College for
Photomedicine

Courses and Training – Complementary Courses

Certified Training - Successful Publishing in Science

Price incl. VAT: 290,00 €

Includes: 14 sessions

Course Type: Online course (permanent)

Level: All levels

Duration: 7 h

Price incl. VAT: 290,00 €

How to Write, Present and Publish in Biodmedical and Health Sciences:
A Guide for Laboratory Researchers and Clinicians

Developed by:

Farzad Salehpour

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for undergraduate and post-graduate students as well as research fellow scholars, who want to meet the optimum for any kind of scientific publication in the biomedical and health field (scientific paper, thesis, dissertation, conference presentation etc.). What is the goal / aim of this course?

What skills will you learn?

You will complete the following skills:

  • How to do a scientific research proposal
  • How to write a publishable manuscript
  • How to find a proper journal for the submission
  • How to support the journal review process
  • How to set up a scientific congress presentation

What is the goal of the course?

We want you to start your career directly, without detours and setbacks.
For this purpose, we have brought together the luminaries in a field of modern, future-oriented medicine, the photobiological medicine. They are old hands in this field, have published up to hundreds of papers and know the scientific procedures inside out.

a name="howlong">How is the course structured and how long is it?

The course consists of 14 sessions with a total duration of 7 hours.

Table of Contents

Session 1: Overview on the Course - 54 min

Michael Hamblin, PhD
Professor of Dermatology, Havard Medical School, Boston, USA

  • The origin of the scientific records
  • Types of peer-reviewed scientific articles
  • Non-peer reviewed publications
  • Authorship criteria
  • Importance of peer-review
  • Structure of an original research article
  • How should we read a scientific article?
  • Different components of the scientific article
  • How to write a cover letter?
  • Manuscript submission

Session 2: How to Prepare a Research Proposal - 17 min

Marvin Berman, PhD, CBT
QuietMIND Foundation & Associates, Philadelphia, USA

  • What is the function of a research proposal?
  • How we must convince the proposal review board (PRB)?
  • Essential components of a research proposal
  • Component #1: Working Title
  • Component #2: Introduction & Research Problem
  • Component #2: Introduction & Research Problem (cont.)
  • Component #3: Literature Review
  • Component #4: Methodology (Research Design)
  • Component #5: Research Management
  • Component #6: Ethical Considerations

Session 3: How to Do an Effective Literature Search - 26 min

Daniel Bourassa, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Einstein Medical Institute, Florida, USA

  • Some steps for effective literature searching
  • Developing a research question
  • Relevant keywords
  • Using Boolean operators
  • What sources we should use?
  • Widely used databases 1: Web of Science (WOS)
  • Widely used databases 2: PubMed
  • Widely used databases 3: Scopus
  • Widely used databases 4: Google Scholar
  • How to use Google Scholar to find scientific articles?
  • Some other non-obvious sources
  • Evaluation of literature for quality
  • Build a reference database
  • Popular reference management software

Session 4: How to Read a Scientific Article Efficiently - 17 min

Anita Saltmarche, BScN, MHSc
Clinical Gerontologist, Saltmarche Health & Associates, Toronto, Canada

  • Typical structure of the scientific article
  • How to get the most out of an article with the least effort?
  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Phase III
  • What else we should do?
  • Review of example articles

Session 5: Scientific Article: "Introduction" Section - 35 min

John Mitrofanis, PhD
Professor of Anatomy & Histology, University of Sydney, Australia

  • What is the role of introduction in a scientific article?
  • Why is introduction very important?
  • Length & structure of the introduction section
  • What information should be included in the introduction?
  • Typical flow of the introduction 1: Subject area & topic of research
  • Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 2: Establishing the context
  • Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 3: Literature review
  • Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 4: Purpose statement or hypothesis
  • Typical flow of the introduction (cont.) 5: Methodological approaches
  • Some tips!

Session 6: How Does the Literature Review Should be done - 27 min

Miriam Henke, MSc
Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Adelaide, South Australia

  • What is the literature?
  • Why the literature review is important?
  • What does the literature review do?
  • Different types of literature review
  • Common approaches to structure the literature review
  • How we should actually review the literature we found?
  • Some tips!
  • Review of example articles

Session 7: Scientific Article: "Methods" Section - 28 min

Theodore Henderson, MD, PhD
Neuropsychatrist, Neuro-Laser Foundation, Denver, USA

  • Methods section: an overview
  • Different types of research works
  • What questions should be answered in the methods section?
  • Typical flow of methods section 1: Materials & study design
  • Typical flow of methods section 2: Major measurements & calculations
  • Typical flow of methods section 3: Statistical analysis
  • Some tips!
  • Review of example articles

Session 8: Scientific Article: "Results" Section - 28 min

Daniel Johnstone, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow of Physiology, University of Sydney, Australia

  • What is the results section?
  • Organization of the results
  • Some styles for reporting data
  • Designing the Figures & Tables
  • Captions for the Figures & Tables
  • Some tips!
  • Review of example articles

Session 9: Scientific Article: "Discussion & Conclusion" Sections - 44 min

Paolo Casano, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychatry, Havard Medical School, Boston, USA

  • What is the discussion all about?
  • What does the discussion look like?
  • Discussion section should answer some questions
  • How should we organize the contents in the discussion?
  • Some tips for enriching discussion section!
  • What is the conclusion all about?
  • Language used in the discussion section

Session 10: Scientific Article: "Abstract" Section - 17 min

Marvin Berman, PhD, CBT
QuietMIND Foundation & Associates, Philadelphia, USA

  • What is an abstract?
  • Main functions of journal abstract
  • Main types of abstracts
  • Essential elements for an abstract
  • Some tips!
  • Review of example articles

Session 11: English in Academic and Research Settings - 16 min

Sarah Turner, MSc
Clinical Neuroscientist, London, UK

  • What should you do after the writing the manuscript?
  • Most common writing errors
  • Common language errors in scientific article writing #1
  • Plagiarism!
  • Active or passive voice?
  • Which verb tenses should we use in a research article?
  • Present tense
  • Simple past tense
  • Present perfect tense
  • Conclusion

Session 12: Journal Article Submission Process - 34 min

Liisa Laakso, PhD
Professor of Physiotherapy, Griffith University, Australia

  • Journal article submission process: Overview
  • What should be done immediately after writing the manuscript?
  • Authorship criteria & problems
  • Journal (publication) metrics
  • Journal metrics: Impact Factor - background
  • Different types of scientific journals
  • Selecting a journal for a publication
  • How to write a journal submission cover letter?
  • Manuscript formatting & final actions

Session 13: Journal Article Review Process - 27 min

Michael Hamblin, PhD
Professor of Dermatology, Havard Medical School, Boston, USA

  • Journal article review process
  • Step 1: Submission of the manuscript & initial checks
  • Step 2: Appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief
  • What is the journals' typical standpoint?
  • Why does immediate rejection happen?
  • High Impact journals
  • Step 3: Invitation to reviewers & response to invitations
  • Step 4: Review is performed & Journal assesses the reviews
  • Step 5: Decision is communicated & Revision is submitted
  • Important issues that should be considered in journal submission

Session 14: Giving an Effective Oral Conference Presentation - 21 min

Joseph DiDuro, DC, MS, DABCN
Chiropractic Neurologists, ProNeuroLIGHT LLC, Phoenix, USA

  • Use an OUTLINE
  • Common presentation problems
  • Some important factors!
  • Some tips!