Writing Abstracts for Scientific Conferences and Beyond: Attending conferences provides opportunities for scientists, including student researchers to generate interest in their work. This online seminar, prepared and presented by Dr. Cliona Rooney, supplies an excellent set of guidelines on how to focus your message and what pitfalls to avoid in abstract preparation. Reviewers’ perspectives are covered as well as important points on how to structure your presentation. Tips to improve written (poster) and oral (platform) skills to deliver concise, effective presentations are given throughout the session.
Design and Present a Research Poster: Consider the eventual goal of the project before starting the poster design process. Dr. Sarkar provides four questions to prioritize content. He highlights the significance of visual aesthetics and marketing in poster design, offering tips on creating informative titles and concluding statements.
Poster Preparation Guidelines: Good poster presentation is essential to highlighting your research and serves to foster communication at conferences. This narrated PowerPoint presentation, prepared by the SOAR office, details the basics of good scientific poster design. Topics covered include poster layout, section content guidelines, poster dos and don’ts, presentation basics, and poster audience.
Design and Present through Digital Platforms: Emphasizing principles of engagement, attention, comprehension, and legality, McCluskey advises starting with visual delivery before incorporating active learning. Key takeaways focus on audience connection, attention, understanding, and legal compliance.
Characterize the Components of a Scholarly Publication and Article Types: The components of a scholarly publication typically include an introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections, with additional sections such as conclusions or limitations depending on the publication type. Dr. Boedeker emphasizes the importance of reviewing author guidelines and discusses various article types, such as innovation articles, short communications, systematic reviews, and original research studies, along with their specific requirements and implications for publishing research in medical education.
How to Write a Research Paper for Peer Reviewed Publication: Dr. Nital Appelbaum shares the basic processes of drafting a paper for a peer reviewed publication in a condensed tutorial. She covers how to identify a journal, author guidelines for submission, and a breakdown of the sections of the article you wish to submit. Submission, how to determine authorship, writing approaches or style, along with the use of citations and citation software are also covered. How to handle review, revision, and resubmission are discussed. There is also advice on what steps to take should the paper be rejected.