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with Addeane S. Caelleigh, MA , Former Editor, Academic Medicine
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh Street, Ball Conference Room
$20 Registration Fee | Print the Flyer and Registration Form | Session Handouts
Register online at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=43608

Publishing in peer-reviewed journals can be intimidating and often frustrating. This session is an overview of publishing in peer-reviewed research journals and will focus on how the process works and how to make it work for you. Topics to be covered include how editors make decisions, tips for improving your chances of a good review and/or publication, writing effective abstracts, tips for dealing with the editorial office, and online and print resources.

This workshop will include presentation, handouts, hands-on exercises, discussion, and Q&A.

Guest Speaker: Addeane S. Caelleigh, Former Editor of Academic Medicine
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00PM
Location: Ball Conference Room, Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh Street
Cost: $20

Register online using your VCU eID at:

Print the Event Flyer | Registration Form

For more information about this session, contact Shannon D. Jones at 828.0626.

This event is cosponsored by the VCU Libraries and the Office of Research.

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This workshop will provide attendees a brief outline of the major tools used to access NCHS data, the reasons for using each tool, and a brief demonstration using real, NCHS data as examples. Microdata access tools will be covered, including SETS, Beyond 20/20, Data Ferrett, CDC Wonder, Data 2010, and WISCARS. Seating is limited for this session; Advanced registration required. This class is free and open to the public.

Date: Friday September 28, 2007
Time: 10:00 am - Noon
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - 2-012 MCV Campus

Speaker: Linda Washington, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Elvatrice Parker Belsches, VCU/MCV Alumna School of Pharmacy Thursday, July 12, 2007, Noon - 1:30 p.m., Directions and Map

Ms. Elvatrice Parker Belsches, MA, RPh, is an archival researcher, author and pharmacist living in the Richmond area. Ms. Belsches is an emerging authority on the life of Dr. Sarah G. Jones MD, the first known woman of any race to be granted a medical license by the the Virginia State Board of Medicine. Belsches will discuss her new and corrective scholarship on this pioneering physician as the author of her biographical entry for Harvard University's upcoming publication, the African American National Biography, (Oxford University Press, Spring 2008) and the author of Richmond, Virginia, a Black America Series publication (now in its sixth printing).

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Description This workshop will help you to critique, rewrite and create materials that get your health and wellness information across quickly and clearly. We`ll review the disconnect between information providers and information seekers, the process of educating adults, the success of "plain language" initiatives and the importance of text, type, graphics, space and layout. In this workshop you will also be provided brochure examples, SMOG and REALM tests, a webliography and links to other training.Bring some pieces you use or some information you need to be written in an easy-to-read manner.During the workshop you will edit or develop a piece of your own so you`ll have new awareness, new skills, a new product and access to further resources. Clear health communication is the goal, regardless of medium. This class is free and open to the public.

Date: Friday March 9, 2007
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - 2-012 MCV Campus

Speaker: Beth Wescott, Network Access Coordinator, NN/LM SE/A
Register Now: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/it/course_detail.asp?ID=4329

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