50th edition – Terrassa, April, 9-10 2019

The 50th edition of these training seminars to provide the basic skills and techniques to write and publish scientific articles in health sciences was held on April 9-10 2019 in collaboration with the Fundació Docència i Recerca Mútua Terrassa. Carmen Vives, associate editor of Gaceta Sanitaria, and Francisca Sureda, from de Alcalá University, conducted the students…

2019

39th edition – Barcelona, April 3-4 2019

When speaking in front of an audience, only 15% of what actually reaches the public corresponds to the spoken message. In contrast, more than half the information retained by listeners lies in nonverbal communication. Indeed, the lecturer’s posture, gesture and eye gaze tell a lot more on how he/she feels than mere words. These courses…

11th edition – Córdoba, March, 21-22 2019

Biomedical professionals need to be able to communicate their research proposals and findings effectively in writing. However, most professionals receive little specific training in scientific writing. Many have mistaken views about what good writing is and how to achieve it. Writing in a language that is not your mother tongue makes it even more difficult…

24th edition – Barcelona, March, 11-12 2019

If standing up and speaking in front of an audience is a source of anxiety, the stress is heightened even more when the official language of the conference, meeting or congress is English. On the 11th and 12th of March 2019, the Esteve Foundation organized in Barcelona with IRB Barcelona a new edition of the Training…

13th edition – Barcelona, February, 27-28 2019

El curso El científico ante los medios de comunicación regresó los pasados 27 y 28 de febrero de 2019 a los estudios de TVE en Sant Cugat para adentrar a los científicos en el funcionamiento de una redacción periodística. Organizado nuevamente por la Fundación Dr. Antonio Esteve, Indagando TV, el CSIC y el Instituto RTVE, esta experiencia de dos días permite conocer la…

38th edition – Alicante, January, 24-25 2019

When speaking in front of an audience, only 15% of what actually reaches the public corresponds to the spoken message. In contrast, more than half the information retained by listeners lies in nonverbal communication. Indeed, the lecturer’s posture, gesture and eye gaze tell a lot more on how he/she feels than mere words. These courses…

19th edition – Barcelona, February 5-6 2019

Biomedical professionals need to be able to communicate effectively in writing and in speaking. However, most professionals receive little specific training in communication skills. Science is an international endeavor, and English is the lingua franca of the international scientific community. Although Spanish biomedical professionals invest heavily in learning English, they often lack the skills in…

37th edition – Tarragona, January, 22-23

When speaking in front of an audience, only 15% of what actually reaches the public corresponds to the spoken message. In contrast, more than half the information retained by listeners lies in nonverbal communication. Indeed, the lecturer’s posture, gesture and eye gaze tell a lot more on how he/she feels than mere words. These courses…

2019

49th edition – Santiago de Chile, January, 17-18 2019

One of the courses in most demand from the training provided by this institution, How to write a scientific article, retorns to Chile in January 2019, celebrating two editions. The first will take place on 14 and 15 January in Concepción, in collaboration with Universidad de Concepción-Chile, and the second in Santiago de Chile, on 17…