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Hispanic and Native American Center of Excellence -
 
UNM HSC School of Medicine

 

Medical Writing for Publication and Funding

This bi-annual workshop is coordinated by the COE for HSC junior faculty, graduate and medical students, and offered in September and March of each year.

Workshop topics include:

  • Defining subject, purpose and main point.

  • Audience analysis

  • Analyzing a Request for Proposals

  • Genre of a Research ProposalWriting the research plan

  • Research plan summary

  • Using your work

  • Paramedic Method for improving readability

  • Getting more help

As a result of this workshop, participants will:

  • Improve their writing in clarity and persuasion

  • Master the nuts & bolts of proposal writing

  • Develop skill in putting ideas into a useable form and organizing them into a quick first draft

  • Improve effectiveness in writing research proposals and scientific articles


Rick Johnson-Sheehan, PhD.


Instructors: Chuck Paine, PhD. Rick Johnson-Sheehan, PhD.

 

 

 

Workshop instructors are professors of rhetoric and writing, UNM English Department.

Chuck Paine, Ph.D., teaches writing, history, and rhetorical theory to graduate and undergraduate students. He actively consults for local and national businesses and organizations, providing writing workshops and general communications strategies. His latest book, The Resistant Writer, focuses on the history of writing instruction in America.

Rick Johnson-Sheehan, Ph.D., teaches professional writing, specializing in scientific texts, grants and proposals. He directs the professional writing program, and teaches in the Executive MBA program at the Anderson Schools of Management. His recent book, Writing Proposals: A Rhetoric for Managing Change, focuses on the proposal writing process.

Look in the HSC Public Affairs Announcements for scheduled workshops, or contact the Center of Excellence, 272-1419 or 272-8972.  Registration fee is $100.00, payable with Tuition Remission, or department PR.  Continuing Medical Education credits may be available

 

 

 


Contact the Hispanic and Native American Center of Excellence
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
(505) 272-1419