340.664.11
Epi Writing Camp I: Findings, Story, Submission
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2026 - 2027
Instruction Method
In-Person
Start Date
Monday, June 22, 2026
End Date
Friday, June 26, 2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
No prerequisites for this course.
Enrollment Restriction
This course is not restricted.
Whether your results are ready or in progress, this course helps turn research into clear manuscripts. Faculty with extensive experience teach through short, dynamic lectures using examples, structured writing time, and peer/instructor feedback. We cover writing manuscript sections, formatting data for clarity, and revision workflows. We'll discuss using AI in manuscript writing (outlining, clarity edits, consistency checks, etc.). The goal: leave with a coherent draft or scaffold to finalize when results are ready. Enrollees may register for our afternoon course for those with findings and who want to focus on finishing manuscripts.
Offers short examples, guided writing, and structured peer/instructor feedback where students will work on their own project or a provided dataset. Focuses on the essentials of clear, efficient scientific writing: journal fit, aligning the story with your analyses, numerically consistent text/tables/figures, concise Methods/Results, effective abstracts, and revision/response-to-review. Covers the responsible, effective use of AI for outlining, clarity edits, and consistency checks.
Emphasizes this format output: brief mini-lectures paired with writing blocks and an optional afternoon bootcamp for those aiming to finish a manuscript (students should enter with a research question and either preliminary outputs or a plan; those without results will build a complete scaffold.)
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the fundamentals of writing a scientific manuscript.
- Create an optimal outline for your own manuscript.
- Elaborate on each section of Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.
- Efficiently develop an abstract of your manuscript.
- Draft a full manuscript ready for journal submission.
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 20% Participation
- 30% Peer-feedback
- 50% Written Assignment(s)