The UK EQUATOR Centre’s Publication School is designed for early-career researchers and students. It aims to give you a smooth writing process that results in a published article that is fit for purpose. The course is delivered by methodological and writing experts from the UK EQUATOR Centre and Centre for Statistics in Medicine. Through group work, discussion, and practical exercises, we cover everything you need to plan, write, and publish your health-related research study.

Content:
Planning your message and audience
Negotiating authorship
Choosing a journal and avoiding predators
Good writing style and habits
What to write where: recipes for a successful introduction, methods, results, and discussion
Using reporting guidelines
Revising your work for simplicity, clarity and completeness
Summarising your article in an effective title and abstract
Writing effective cover letters
Submission and dealing with peer review
Disseminating your article after publication

The online course is held live over Zoom over 4 half-days. Participants need to have Zoom downloaded, rather than using the browser version, as we use registrations. We teach using shared slides, webcam, and audio. Our online Publication School is highly interactive, with all-group discussion and small-group exercises and discussion. Participants are welcome to use text chat, mic, and/or webcam in the main room, but need at least a mic for small-group work in breakout rooms. We do not record the sessions and are unable to offer live captions. Participants receive an electronic course workbook with all notes and exercises.

Sessions will run on four Monday mornings, 23 June – 14 July, 9:30-13:30 British Summer Time (GMT+1), with regular comfort breaks.

Places are limited and will be allocated in order of application. Visit our web page for more information: www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/graduate-courses/courses/equator-publication-school