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Learn How to Write Articles and Blog Posts for Science and Medical Media (SOM Faculty Only)
PubMed:Search Like a Pro
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Writing for Publication
Writing Health Stories for Public (SOM Faculty Only)

Open 1 Hour Lectures

Writing Health Stories for the Public (SOM Faculty Only)

Office of Faculty Development, Mary Knudson, Instructor 12 week Sessions on Tuesdays starting February 28, 2012 to May 15, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm, 1830 E. Monument St., Tumulty Conference Room, Room # 9019.
Registration: SOMFACFORM. Registration questions contact Carolyn Cook @Carolyn@jhu.edu. Registration closes on February 21, 2012. **Enrollment limited to 10 participants.
Many faculty have considered writing for the public. Physicians and other health professionals experience on-the-job challenges, problems, and also rewarding outcomes in health care that can lead to well-written works of great service to the public. In this writing workshop you will learn how to use your knowledge and experience to write about health and health care for public audiences. Previous faculty attendees have had stories written in this session published. This course is not about writing research papers for medical journals. You will learn principles of reporting and journalism ethics and good writing techniques. You will write several types of short articles such as narrative, essay, op-ed, and explanatory suitable for magazines, newspapers, or the Web, and blog posts. You will have detailed critiques of your writing from instructor Mary Knudson, a seasoned journalist, author and editor, who has taught medical and science writing for 14 years in the JHU MA in Writing Program, was a medical and science writer for The Sun, is the co-editor ofA Field Guide for Science Writers, and co-author with Edward K. Kasper, MD, of Living Well with Heart Failure, the Misnamed, Misunderstood Condition. You will also receive discussion of your work and critiques from other class participants. You will write a revision of at least one story. Participants must be proficient in written use of the English language. Enrollment limited to 10 participants. Course questions contact Mary Knudson@ knudson@erols.com or 301-495-9379.

Learn How to Write Articles and Blog Posts for Science and Medical Media (SOM Faculty Only)

Office of Faculty Development, Mary Knudson, Instructor
03.27.12, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Room TBD
Registration required @ facdevdept@jhmi.edu By March 22, 2012
Three senior editors of Scientific American Bora Zivkovic, blogging editor, Robin Lloyd and Steve Mirsky, articles editors will discuss how to write articles and guest blog posts for SciAm, the winner of the 2011 National Magazine Award for General Excellence.
Please join us as guests of the regularly scheduled SOM writing class, Writing Health Stories for the Public, taught by Mary Knudson, author, journalist, editor, who will serve as moderator of the event. The editors want this to be an informal evening and welcome audience participation throughout their talks. Please ask them anything you would like to know about writing for SciAm. In the first hour, the editors will discuss SciAm, its online and print components, and how writing articles and blog posts can differ. In the second hour, members of the writing class will pitch story ideas to the editors who will discuss whether/how the ideas could make interesting blog posts or articles for SciAm. If there is time, you will also be able to suggest an idea for an article or a guest blog post and get feedback from the editors.

PubMed:Search Like a Pro (3 offerings)

Welch Medical Library
03.28.12,1:00 - 2:15, Suite 1/1200, Lab #1, 2024 E. Monument Street, Jamie Blanck, Instructor
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04.17.12,1:00 - 2:15, Suite 1/1200, Lab #1, 2024 E. Monument Street, Katie Lobner, Instructor
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06.21.12, 10:30 - 11:45am, Suite 1/1200, Labe #1, 2024 E. Monument Street, Lori Rosman, Instructor
Registration: http://www.welch.jhu.edu/classes/index.cfm
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's database that provides access to over 17 million biomedical citations and offers links to many online publications and related articles. Learn about Citation Matcher to locate incomplete citations and how the Details, History and Clipboard features can assist you in creating searches and managing results. Learn to build expert search strategies with the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Database, save search strategies and set up alerts via MyNCBI, and how to access Welch electronic journal holdings or request articles through FIND IT @ JH.

RefWorks (3 offerings)

Welch Medical Library
02.08.12, 1:00 - 2:15, Suite 1/1200, Lab #1, 2024 E. Monument Street, Ivy Garner, Instructor
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06.05.12, 1:00 - 2:15, Suite 1/1200, Lab #1, 2024 E. Monument Street, Ivy Garney, Instructor
Registration: http://www.welch.jhu.edu/classes/index.cfm
Learn more about some the more advanced features available via your Refworks account. Capture citations info from web pages with RefGrab-it. Create an RSS Feed. Share your Refworks folder or library with other users. Delete duplicates, export your references into Endnote and Reference Manager. Learn how to edit any "Output Style" to meet your specific needs. A basic understanding of Refworks is required.

RefWorks Advanced (2 offerings)

Writing for Publication

Professional Development Office, Dr. Donna Vogel, Instructor
05.21.12, 9:00-2:00, Mountcastle Auditorium
For Registration and Detailed Information: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pdo
This course focuses on the “anatomy and physiology” of a research paper: the content and purpose of the Abstract, Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results and Discussion. The session includes: presenting data, including graphs, tables and figures; understanding the peer review process; and principles of effective scientific writing. While the focus of this workshop is on writing a research paper, other types of publications are briefly discussed, including case reports and review articles.
NOW OFFERED COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE! Go to PDO web site for more information:www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pdo