Writing a Journal Article
Are you an early-career researcher at the University of Bristol, preparing to write a journal article? This course will help guide you through the process of planning, writing and editing your journal article for submission.
This internal course is open to University of Bristol Medical School Staff and PGR students, who have completed a piece of work and are ready to write it up. If you are not yet at that stage please consider delaying your booking to another academic year.
Bookings are taken via our online booking system, for which you must register an account. All provisional applicants will be sent an additional information survey, to help us verify that the course is suitable for you to attend.
| Dates | 20 - 22 May 2025 |
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| Fee | £440 |
| Format | In person at Bristol Medical School |
| Audience | Internal University of Bristol only (prerequisites apply) |
Course profile
This course aims to help you develop a clear structure for your journal article and the confidence to go and write it.
Please click on the sections below for more information.
Structure
A day of teaching, followed by a day of writing, and a final day of teaching.
[Note: This course is not recorded].
Intended Learning Objectives
By the end of the course participants should be able to:
- plan the message of your journal article;
- organise your information;
- use a mindmap;
- write a plan;
- overcome barriers to writing;
- edit your first draft;
- deal with collaborators;
- manage the submission and peer review process; and
- disseminate your paper for impact.
Target audience
The course is suitable for early career researchers who have collected data and are in the process of writing or about to write a paper. If you are not yet at that stage please consider delaying your booking to another academic year. This course does not cover scientific language and style.
Outline
This course will cover:
Day 1: Planning your journal article, using interactive exercises and activities
Day 2: Writing your journal article
Day 3: Editing, submitting and disseminating your article
Teaching staff
This course is led by Dr Jessica Watson; Professor David Kessler and Dr Jade Norris.
Prerequisites
To make sure the course is suitable for you and you will benefit from attending, please ensure you meet the following prerequisites before booking:
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Candidates MUST have completed a piece of work and be ready to write it up. Candidates must be able to fully attend the course in person at Bristol Medical School. |
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Bookings
Before booking this course, please make sure you read the information provided above about the target audience and prerequisites. It is important that you have completed a piece of work and be ready to write it up. If you are not yet at that stage please consider delaying your booking to another academic year.
Bookings are taken via our online booking system, for which you must register an account. All provisional applicants will be sent an additional information survey to complete, to help us verify that the course will be suitable for you to attend.
To check if you are eligible for free or discounted courses please see our fees and voucher packs page. All bookings are subject to our terms & conditions, which can be read in full here.
For help and support with booking a course refer to our booking information page, FAQs or feel free to contact us directly. For available payment options please see: How to pay your short course fees.
Course materials
A course handbook is provided. Please note that there are no recordings for this course and it is not available as a Materials & Recordings (UoB only) option.
Testimonials
100% of attendees recommend this course*.
*Attendee feedback from 2024.
Here is a sample of feedback from the course:
"The course has been exceptionally beneficial for me, providing valuable insights and practical skills that I am eager to apply in my writing endeavours" - Course feedback, June 2024
"The in-person nature of the course and writing day were particularly very productive" - Course feedback, June 2024
"I thought the writing day in the middle worked really well and everyone was inspired by the first day to write and having devoted time and specified breaks was really worthwhile. It was really valuable to learn about the submission process as this is something that has not been talked about and now I feel more able to start this process especially now that I realise it could be quite drawn out so getting that submission in as soon as possible is really important" - Course feedback, June 2024
"The one-on-one feedback can not be underrated. The writing day is very useful to put into practice what I learnt the previous day. During the breaks, speaking with colleagues and tutors help me get fresh air and network" - Course feedback, June 2024
"The whole course was very informative and gave me an understanding of the mistakes I was making while drafting my research papers" - Course feedback, June 2024
"The course has been immensely beneficial for me, providing hands on tutorial from writing message to preparing final manuscripts, cover up the complete journey of publishing and disseminating the journal paper" - Course feedback, June 2024
Bookings are currently closed.
You will be able to register with our booking system from midday 17 September 2024. Bookings will be accepted from midday 8 October 2024.
Alternative training
This short course is very popular and is often oversubscribed. You may also be interested in the Medical Education Research online workshops on Writing for Publication & Conferences.Writing for Publication Workshop Poster 2324 (PDF, 844kB)
PGR students may also benefit from the following:
The course has been exceptionally beneficial for me, providing valuable insights and practical skills that I am eager to apply in my writing endeavours
Refreshments
For in-person courses we provide morning and afternoon refreshment breaks, including tea and coffee, biscuits and fresh fruit.
Lunch is not included, however there are a range of local cafes and supermarkets nearby.
If you have specific dietary needs we ask that you let us know in advance by completing the accessibility form in your short course booking account.