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…
2019El 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…
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…
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…
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…
2019If drawing up a research project to obtain funds used to be an important part in the career of all scientists, in view of today’s economical situation, this process has become essential. The Esteve Foundation therefore decided to organize a new course addressed to future health science researchers, to learn the techniques and basic skills…
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…
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…
2019
This initiative goes way back. Such diverse degrees as medicine, social work and teaching give subjects on public health in their degree courses. Therefore in 2010, the Sociedad Española de Epidemiología (SEE) and the Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (SESPAS) decided to unite criteria and agree on basic contents that should be covered in the degree…
With more than 1,200 scientific papers published in such periodicals as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Gordon Guyatt has established himself as a prominent figure in the history of medicine. A professor in McMaster University’s department of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics in Canada, he…
2018
