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The Write Stuff - Autumn 2018 (Vol.15, No.4), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2018

No abstract provided.

A Word From The Writing Team (October 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Writing Lessons from Ted-Ed
• WHYY's Maiken Scott on Communicating Science
• Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

A Word From The Writing Team (September 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Boost Your Communication Skills with Nature
• Win a Prize for Writing About Health Care

The Write Stuff - Summer 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 3), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2018

• Celebrating 70 years of serving MD Anderson
• Do grant reviewers read reference lists?
• NIH encourages authors to publish NIH-funded research only in reputable journals
• Preliminary data and R01 grants
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: First person

A Word From The Writing Team (July 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els, Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• From Thesis to Journal Article
• Open All Summer
• Sign Up for Our Fall Writing Retreat
• Writing Café

A Word From The Writing Team (June 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Sign Up for Our Fall Writing Retreat
• Grammarly Pro
• New eBook on Communicating Data Clearly
• Writing Café

A Word From The Writing Team (May 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Grammar Time
• What to Do Once Your Manuscript is Accepted
• Writing Café

A Word From The Writing Team (April 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Our New Name
• Now Offering Group Consultations
• Writing Café

The Write Stuff - Spring 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 2), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2018

• What is a PMCID and how do I get one?
• Updates to ClinicalTrials.gov
• EndNote Manuscript Matcher helps authors identify journals
• NIH grant applications: Where should the preliminary data go?
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: h-index

A Word From The Writing Center (March 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Writing Center News
• Resources for Writing and Publishing
• Writing Café

A Word From The Writing Center (February 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Tortured By Typos
• Punctuation 101
• Writing Cafe

Approach To Developing Basic And Scientific Writing Competency In Dnp Students At Samuel Merritt University, Michelle Hampton

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Cognitive Load Theory: Applications In Medical Education, Adam W. Wissman

Technical Communication Capstone Course

This article examines how cognitive load theory can help instructional designers in medical education design material and content to best suit their audience. Through the examination of schema construction, working and long-term memory, biologically primary/secondary knowledge, and novice and experienced learners, this article proposes instructional design best practices. This article separates these best practices into three categories: activities, pre-lecture resources, and teaching strategies, which can be applied to either novice learners or experienced learners.

Credibility Strategies Of Popular Health Websites: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Parkinson's Information Pages, Abigail Bakke

English Department Publications

Though using e-health is a common patient practice, unregulated and inaccurate online medical content can pose real dangers. To effectively convey important and accurate health messages, online health organizations must make their information stand out as trustworthy. To identify credibility strategies, I conducted a rhetorical analysis of Parkinson’s disease content from the two most popular U.S. health websites: NIH.gov and WebMD. Based on the range of credibility strategies identified in these webpages, I recommend that medical writers and e-health designers convey both expertise and trustworthiness to build credibility in their content.

The Write Stuff - Winter 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 1), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2018

• Information Security’s “questionable journal” initiative flags potentially predatory publishers and sponsors
• Communicating with your editor to make the most of the help you receive
• NIH’s Next Generation Researchers Initiative
• Scientific Publications offers writing consultation services
• Getting to know the NIH grant programs
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Gold, platinum, and green open access

A Word From The Writing Center (January 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• New Year, New Publishing Goals
• Grammar Time
• Writing Cafe

A Word From The Writing Center (November 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Stylish academic writing
• The Write Stuff

A Word From The Writing Center (October 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Selecting a target journal using journalguide.com
• Teaching and Communication Skills workshops

The Write Stuff - Autumn 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 4), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2017

• ICMJE member journals to begin requiring data sharing statements
• Online tools for researchers
• Changes to NIH forms for studies involving human subjects
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Text recycling

A Word From The Writing Center (September 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Writing Tip: Sentences that start with the word there
• Communication Skills Workshop Series: Communicate Like a Pro: Think like a...

A Word From The Writing Center (July 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Grammar tip: affect vs effect
• Opportunity for online writing workshop for scientists

The Write Stuff - Summer 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 3), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2017

• Grant Writers' seminars return in October
• Increase INTEREST in your grant proposals
• Academic search engine optimization: Help readers find your research
• Plagiarism policies of journals preferred by MD Anderson authors
• Tips for writing Introduction sections for NIH “resubmission” grant applications
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Journalology

A Word From The Writing Center (June 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Writing tip: Purpose of semicolons and colons
• Tips on preparing posters

A Word From The Writing Center (May 2017), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Grammar writing tip on ZOMBIE nouns!
• Keep Reading with BrowZine

The Write Stuff - Spring 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 2), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2017

• GrantScoop helps researchers find funding opportunities
• New NIH guidance on citing interim research products in grant applications: a note of caution
• Update on Beall’s list of suspected predatory journals and publishers
• Using double and single quotation marks
• Grant guidance and upcoming grant deadlines
• -- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: PMID and PMCID

The Write Stuff - Winter 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 1), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2017

• Reusing your own previously published material: When is it okay?
• Think. Check. Submit: Selecting a trusted journal for your manuscript
• NIH revises its grant appendix policy and font recommendations
• Minimizing text on scientific posters
• Winter and spring schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Predatory journals, misleading metrics, and other publishing hazards

The Write Stuff - Autumn 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 4), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2016

• Using calendar dates in case reports
• How does an author’s leaving an institution affect in-progress manuscripts?
• What trainees should know before submitting manuscripts to the Department of Scientific Publications
• EQUATOR Network offers more than 300 specialized reporting guidelines
• Autumn and winter schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Red Journal, Gray Journal, and other colorful nicknames

The Write Stuff - Summer 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 3), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2016

• Tips for writing a journal submission cover letter
• New biosketch instructions and samples provided by the NIH
• Tips for shortening grant proposals through document and text formatting
• Fall schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Structured and unstructured abstracts

The Write Stuff - Spring 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 2), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2016

• Grant-writing workshop and mock study section now available to help grant applicants
• Must authors highlight minor text changes in revised manuscripts?
• Using ORCID’s unique identifier to link your name with your publications
• Finding the information you need to navigate the recent NIH grant-application changes
• ICMJE updates its influential Recommendations for scientific publishing
• Summer schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: IMRAD

The Write Stuff - Winter 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 1), Research Medical Library

Write Stuff 2016

• Publishing patient information in case reports
• Changes to NIH grant policies, grant application forms and instructions, and SF424 guidelines
• Microsoft Word 2013: Tips for using Comments, Change Tracking, and other features
• Citing unpublished material in a research paper
• Winter and spring schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
• Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Uniform requirements/ICMJE recommendations