Publish Or Perish

Definition of publications (case report, case series, original research, brief reports, letter to the editors, reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analysis): What is best to start with?

Understanding different types of research projects (retrospective, different types of prospective studies, quality improvement projects)

How to select Journal with highest chance of acceptance?

What is the impact factor?

Which journals to avoid submitting to prevent rejection and time wasting?

What are open access journals, PMID?

You were given an abstract of paper review and want to make sure the statistics make sense.

The strategy to check whether proper statistics were used and the conclusions make sense.

Swim through (PubMed search, selecting publications, reading the key parts of the published studies)

Secret websites to get free PDFs of the studies of your interest.

Let’s critically review an abstract.

How to moderate an abstract presentation.

Let’s design a study

Demystifying the CONSORT and STROBE criteria

How to avoid problems with Ethics Committee

What you should and should never say in your talk

The best and worst use of graphics in your slides

Bullet proof tips to eliminate 90% of anxiety before your abstract presentation

The group will be lead step-by-step to write an abstract through a writing workshop

What does the friggin’ Ethics Committee want now?

Demystifying IRB requirements

Should you get an informed consent and how?

Tips to avoid delays with the Ethics Committee application

Writing the key parts of the IRB protocol application and informed consent

Why and when to register my study on Clinicaltrials.gov

How to fund your research project (government, societies, or pharmaceutical company)

Tips on how to effectively graphically present your data

Let’s review our Letter to the Editor, Scientific Abstract and Case Report