nel sna sae pO eNaG UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN ACADEMIC WRITING FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS H. VEKEMANS Groep BIOMEDISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN 2008 - 2009Table of contents Class 1 Improving structure and coherence Choosing the right words Guidelines for biomedical authors on the internet Class 2 Introduction Methods Class 3 Results Discussion Title and Abstract References 18 24 32 cy 73 86 97- Class 1- IMPROVING STRUCTURE AND COHERENCE CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORDS Course planning 1. Course requirements - Class attendance. Researchers who attend all'three classes will receive a certificate of attendance. - Recommended reading. We will use George M. Hall, How to Write a Paper, BM) Books, 2008 as background reading. 2. Follow-up editing service Language revision of your texts is not possible in the time span of this course. However, articles or other texts can be sent to ILT for editing (paid service): http://ilt-kuleuven.be/ Follow the link ‘Taalservice’ (ILT Language Services) sec: IMRAD guides Herlinda Vekemans Herlinda.Vekemans@ilt.kuleuven.be