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Speaker: Rafael E. Luna, PhD, Program Director, Office for Faculty Affairs, HMS | Instructor, BCMP, HMS | Author of The Art of Scientific Storytelling
PLEASE NOTE: You are registering for 2-part workshop that will meet on Fridays, October 28 & November 4, 2016.
Description: Research manuscripts are written to have an impact on the scientific community and to be cited by others. However, there are thousands of research articles published in our respective fields each year. Is it possible to distinguish one’s research paper by communicating science in a clear and compelling fashion? This 2-part interactive course provides instruction on how to write a scientific manuscript using the structural aspects of storytelling, i.e. dramatic arc. We will explore the logic of narrative craft and adapt it to writing a scientific manuscript. Dr. Luna will introduce his Scientific Storytelling method for writing research manuscripts. During the first session (Friday, August 26), instruction will be provided on the implementation of the Scientific Storytelling method into the basic components of a research manuscript: Title, Abstract, Figures, Results, Introduction, and Discussion. During the second session (Friday, September 2), participants will then apply these concepts towards writing a title and an abstract for their own research, which will be critiqued and revised.
Assignment: After the first session, postdocs should prepare and submit a title and abstract of their current research. The title (115 character limit including spaces) and abstract (200-250 words) should incorporate aspects of the Scientific Storytelling method discussed in the first session. Please send your documents (either Word or pdf files) to the postdoc office (postdoc_office@hms.harvard.edu) by 4pm on Monday, August 29th. These will then be compiled and shared with the class prior to the second session. Please come to the second session prepared to critique your peers’ work. A subset of the titles and abstracts will be discussed in class. At the end of the second session, Dr. Luna will return comments on the titles and abstracts to each participant in the class.
Register here: https://scientificstorytelling2016.eventbrite.com
