About Tim Albert Training

Date of next open course:
17 October 2006

What people have said about this course

'One of the best and most effective courses I have been on.'

'This year I played the game with the rules you taught me, and I won. With minimal effort, but choosing the right journal and the right case report was crucial.'
'It is a surmountable hurdle and I now have strategies to deal with it.'

'Very good, clearly presented course. Presenter had bags of enthusiasm and lots of practical advice.'

'The most useful study day, in terms of what its effect will be on what I do, that I have ever attended.'

Get your paper written and published

Many of us are obliged to publish - or perish. There is plenty of information on what a scientific paper should look like when finished, but little information on how to get there. This one-day course, Writing a journal article - and getting it published, is designed to show you how to get started - and then complete the task in 10 easy stages. To get the most out of the course you should come with an idea for your article.

By the end of the session you will…

understand the publications game - and how you can be a winner;
make logical and informed decisions on where to send your articles;
reduce rewriting in the final stages by planning before you start;
cut 'information overload' by using simple brainstorming techniques;
make the most of scarce time by writing for 10 minutes a day;
use 'evidence based' writing to solve disputes with others;
apply simple marketing techniques to increase the chances of your paper being looked at favourably.

Who should - and should not - attend
This course is suitable for anyone who wants to look at how they write scientific papers, and who is ready to start doing so.
This course is not suitable for those who have yet to decide on what to write about, who want a course in critical appraisal or 'scientific English', or who are on the whole satisfied with the way they write.

What the course will cost
The current cost for a single place on an open course is £175 (plus VAT). This includes tuition, a course book, coffee and tea. Lunch is not included. The next open course will be held at BMA House in London on 17 October 2006. We have applied for CPD/CME approval.

Writing a journal article: outline programme

9.30

Understand the publications game: introduction, applying a helpful model used by professional writers.

10.30

Understand the player: writing personal action plans which ensure that participants will start to write.

10.45

Coffee

11.00

Set the brief: ensuring clarity of thought by carefully thinking through five preliminary questions.

11.45

Organise the information: controlling the mass of information by using the latest brain-storming techniques.

12.15

Write a plan (or four): understanding the requirements for each of the four main sections of the scientific article, and constructing a plan for each.

1.00

Lunch break

2.00

Write the article: reducing writer's block, saving time and maximising creativity.

2.30

Rewrite the article: managing effectively the vital process of revising by applying two levels of questions and some objective tests.

3.00

Tea

3.15

Add the extras: preparing the additional items required, such as references, lists of authors and titles.

3.45

Use internal reviewers: understanding the advantages and pitfalls of internal reviewing.

4.15

Send off the package: knowing how to present your material to its best advantage.

4.30

Questions, evaluation, personal action plan.

Participants should bring with them an idea for an article. During the course they will work through that idea.

For further information on public courses, go to open.

For further information on group courses, go to in-house.

For answers to questions on writing, go to ask questions.

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