Good scientific writing is a skill researchers seek to acquire. Textbook literature provides guidelines to improve scientific writing, for instance, “use active voice when describing your own work”. In this paper we investigate to what extent researchers adhere to textbook principles in their articles. In our analyses we examine a set of selected principles which (i) are general and (ii) verifi...

descriptions; Effective business writing principles; and Audit Documentation Writing & Speaking Includes Technical Communication; Client Advisory; Provide clear directions with appropriate rationale; and Formulate and communicate project goals

introduction: in scientific meetings, researchers present their research findings of their dissertations and the scientific identity of the universities deperd on the quality of these scientific documents. the more the principles of writing are observed in these dissertations, the more easily and fluently the writer ¨smessage is transferred to the readers. methods: this is a dexriptive study in...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess whether the continuing medical education (CME) multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in three major radiology journals adhere to standard question-writing principles. MATERIALS AND METHODS All CME MCQs (total of 181) in the January 2013 editions of the AJR, RadioGraphics, and Radiology composed the test sample. Each question was evaluated by three ...

Introduction: Graduate (PhD) students in medical sciences, who will formfuture faculties and investigators in Iran’s Universities of Medical Sciences, are not trained on scientific writing during their training. The present study describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of Principles of Writing Biomedical Research Paper course.Methods: The course, prepared based on an extensive sear...