YAISHWARYAJ: <AWARENESS> WORKSHOP ON SYNOPSIS WRITING/MANUSCRIPT WRITING AND END NOTE (20th & 21st September, 2014; KARACHI) [1 Attachment]

WORKSHOP ON SYNOPSIS WRITING/MANUSCRIPT WRITING AND END NOTE (20th & 21st September, 2014; KARACHI)

Shaheen Research Group is organizing a 2 Day Workshop on Synopsis Writing/Manuscript Writing and Endnote on 20th and 21st SEPTEMBER, 2014 at Rangoonwala Conference Room. This will be an interactive, but structured training session covering the topics outlined in the programme. House officers, postgraduate trainees and senior faculty members of Medicine/Dentistry and Nursing are encouraged to book places in this workshop.

The workshop covers three areas

1. Synopsis Writing (Day 1)

2. Manuscript Writing (Day 2; First half)

3. Endnote (Day 2; Second Half)

Synopsis Writing

Synopsis Writing part of the workshop will develop skills among the attendees to write Synopsis for Grant Writing, for Ethical Review Board Approval, and as a requirement for Fellowship exam requirement of CPSP and other Institutes.

Highlights of the Topics Covered for Synopsis Writing

Steps in Planning and Writing Synopsis
Topic Selection: What to look for
Literature Search (Techniques/ Resources with Online demonstration)
How to write an Introduction
Importance of Rationale
How to write an Objective and Operational Definition
Hypothesis Generation
Study Design
Sample Size Calculation (Hands on Exercise on calculating Sample Size by WHO and Epi Info Sample Size Calculator for Cross sectional Surveys/Case Control studies/Cohort studies/ Randomised Controlled Trial)
Study Population
Sampling Technique
Development of a Data Collection Tool
Data Collection Procedure
Data Analysis plan (Descriptive/Inferential Statistic) with Hypothetical tables
Budgeting
Referencing

Manuscript Writing

Manuscript Writing part of the workshop will develop skills among the attendees to write quality Manuscript and get it published in peer reviewed local and International journals of high impact factor.

Highlights of the Topics Covered for Manuscript Writing

Difference between Manuscript and Article
Elements covered in manuscript
How to write and Introduction
How to Write a Methodology
How to present your Results
How to Write a focused Discussion
How to write a Structured and Unstructured Abstract
Selection of Keywords

End Note

End Note is a software program designed to download, store and manipulate bibliographic information and can save you countless hours gathering data to write your papers. In this session we will introduce you to the software and show you how End Note can help you gather information from remote databases, organize and sort records and notes, and automatically format citations and bibliographies in a manuscript.

Highlights of the Topics Covered for End Note