Introduzione

To build a truly educated opinion on a scientific subject, you need to become familiar with the available scientific articles in that field.
And to be able to read research papers effectively, you must be willing and able to read the scientific articles yourself.

Reading and understanding scientific papers is an essential skill of every single pharmaceutical or medical device professional, researcher, physician, and scientist.
Do you feel the way you read a scientific paper is fast and effective?

The course aims to provide the tools to:

  • Understand the environment of medical-scientific communication;
  • Evaluate the quality of scientific articles and clinical studies using a systematic approach;
  • Fasten the reading and improve the understanding of medical and scientific articles.
  • 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: The systematic review of an article

To anyone involved in medical-scientific communication including 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 those who work in the Research and Public Health.

Participant experience
Participants should be aware of the basic principles of clinical studies.

Interactive workshop with on-train exercises and application to participant’s daily activities.
Before the training, participants will receive the article that will be used as an example during the training.
Moreover, a second article will be revised in the “systematic review of an article” workshop when participants will apply how to improve their medical reading activity.

Docente/i
Andrea Rossi
Info

Andrea Rossi

Consultant in Medical Writing, Communications and Scientific Affairs

Andrea has more than 30 years of experience in clinical research and physician relations. Author of more than 400 publications and articles, including more than 70 in peer-reviewed journals. He is past president, workshop leader, chairman of the study group on scientific communication and artificial intelligence, chair of the Italian group, and ambassador for the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA), of which he was president. In addition to his professional activities and training in medical schools, research centers, and medical-scientific societies, he acts as a speaker and chairman at several conferences.


This online training is divided in 2 modules:

MODULE 1 | 24 May 2023 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and from 02:30 pm to 04:30 pm CEST
MODULE 2 | 26 May 2023 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and from 02:30 pm to 04:30 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: € 945,00* (until 03 May 2023)

Ordinary: € 1.155,00*

Freelance – Academy – Public Administration**: € 615,00*

* for Italian companies: +22% VAT

** Early Bird discount not applicable to Freelance – Academy – Public Administration fee

The fee includes: tuition, organizational office assistance, teaching materials and attendance certificate that will be sent after the training via e-mail.

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Versione Stampabile
Cosa saprai fare dopo il corso
Risultato atteso
Evaluate the differences between various scientific articles
Risultato atteso
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of a scientific paper
Risultato atteso
Understanding the publication acceptance process
Risultato atteso
Read medical and scientific articles with a systematic and effective approach

<p><span>Online interactive training on Zoom platform. </span></p>
<p><em>LS Academy will provide the access link to the virtual platform a few days before the training.</em></p>

Online interactive training on Zoom platform. 

LS Academy will provide the access link to the virtual platform a few days before the training.

<p><span>Online interactive training on Zoom platform. </span></p>
<p><em>LS Academy will provide the access link to the virtual platform a few days before the training.</em></p>