Writing for biomedical sciences students / Harry Witchel.

Part I.Biomedical writing: setting your aims 1.Introduction: this book and how to use it 2.What your instructor wants for each different type of writing 3.Your process of writing Part II.Specific tasks in writing and presentation 4.Essays 5.Scientific talks and slideshow presentations 6.Lab reports 7.Reflective writing 8.Posters, patient leaflets and other scientific writing Part III.Skills 1: Organising, researching and scientific thinking 9.Goal setting: discovering, listing and mapping ideals to marking criteria 10.Organising: structuring, outlining and allocating your resources 11.IMRaD structure: introduction, methods, results and discussion 12.Recognising excellent and credible material you should include 13.Searching, reading and note-taking for online and library research 14.Selecting and preparing figures and tables to support your claims 15.Analysing critically to make well-informed arguments Part IV.Skills 2: Writing, editing and improving 16.Writing sentences with an authoritative tone 17.Writing into headed sections organised as clear paragraphs 18.Reference, quoting, paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism 19.Revising, editing, proofreading and professional presentation 20.Responding to feedback 21.Help for non-native English speakers