LIN MEI CHANG (張琳美 ) [email protected]
PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY, TAIWAN
How to write your abstract?
2009/10/14 Wednesday
Poster Presentation of Research Work
Academic writing course
Take the course and start your writing trip.
Take the challenge and overcome it.Learn from your professors and
classmates.Accept good suggestions and revise
your writing.Share your ideas with others and be
positive.
Academic writing course
Books: Lester, J.D. & Lester, J.D.Jr. (2005) Writing
research papers: A complete guide (11th edition). New York: Pearson Longman.
See P.P. 324-325-Writing the Abstract
Swales, J.M. & Feak, C.B. (2007) Academic writing for graduate students: Essential tasks and skills (2nd edition). Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
See P.P. 147-179-Writing Summaries
Academic writing course
The following includes a list of very useful websites: http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/academic/1a.html#
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/essay/
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/general/academic/index.xml
http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/writinghttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/
student/ac_paper/what.shtmlhttp://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
For example
Please see the PPT of FIONA MOSS & DUNCAN NEUHAUSER Also see the link of 2009 Video
testimonials
http://internationalforum.bmj.com/forum-resources/2009-video-testimonials
poster presentation in the conference
Objectives
Learn about writing as a process Encourage you think about what others
could learn from your work
Why bother to write well?
To communicate your work wellFor clarity and accuracy of your
messageTo engage and stimulate your readers
To help you reflect on your work
Because it can be enjoyable and fun
Reasons for not writing
Difficulty knowing where to startNot knowing how to startAnxiety about writing skills Lack of confidence: no assessment of
writing skills on health related coursesWriting is a “gift”Etc, etc.....
Your story:
Think about a quality improvement (QI) work/project/research of your own that you would like to share with others
Describe it by writing about it in a just paragraph or two.
Get it down to its “basics”
Who are your readers?
DirectorColleagues/peersYour boss, your team, your studentsYour funding agency Your clients/local populationEtc
Now find out about your story from a “reader”
What is the story? What are the messages? What do they really want to know?What do they think is missing?
Now … revise your description of your research
In the light of the input from your “reader”.
Revise your brief description of your research.
Make sure that you make the main messages clear.
Writing papers: finding a structure
Structure can help with the process of writing
Use it as an “aide journal”
Make sure that you use the structure appropriate for the journal and article type
Structure: finding a form
Standard structure helps writingStructure provides a logical sequence Must contain “the story” within itSetting objectives for the paper is important Continuity between sections is important Link back to objectives throughout End should connect with beginning ie “discussion” must relate to
“introduction”
First: what sort of paper reflects your work?
A quality improvement report?A research paper?A review?A “How To Do It?”An opinion/view point? A letter? .etc etc etc .....
Structure for research papers
Standard structure for research papers . “IMRaD”
Introduction/Methods/Results and/Discussion
Now… write that abstract
Use the 2 paragraphs you wrote about your research paper , remember the input from your “reader”
Revise it using the structure provided…