Writing for Biomedical Sciences Students (Bloomsbury Study Skills) [Paperback]

Harry Witchel is Senior Lecturer in Physiology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

PART 1: BIOMEDICAL WRITING: SETTING YOUR AIMS
Chapter 1. Introduction: This Book and How to Use It
Chapter 2. What Your Instructor Wants for Each Different Type of Writing
Chapter 3. Your Process of Writing
PART 2: SPECIFIC TASKS IN WRITING AND PRESENTATION
Chapter 4. Essays
Chapter 5. Scientific Talks and Slideshow Presentations
Chapter 6. Lab Reports
Chapter 7. Reflective Writing
Chapter 8. Posters, Patient Leaflets and Other Scientific Writing
PART 3: SKILLS 1: ORGANISING, RESEARCHING, AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Chapter 9. Goal Setting: Discovering, Listing and Mapping Ideas to the Marking Criteria
Chapter 10. Organising: Structuring, Outlining, and Allocating Your Resources
Chapter 11. IMRaD Structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion
Chapter 12. Recognising Excellent and Credible Material You Should Include
Chapter 13. Searching, Reading and Note-taking for Online and Library Research
Chapter 14. Selecting and Preparing Figures and Tables to Support Your Claims
Chapter 15. Analyzing Critically to Make Well-Informed Arguments
PART 4: SKILLS 2: WRITING, EDITING AND IMPROVING
Chapter 16. Writing Sentences with an Authoritative Tone
Chapter 17. Writing into Headed Sections Organised as Clear Paragraphs
Chapter 18. Referencing, Quoting, Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 19. Revising, Editing, Proofreading and Professional Presentation
Chapter 20. Responding to Feedback
Chapter 21. Help for Non-native English Speakers
APPENDICES
Appendix A. Sample Student Essay 1: Obesity
Appendix B. Sample Student Essay 2: Antibiotic Resistance
Appendix C. Sample Student Reflective Essay on a Patient Home Visit.