About Tim Albert Training

Where we are:

5 Cobham Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9AU, UK

Tel: + 44 (0) 1372 377848
Fax: + 44 (0) 1372 801667
Email: tim@timalbert.co.uk

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About us

Tim Albert Training specialises in running short courses on effective writing and editing skills for health professionals.

What we do:
We provide in-house and open (or public) courses. The main topics are effective writing, writing for scientific journals, editing peer-reviewed journals and setting up newsletters. A standard course will last one or two days, usually with 12 participants, and uses the latest small-group teaching techniques.

All our courses are based on the fact that there are rules that can help writers, no matter what they are involved in and who the target audience will be. We concentrate on the process of writing, and aim to explode many of the myths that make writing difficult and demoralising.

What they say about our courses:

'I cannot remember attending a more enjoyable workshop - really great teaching style.'
'Excellent course - made the whole idea of writing a paper much less intimidating.'
'I feel much more focused and confident to go away and write the paper.'
'I had no publications when I came on the course four months ago. I now have three things in print... and three other papers submitted.'
'The most stimulating course I have been on in a long time, and one of the most useful for the future.'

Who we are:
We are based in Leatherhead, Surrey, UK.

Tim Albert, founder. Formerly a prize-winning medical journalist and editor, he has recycled himself as a trainer and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is author of articles and books on medical writing and director of the BMJ/Blackwell short course for medical journal editors. He was a visiting lecturer in medical journalism at City University (London) and a visiting fellow in medical writing at Southampton University.

Barbara Albert, courses manager. Formerly a production manager for public television in New York and co-holder of an Emmy award for Dance in America programmes, she worked for British Medical Television as an administrator. She is responsible for all aspects of course administration.

Associate trainer
Dr Harvey Marcovitch was a consultant paediatrician at Horton Hospital, Banbury, honorary senior lecturer at Oxford University and former editor of Archives of Disease in Childhood. He is currently syndication editor at the BMJ.

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