Creating Effective Conference Abstracts and Posters in Biomedicine: 500 Tips for Success - Softcover

Fraser, Jane; Fuller, Louise; Hutber, Georgina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846193117 ISBN 13: 9781846193118

Publisher: CRC Press, 2009

Synopsis

For most biomedical researchers and academics, preparing conference abstracts and posters is an important part of professional life. With good preparation and practice, all scientists can produce abstracts that act as effective ambassadors for their research. A well designed poster can help you to enhance your professional reputation in addition to communicating your data. This book aims to help you achieve these objectives. This book is designed for you to use when you are actually preparing a conference abstract or poster. It is intended to answer the most frequent questions, and to help you avoid the most common problems and pitfalls. Just dip into any chapter and you will find a range of tips relevant to the abstract or poster you are preparing right now. As a researcher and academic, you need to be able to disseminate and communicate your research work and findings. While many will view writing for peer-reviewed journals as the pinnacle of the academic communication hierarchy, being able to write and present conference abstracts and posters is also extremely important. Taking your work to conferences allows you to meet experts from all around the world, to exchange ideas in person and to network with potential employers and collaborators. 'This book is a gem of useful, practical tips covering the entire process - from reading the abstract submission guidelines, through to writing and laying out your poster and creating e-posters. If you are a novice this is the ideal book to guide you through every step. And, even if you consider yourself an expert, there is bound to be some useful information you can glean from the 500 or so tips. By reading this book, in sequence, or by dipping into relevant chapters, you will have all the necessary help with preparing abstracts and posters right at your fingertips' - Catherine Dunbar in her Foreword.

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Respectively Independent Scientific Communications Consultant; Independent Scientific Writer and Writing Skills Trainer; Independent Scientific Writer and Writing Skills Trainer

Review

"very useful - Written in an easy to follow style, the book can be used as a source of individual tips or read as complete sections devoted to. individual topics. Although the book is written with academic researchers in mind it is also useful for professional medical writers, particularly those with little or no experience who feel they might need some extra help." The Write Stuff

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1846193117
• ISBN 13: 9781846193118
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160