Writing a Journal Article

This course has been discontinued

Information is provided for reference purposes only.

This course aims to help you develop a clear structure for your journal article and the confidence to go and write it.

Course profile

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A day of teaching, followed by a day of writing, and a final day of teaching.

By the end of the course participants should be able to:

  1. plan the message of your journal article;
  2. organise your information;
  3. use a mindmap;
  4. write a plan;
  5. overcome barriers to writing;
  6. edit your first draft;
  7. deal with collaborators;
  8. manage the submission and peer review process; and
  9. disseminate your paper for impact.

The course is suitable for Bristol Medical School early career researchers or postgraduate researchers who have collected data and are in the process of writing or about to write a paper. If you are not yet at that stage please consider delaying your booking to another academic year. This course does not cover scientific language and style. 

This course will cover:

Day 1: Planning your journal article, using interactive exercises and activities
Day 2: Writing your journal article
Day 3: Editing, submitting and disseminating your article