to share a room with another course participant)
- Food
- Ground transportation from Orlando airport to hotel
- How is the Course structured?
- Intensive 2.5-day course (day & evening work, so please, no families during the course)
- Groups of 4-6 students paired with 1 instructor/mentor from your field
- Taught by experienced biomedical researchers
- Hands-on training at critiquing your presentation skills and those of your colleagues
- Pre-workshop homework required (readings, sending in a draft abstract and/or poster)
- What is my commitment?
- Attend the entire short course on “Basic Presentation Skills”
- Complete all the required readings before the course
- Send in a draft abstract and poster of which you are the 1st author by
December 1st
- Send in a critique of an supplied abstract by
January 1st
- Bring a complete poster with you to the course (can be a previously presented poster)
- Complete all the required work during the course
- Thoughtfully complete all the evaluations: before, during, and after the course
- Participate in all aspects of the course as fully as possible
- How do I apply?
- APPLICATIONS due October 30th with payment
- Go to http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps
- Fill in your profile information
- Submit the requested material:
- The title and key words for your first-author poster
- 2-page biographical sketch
- 1-page letter stating why you want to attend the course
- Letter from your research advisor agreeing for you to attend and discuss your meeting abstract and poster and stating that you will have a draft manuscript by the deadline.
- Submit payment via fax
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