the az of medical writing

The A-Z of Medical Writing

The A-Z of Medical Writing

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 15:59
... off your monitor (see free writing) . THE A – Z OF MEDICAL WRITING 26 AtoZtext.qxd 22/02/00 13:51 Page 26 writing, see these details before you start. Don’t wait for the finished piece; show them ... them. THE A – Z OF MEDICAL WRITING 34 AtoZtext.qxd 22/02/00 13:52 Page 34 format? Is there an example of the kind of conference report they like (and perhaps one they don’t)? • At the conference, ... copy of our paper which proves for the first time that writing covering letters of more than 200 words increases dramat- ically the chance of being published.’ Putting the title at the top of the...
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Ideas Into Words Mastering The Craft Of Science Writing

Ideas Into Words Mastering The Craft Of Science Writing

Ngày tải lên : 05/10/2012, 09:47
... calculated all kinds of things with this theory. The first thing I calculated was the rate of disintegration of the muon and the neutron. They should be connected to- gether, if this theory was right, ... you at the bar?” Ten minutes later, while the grousers were presumably at the bar, I walked by the room of exchange copies—and there was John Bethell, combing through other people’s magazines ... going to be all of them, or al- most all. This is going to be awful!—an old-fashioned epi- demic like none of us has ever seen!” The better the scien- tist, the larger the scruple and the more he...
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 Báo cáo y học: "The epidemiology of medical emergency contacts outside hospitals in Norway - a prospective population based study"

Báo cáo y học: "The epidemiology of medical emergency contacts outside hospitals in Norway - a prospective population based study"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 09:56
... of 27 medical emergencies per 1 000 inhabitants per year [7]. However, the definition of an emergency was wider in this study than the classification of a red response based on the Index of Medical ... html?id=193493. 4. Office of the Auditor General of Norway: Riksrevisjonens undersøkelse av akuttmedisinsk beredskap i spesialisthelsetjenesten. (The OAG’s investigation of emergency medical preparedness in the ... Hunskaar 1,3 Abstract Introduction: There is a lack of epidemiological knowledge on medical emergencies outside hospitals in Norway. The aim of the present study was to obtain representative data on the epidemiology of medical...
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Báo cáo y học: "Demonstrating the benefit of medical emergency teams (MET) proves more difficult than anticipated"

Báo cáo y học: "Demonstrating the benefit of medical emergency teams (MET) proves more difficult than anticipated"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 10:39
... anticipated. These factors significantly reduced the power of the study. Based on their findings, the authors estimate that more than 100 hospitals would be needed to show the 30% difference they ... have reduced the likelihood of demonstrating a benefit. After the education period, the maintenance of the MET system was left to the local hospital. No efforts were made by the investigators ... self-evident that the goal of identifying and treating patients early in the course of their illness is preferable to waiting until more serious signs and symptoms have developed. Certainly, at the University...
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The Funbook of Creative Writing

The Funbook of Creative Writing

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2012, 10:46
... Publications 31 FUNbook of C REATIVE W RITING A BOUT THE B OOK Below are suggestions for expanded use of the FUNbook ofFUNbook of FUNbook ofFUNbook of FUNbook of Creative WritingCreative Writing Creative WritingCreative ... students love to read them aloud and even come up with their own ideas. The FUNbook of Creative Writing can be used with large or small groups. Write one of the story starters on the board before ... Fun Folder of Creative Writing. S UGGESTIONS The attention-getting, humorous story starters in this book will surely spark the imagination of the most reluctant story writer. The antics of characters...
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Mastering the craft of science writing part 17

Mastering the craft of science writing part 17

Ngày tải lên : 17/10/2013, 19:15
... fer- tilize and weed. There is work to be done. But the work pays off biggest when the plants are right for the soil and micro- climate of the particular garden. Is there some subject or writing style ... trigger their adrenaline. So they often thrive as staff, goaded on by the rest of the group (not to mention the boss). Gregarious types may not need goad- ing but wilt in a life that leaves them ... splitting. i. Writing was not for enjoying. After schooling like that, it’s no wonder that many of us tense up when we sit down to write. But fortunately, the How of writing is not the heart of the matter,...
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Mastering the craft of science writing part 4

Mastering the craft of science writing part 4

Ngày tải lên : 20/10/2013, 10:15
... off by 7 percent.” Then I remember the 9 percent. It was like a prediction for me: I went home and got this theory that says the neu- tron decay should be off by 9 percent, and they tell me the next ... “un- sure,” even when they are sure (in the ordinary sense), because their idea of truth is so lofty. Also, they feel responsible not to scare the public. I well remember from the early 1980s not ... part, the best scientists agree on the current best theory, which they recognize because, well, it fits. It an- swers the most questions with the greatest precision and the fewest loose ends. There’s...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 1 pdf

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 1 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 21/01/2014, 08:20
... past the point where I paid it any mind. So I sat and waited while she finished. Finally, she pulled out the page, gathered it together with one or two others and, still not looking up, passed them ... did—no knitted brows, just the blank screen of her face, the outside world absent. For a moment, the room lay still. Until, abruptly: “Oh, yes, Foreword For my father, who would have been so ... blank ©2003 The Johns Hopkins University Press Foreword © 2003 Robert Kanigel All rights reserved. Published 2003 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 987654321 The Johns...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 2 pdf

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 2 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 21/01/2014, 08:20
... interest in it. Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowing much science. Some of the best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to learn sci- ence, be ... one way or the other, sitting beside her at her desk, the manuscript on the sliding desk tray between us, I learned. I can attest to the wisdom of the writerly injunctions you’ll find in these pages ... intelligent questions, and shake off the high intimidation quotient of a dense, jargon-laden article in the Proceedings of the National Acad- emy of Sciences. Elise was a member of this breed; she was...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 3 docx

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 3 docx

Ngày tải lên : 21/01/2014, 08:20
... you at the bar?” Ten minutes later, while the grousers were presumably at the bar, I walked by the room of exchange copies—and there was John Bethell, combing through other people’s magazines ... Attitude 5 terial as they do with the readers. Indeed, their curiosity and its fruits are a large part of what the reader senses, of what lets the reader trust them—a process that begins with the first sentence. When ... interesting about how the world works, and then another something, and another, and an- other. For the rest of your working life, you will get paid to talk to people and pass along the great stuff...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 5 doc

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 5 doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/01/2014, 08:20
... of Being that in turn gives rise to appropriate Doing. You can spot the best mentors, like the best parents and the best shrinks, because their former protégés are out there doing the work. They ... parties, people often tell me that they have decided they want to be writers, and they’ll get started as soon as they have more time, or when they have their study fixed up, or when they get a new ... professional network as well, but the network is the least of the gift, be- cause a so-called “network” is really more like a tribe. If you are the right breed of cat for your mentor’s tribe, the net- work quickly...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 6 pptx

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 6 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 21/01/2014, 08:20
... whole class of story ideas arrives from the other direction: from outside the world of research, in the form of a question, observation, or piece of news.To under- stand the phenomenon then brings ... of stars, from the bottom of the ocean to the everyday flutter of the human heart. Unseen worlds are daily becoming visible. These stories have special appeal, not only because of their novelty ... as for the rest of us, ideas spark each other off, showing their full size only as they connect. Sometimes it’s hard to know what you think till someone asks the right question or offers one...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 7 ppt

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 7 ppt

Ngày tải lên : 21/01/2014, 08:20
... the Insured, the Uninsured, the Doctor, the Insurance Company, the Taxpayer, the Hospital, the Residents and Medical Stu- dents, the Medical Teachers, the Makers of Medical Parapher- nalia . One ... it. The beauty of case studies is that they carry the reader along on the wings of story, to which you can append pods of explanation as needed. At the same time, they anchor is- sues in the ... expertise to the table .The science writer knows how to translate science for the public, while the scientist knows the sci- ence. Whenever you start writing about any particular piece of research,...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 8 pptx

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 8 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 26/01/2014, 08:20
... too. The researcher will not mind. In fact, the better the scientific team, the more the leaders seem to want to credit the junior Research and the Interview 53 large, basic chunk of knowledge; the ... Why this line of research and not some other? Why now and not before? Guaranteed, there must have been other ways to approach the issue, so what was the advan- tage of this one? The answers are ... agencies. As a group, they care only about the opinions of a few illustrious persons of whom you and I may never have heard. They may begrudge time that gets them a lot of publicity, yet not...
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Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 9 pptx

Tài liệu Mastering the craft of science writing part 9 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 26/01/2014, 08:20
... inter- views, the machine took enough attention that my rapport with the other person suffered, plus I often lost track of the content. The problem is that, when I’m typing at the speed of speech, the ... out the other side, be- cause then you’ll know in your bones that feeling hopeless is just a phase. After that, you’ll probably find the process rather fun. It has all the joys of solving the ... you’ve got the person thinking, not answering by rote. If she’s talking along, then trails off and gazes into space . keep your mouth shut. Let the wheels whir. The next thing out of her mouth...
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