Learning outcomes: To familiarise students with various aspects of scientific communication.

Form of education: Lectures 16 h (different lecturers). On Tuesdays 11.3.-6.5.2014 at 15.15. - 17.00 o'clock (no lectures on 22.4.).

All lectures in Kauppi Campus B-building, big lecture hall.

Programme

11.3.
15:15-15:20 Opening the course / Seppo Parkkila
15:20-16:15 Statistical reporting / Heini Huhtala
16:15-17:00 Writing a scientific article from biomedical research / Seppo Parkkila

18.3.
15:15-17:00 Speech Communication and public speaking / Hanna Porrassalmi

25.3.
15:15-17:00 Producing better English text / Robert Hollingsworth

1.4.
15:15-17:00 Tables and statistical graphics / Raili Salmelin

8.4.
15:15-17:00 The role of the editor in scientific publishing / Timo Partonen

15.4.
15:15-16:00 Research article publishing: Open access / Raija Aaltonen
16:15-17:00 Basic principles and publications forums of qualitative research / Jari Luomanen

22.4 BREAK, Easter holiday

29.4.
15:15-16:00 Scientific lectures, congress abstracts and posters / Seppo Parkkila
16:15-17:00 Science communications / Laura Tohka

6.5.
15:15-15:45 Two forms of doctoral dissertation / Kaija Seppä
15:45-16:15 Publishing a doctoral dissertation / Petri Juuti
16:15-17:00 Doctoral dissertation – practical aspects / Markku Kulomaa

Participants: Open to all. Especially recommended for doctoral students and students enrolled on the Tampere Research Training Program for Medical Students.

Evaluation: Pass/fail.

Enrolment by e-form: https://elomake3.uta.fi/lomakkeet/6964/lomake.html (enrolment begins 6.2. and ends 28.2.2014)