Year Published: 2018

Time to Complete: 80 min

Course Type: Self-paced Online

Instructors: Multiple

Learning Level: Fundamental

Primary Audience: Researchers

Prerequisite: None

Skills Domain: Ethical and Participant Safety Considerations, Communication and Teamwork

Looking for best practices for closing out pediatric studies?

Do you have trouble adhering to word and page limits for abstracts and applications? Is it difficult to come up with a short, clear description of your project or idea? Learn how to get to the point in this course.

Amy Gantt, MA, Director of Research Development at Tufts University, will provide concrete strategies to improve your writing skills for grants, manuscripts, and presentations.

Learning Objectives

  • List common sentence structures that lead to longer, less clear prose
  • Discuss the benefits of concise writing
  • Identify when your writing should be edited
  • Describe how to apply the strategies discussed to make your writing clearer and more concise
  • Explain how to clearly present your ideas and concepts in grants

Available courses

Date Location Type Price
2023 Course: Open January 1 through December 31 Online Self-paced course This Course is Free