AOE Courses

• Thursday, Sept. 5 – MORNING #1
• Friday, Sept. 6 – AFTERNOON #2

• WRITING & PUBLISHING A RESEARCH ARTICLE OF EXCELLENCE (AOE)
  Chair: Jane Buchwald
  08-00-13.00
  

  • Welcome
  • Why Write and Publish an Article of Excellence?
  • Limiting Bias: Modern Scientific Method
  • Aerial View of the Research Writing Process: The AOE RoadMap
  • Introduction: Function, Essential Content, Workflow
  • Introduction: Defining the Research Question in Scientific Context
  • Introduction: Electronic Literature Search, Journal Selection
  • Methods: Function, Essential Content, Workflow
  • Methods: Experimental and Observational Study Designs
  • Methods: Selecting a Study Design
  • Methods: Five Key Interactions with the Statistician
  • Results: Function, Essential Content, Workflow
  • Results: Guidelines for Constructing Tables and Figures

    11:05-11:30     COFFEE BREAK

  • Special Guest Lecture: “Memoir of a Surgeon Scientist”
    Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD, FACS, (Hon)FRCS, Professor of Surgery & Biomedical Engineering, Owen H. & Sarah D. Wangensteen Chair in Experimental Surgery, University of Minnesota, USA
  • 12:20    Adjourn Half Day #1
• WRITING & PUBLISHING A RESEARCH ARTICLE OF EXCELLENCE (AOE)
  Chair: Jane Buchwald
  15.00-18.00
  

  • Results: Reporting Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
  • Discussion: Function, Essential Content, Workflow
  • Discussion: Interpreting Results and Answering the Research Question
  • Discussion: Limitations and Conclusions
  • References: Anchoring the Study
  • Abstract and Title: Critical Synopses
  • Macro and Micro Editing and the Quality Audit
  • Research Writing Teams
  • Ethics of Authorship and Funding Disclosure
  • Manuscript Submission
  • Succeeding in the Peer-Review Response Process
  • Principles of Scholarly Research Writing
  • The International Literature and Individual Researcher
  • Questions & Adjourn Course