About
Medical and Scientific Reading
Do you really understand what you read in a scientific paper? Do you fully understand its pros and cons? Do you appreciate the paper's internal and external value?
This training guides you in critically evaluating and interpreting medical literature using a structured, efficient approach.
Reading and interpreting scientific literature is a fundamental skill for professionals in the medical, pharmaceutical, and life sciences fields, as well as for any researcher.
In an era where fake news, anti-science, and artificial intelligence undermine our understanding of scientific research, the ability to critically evaluate scientific publications has become essential for making informed decisions, designing studies, and communicating evidence effectively.
This interactive workshop provides participants with a structured approach to medical reading — combining theoretical principles, guided exercises, and real examples — to help professionals read faster, think critically, and extract what they need from scientific papers.
Programme
- Welcome and introduction
- Workshop: Critical review of an article provided before the workshop
- The basis of scientific communication
- The actors of scientific communications
- Scientific communication in the Internet era
- Journals and congresses
- Indexing and peer-reviewing
- The Impact factor and the other bibliometrics
- Scientific evidence ranking
- The structure of scientific articles
- Introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions
- Title and abstract
- Authors, conflicts of interest, and acknowledgments
- Workshop: How to read a scientific article
To anyone involved in medical and scientific professions, research, and communication, including but not limited to Medical Affairs Professionals, Medical Science Liaisons, Clinical Research Professionals, Sales Representatives, Product Managers who work in medical devices, pharma, and biotech companies, CROs, as well as anyone who works in the Scientific Research and Public Health.
Participant experience
Participants should be aware of the basic principles of scientific studies.
Interactive workshop with on-train exercises and application to participants’ daily activities.
Before the training, participants will receive the article to be used as a working tool to begin the course.
Moreover, a second article will be revised in the “How to read a scientific article” workshop, where participants will apply the strategies to improve their reading skills.
Lecturers
Andrea Rossi
Andrea has more than 35 years of experience in clinical research and physician relations. He has authored more than 400 publications, including over 70 peer-reviewed papers. A former President of the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA), Andrea has led numerous training initiatives, workshops, and conferences on medical writing, scientific communication, and research on artificial intelligence.
He regularly collaborates with pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies, universities, medical schools, research centers, and scientific societies across Europe.
This online training is divided in 2 modules:
MODULE 1 | 13 October 2026 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm CEST
MODULE 2 | 15 October 2026 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm CEST
Some days before the online training you will receive all details about the connection.
The course will proceed with a minimum number of participants. Should this number not be reached the registered participants will be notified one week prior to the commencement of the course.
Early Bird: € 985,00* (until 22 September 2026)
Ordinary: € 1.195,00*
Freelance – Individual – Academy – Public Administration: € 685,00*
* for Italian companies: +22% VAT
The fee includes: tuition, organizational office assistance, teaching materials and attendance certificate that will be sent after the training via e-mail.
Register
Mara Claudia Algarotti
Training Manager & MW Operations
At the end of the training, you will be able to
Online interactive training on Zoom platform.
LS Academy will provide the access link to the virtual platform a few days before the training.