Final Program

16 SATURDAY • MAY 14
PG17
BASIC • BEHAVIORAL • CLINICAL • TRANSLATIONAL
POSTGRADUATE COURSE
CME Credits Available: 6.5
SCIENTIFIC WRITING: PUBLISHING FOR
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Pre-registration and additional fees required. Continental breakfast and
box lunch included. Attendance is limited.
Member: $400 In-Training Member: $250
Non-Member: $475 In-Training Non-Member: $350
Registrants must bring a laptop to the
course to view the course material.
Assemblies on Behavioral Science and Health Services Research;
Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation; Clinical Problems; Critical Care;
Environmental, Occupational and Population Health; Microbiology,
Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Infections; Nursing; Pediatrics; Sleep and
Respiratory Neurobiology
8:00 a.m. - 3:55 p.m. MOSCONE CENTER
Room 2014 (West Building, Level 2)
Target Audience
Postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, pulmonary and critical care physicians,
allergists, nurses,clinical,translational, and basic science researchers,
behavioral scientists, and research scientists.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• identify strategies for becoming a successful scientific writer and describe
the essential elements of a scientific manuscript;
• define authorship and identify the ethical responsibilities of authors;
• describe the peer review process, avoid common mistakes authors make
during preparation and submission of manuscripts; and select appropriate
journals based on the content of the article and the target audience.
Fellows, junior faculty, researchers, and clinicians need practical information
about scientific writing and publishing. This course is designed to provide
investigators from various disciplines the tools necessary to prepare scientific
manuscripts that are likely to be published. Course faculty will give an overview
of strategies for becoming a successful writer as well as teach participants
about the elements of a manuscript, the responsibilities of authorship, the
importance of journal selection, and the peer review process. The afternoon will
include interactive discussions with the faculty in small group breakout sessions.
Chairing: B.J. Sheares, MD, MS, New York, NY
J. Bruzzese, PhD, New York, NY
G. Diette, MD, MHS, Baltimore, MD
8:00 Introduction and Announcements
B.J. Sheares, MD, MS, New York, NY
8:05 Strategies for Becoming a Successful Writer
H.J. Zar, MD, PhD, Cape Town, South Africa
8:35 Start with the Easy Part: Describing Methods and Reporting
Results
C.R. Cooke, MD, MSc, Ann Arbor, MI
9:05 Promises, Promises: Writing Informative and Succinct
Introductions
J.D. Thornton, MD, MPH, Cleveland, OH
9:35 So What? Placing Your Results in Context: The Discussion
G. Diette, MD, MHS, Baltimore, MD
10:05 Break
10:15 The Responsibilities of Authorship
J. Bruzzese, PhD, New York, NY
10:45 Publishing for Promotion: The Tenure Review Committee’s
Perspective
N.W. Schluger, MD, New York, NY
11:15 Panel Discussion
A.J. Apter, MD, MSc, MA, Philadelphia, PA
R.S. Irwin, MD, Worcester, MA
J.M. Drazen, MD, Boston, MA
K. Adler, PhD, Raleigh, NC
12:05 General Discussion
12:30 LUNCH
1:30 Breakout Session I: Revise and Resubmit: Responding to
Reviewers’ Comments
B.J. Sheares, MD, MS, New York, NY
2:15 Break
2:20 Breakout Session II: Writing an Abstract and Choosing a Title
R. Grad, MD, Tucson, AZ
3:05 Break
3:10 Breakout Session III: Reporting Results: Univariate, Bivariate,
and Multivariate Analysis
W.M. Vollmer, PhD, Portland, OR
PG18
There will be a 5-minute discussion after each talk.
CLINICAL
POSTGRADUATE COURSE
CME Credits Available: 6.5
NTM LUNG DISEASE: IMPROVE YOUR
PRACTICE/DEBUNK THE MYTHS
Pre-registration and additional fees required. Continental breakfast and
box lunch included. Attendance is limited.
Member: $350 In-Training Member: $200
Non-Member: $425 In-Training Non-Member: $300
Registrants must bring a laptop to the
course to view the course material.
Assemblies on Clinical Problems; Microbiology, Tuberculosis and
Pulmonary Infections
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. MOSCONE CENTER
Room 3007 (West Building, Level 3)
Target Audience
Providers of lung health including pulmonologists, infectious disease clinicians and
trainees.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
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