Faculty Workshops for Success: Back-to-Back Sessions (Carver College of Medicine)

Attend all three sessions in one morning.   (for CCOM Faculty)

• Writing for Publication 9:00-9:50am
• Writing Effective Grant Applications 10:00-10:50am
• Speaking for Success 11:00-11:50am

Presented by: Paul Casella, MFA

Please register via email to Jamie Holmes at jamie-holmes@uiowa.edu.  Sponsored by the CCOM Office of Faculty Affairs and Development.

Writing for Publication 

A clear and reasoned presentation of ideas is critical to the success of a scientific manuscript. This seminar examines

·         the structures and positions of emphasis in the sentence, paragraph, and sections of the formal study to help authors authorize their claims.

·         how to deconstruct an article and use it as a guide to inform manuscripts for submission. Includes a test of reasoning that authors can apply to the articles they read and the papers they write. 

·         how authors can use writing as a tool for thinking

·         how to implement a systematic approach to the writing process to improve the content and presentation of data and ideas

·         how to address the needs of the reviewers, editors, and readers of a journal to maximize your chances of publication

Writing Effective Grant Applications

This course reviews the principles of good grant writing to produce clear, direct, and compelling proposals. Focuses on understanding the psychology of reviewers and the review process, how to engage readers and facilitate understanding, and how to manage the proposal writing process. Suggests proposal templates. Includes exercises related to specific elements of a proposal, particularly the Specific Aims page.

Provides specific direction on how to best organize and format NIH applications for reader accessibility and impact, including information on

• Assessing an institute or grantor’s priorities
• Emphasizing the significance, innovation, and health-relatedness of your project
• Facilitating reader accessibility
• Taking advantage of the natural positions of emphasis in the sentence and paragraph
• Designing and integrating clear and purposeful tables and figures
• Using subheadings, numbering systems, and figure legends effectively
• “Telling the story” and using other journalistic conventions
• “Selling” the idea in an objective way in order to establish and maintain scientific integrity
• Networking with colleagues, collaborators, consultants, mentors, and NIH program officers and scientific review administrators to maximize your chances of obtaining meaningful feedback and ultimate funding

Speaking for Success 

This course reviews how adults learn as a means to examine the effective delivery techniques you can use to engage scientific and clinical peer audiences. Provides practical information on how to deliver powerful oral presentations

• in the classroom, the conference room, the auditorium, and at the regional or national meeting
• in poster sessions  and brief research talks
• during informal conversations with colleagues and potential collaborators

Includes a discussion of voice, inflection, body language, techniques to stimulate interest and involvement, and strategies to help facilitate audience recall of the message. Addresses how to

• prepare for a presentation
• manage anxiety
• design and use visual aids effectively
• network to enhance your career development