“Publish or Perish!” Intensive course on research and publishing in bioethics

Place: ul. Michalowskiego 12, 31-126 Krakow, Poland

 

Day 1: Sept. 12th                                                                                           

9.00-10.00: Welcome and introduction                                                 

10.00-12.30: Research in Bioethics (Pascal Borry)

  • Bioethics: field or discipline

  • Methods in Bioethics

  • Why to publish?

  • Barriers to writing

  • Research plan for a grant proposal or PhD proposal

12.30-14.00: Lunch                                                                              

14.00-15.30: Discussion of individual research plans of participants

15.30-16.00: Break                                                                               

16.00-17.30: A scientific paper (Jan Piasecki)

  • Types of articles

  • How to structure an article?

  • Examples of articles   

Day 2: Sept. 13th                                                                                           

9.00- 10.30: Scientific journals (Pascal Borry & Mahsa Shabani)

  • How to select a journal?

  • How to write a cover letter?

  • How to identify/suggest potential reviewers?

  • How to react to reviews?

10.30-11.00: Break   

11.00-12.30: Practical writing tips (Jan Piasecki)

  • How to use databases?

  • Using google online software

  • Keeping a journal of your work

  • Examples of reference management software 

12.30-14.00: Lunch  

14.00- 17.30: A systematic review (Mahsa Shabani)

  • Systematic reviews normative and empirical documents in bioethics

  • How to develop a search string?

  • How to analyze the data?

  • Examples of articles   

Day 3: Sept. 14th                                                                                         

9.00- 10.30: A scientific conference - part 1 (Mahsa Shabani)

  • How to give a presentation?

  • How to prepare a poster?

10.30-11.00 Break

11.00-12.30: A scientific conference - part 2 (Pascal Borry)

  • How to choose conferences to attend?

  • Networking

  • Media and social-media

12.30-14.00: Lunch

14.00- 17.30:  Workshop: discussion of a grant proposal (Pascal Borry & Jan Piasecki)