After this course, the student will be able to communicate scientific results in an effective way to colleagues and laymen.
Course Description
Various aspects of scientific communication will be treated. The first aspect is the visualisation of data: creating figures for papers, posters, and slides. The writing of specific sections of a paper (title, abstract, introduction, and results), as well as general aspects of paper writing (shaping paragraphs, active/passive writing, building a story), will be practiced. Intermixed with this communication to scientists, we will practice layman communication. Correct use of English language is not part of the course.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Human Movement Sciences: Sport, Exercise and Health (Research)
- Type of education: Studygroup: I will introduce basic guidelines for effective scientific communication and discuss how the resulting communication will depend on the target audience and the platform of communication. We will practice oral presentation and make paper communication assignments: creating data figures, slides, pieces of text. These will be introduced by a lecture, peer-reviewed and discussed in class.
- Academic skill: N/A
- Graduate School: N/A
- Start date: TBD
- End date: TBD
- Minimum number of students: N/A
- Maximum number of students: N/A
- Admission criteria: Contact the course coordinator for information on admission criteria: prof. dr. J.B.J. Smeets
- Concluding assessment: N/A
- Assessment type: N/A
- With Certificate: N/A
- Schedule info: N/A
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: N/A
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: PhD students VU (and VU RMA students)
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Course Description & Study Characteristics
Course Description
Various aspects of scientific communication will be treated. The first aspect is the visualisation of data: creating figures for papers, posters, and slides. The writing of specific sections of a paper (title, abstract, introduction, and results), as well as general aspects of paper writing (shaping paragraphs, active/passive writing, building a story), will be practiced. Intermixed with this communication to scientists, we will practice layman communication. Correct use of English language is not part of the course.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Human Movement Sciences: Sport, Exercise and Health (Research)
- Type of education: Studygroup: I will introduce basic guidelines for effective scientific communication and discuss how the resulting communication will depend on the target audience and the platform of communication. We will practice oral presentation and make paper communication assignments: creating data figures, slides, pieces of text. These will be introduced by a lecture, peer-reviewed and discussed in class.
- Academic skill: N/A
- Graduate School: N/A
- Start date: TBD
- End date: TBD
- Minimum number of students: N/A
- Maximum number of students: N/A
- Admission criteria: Contact the course coordinator for information on admission criteria: prof. dr. J.B.J. Smeets
- Concluding assessment: N/A
- Assessment type: N/A
- With Certificate: N/A
- Schedule info: N/A
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: N/A
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: PhD students VU (and VU RMA students)
Would you like to register or want to know more?
Please contact the course coordinator prof. dr. J.B.J. Smeets: