Research in Health Services & Regions - Scientific Writing Workshop for Early Career Researchers
Pre-conference event of WIC Autumn Meeting (this opens in a new tab) in Oslo
What?
Join us for a Writing Workshop focusing on scientific papers in the field of healthcare variation (this opens in a new tab). Participants will gain insights into structuring research articles and engage in hands-on training to develop their writing skills. The workshop will also provide opportunities for peer feedback and collaborative learning.
Why?
This is an opportunity for early career researchers to develop their writing skills and prepare articles for peer-reviewed publications.
Who Can Participate?
Undergraduate students and Masters or PhD candidates who have published a maximum of 3 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and are seeking guidance on a paper on regional variation in Health Care Services.
How to Apply?
Interested participants should submit for their paper:
- a one-page abstract
- a draft of the introduction of the manuscript to be written
- a one-page CV (Please include links to your publications – if any)
Submit all documents in one single PDF to the following email: journal_rhsr@zi.de (this opens in a new tab)
Deadline: July 10, 2024
Selection Process:
We will select five to ten participants considering the abstracts, introductions, and CVs.
Workshop Format:
Date: September 10, 2024
Time: 1:30pm to 5:30pm (including a coffee break)
Location: Oslo, as part of the WIC Autumn Meeting.
Structure:
- Workshop:
- Four-hours (with 30-min break) hands-on training with Caro Struijke in Oslo.
- After the workshop:
- Submission of the manuscript’s draft for detailed feedback (45 minutes 1 to 1 online meeting) with Daniela Koller and Stef Groenewoud.
Content:
- How do we structure a research article? What are the different ‘moves’? (Paper Structure)
- How do we plan and build the introduction based on the main aim of the article? (Introduction Structure)
- How do we ensure the information is structured logically? (Coherence)
- How do we stress the relevance and importance of the research in the introduction? (Style)
Selected participants will get feedback about their submitted introductions. The teacher will select one of these introductions for discussion during the workshop. The selected introduction is most representative of the submitted texts in terms of the type of issues that need to be improved.
Facilitators:
Stef Groenewoud, PhD, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences Nijmegen, Scientific Center for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare) and Theological University Utrecht, Netherlands. Editor-in-chief of the journal Research in Health Services and Regions.
Daniela Koller, Dr. P.H., IBE - Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. Editor-in-chief of the journal Research in Health Services and Regions.
Caro Struijke, PhD, is a lecturer in English academic communication, with a specialization in scientific writing. She mostly teaches early career researchers, particularly those from medical sciences. She has developed interactive learning modules and a variety of innovative in-class activities building on her experience as a researcher and teacher at universities in the UK, US, Canada and the Netherlands.
Participation Fees:
There are no fees for participants.
Contact:
For inquiries or more information, please reach out to Camila Gonzatto (cgonzatto@zi.de (this opens in a new tab))
Organizers:
Journal Research in Health Services and Regions (this opens in a new tab) with the support of the Central Research Institute for Ambulatory Health Care in the Federal Republic of Germany (Zi) (this opens in a new tab) and the Wennberg International Collaborative (this opens in a new tab).