Workshop 4: How to write a scientific article

Abstract

The objective of the workshop is to make an overview of the most important aspects of scientific literature searching and writing a scientific article. The workshop will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on basic search strategies and on the benefits of a good literature search. The second part of the workshop will present the structure of a scientific article and some publication requirements of an international pharmaceutical journal. Both parts of the workshop will be illustrated with examples from hospital pharmacy publications.

Part 1

Ewa Zygadlo
Medicines Information Pharmacist, Medicines Information Service, Wroclaw, Poland

Literature search for hospital pharmacists

1. What do you need to know before starting a literature search?
2. Medical and pharmaceutical databases in hospital practice.
3. Search strategies – how to succeed ?
4. Good literature search – what are the benefits?

Part 2

Alexandra Hinz
Ed De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany

How to write and publish a scientific article?

1. Scientific articles - why is it important to write and publish?
2. Rules and recommendations that apply to general scientific writing.
3. Standard structure of a scientific manuscript.
4. Requirements for articles to be published in Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy.