Developing skills in scientific writing

Scientists need to show the results of their research effectively through scientific articles. However, many of them have received little training in scientific writing, particularly when the language used is not their mother language. From here, it is even more complicated to ensure that the text is organized, coherent and understandable. While many professionals quickly…

2015

Epidemiología para periodistas y comunicadores

Epidemiology is a particularly attractive discipline for the media. It is present in many health issues, and also in the environment and technology, as it involves all types of health risks for the population. However, the statistical element and its technical terminology involves enormous difficulties for journalists and reporters. The Esteve Foundation and the Asociación…

2015

Los públicos de la ciencia

Opinion polls usually reflect a preference of the public for science topics. Audience data, however, appear to show exactly the opposite. How interested is society in science? Which real audience has not only the traditional means offered by scientific contents, but also dissemination possibilities such as blogs or museums? How are social networks and internet…

2014

Filantropía en investigación e innovación biosanitaria en Cataluña

In the context of crisis such as today’s, when public investments in scientific research have gone back to figures of the past, it has become essential to seek new sources of funding. These sources include philanthropy. Donations and sponsorship in all their different forms are becoming increasingly more important in funding biomedical research and innovation.…

2014

Dotze dones en la biomedicina del segle XX

Después de publicar la serie Doce mujeres en la biomedicina del siglo XX en Annals de Medicina, la revista de la Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears, la Fundación Dr. Antonio comienza la distribución del cuaderno homónimo en catalán (y cuya edición en castellano también está disponible en…

2014

El científico ante los medios de comunicación. Retos y herramientas para una cooperación fructífera

Full document Full PDF [wpdm id=1202 type=”btn”] Chapters Presentación P. Morales [wpdm id=1203 type=”btn”] Participantes [wpdm id=1204 type=”btn”] 1. Protagonistas y públicos de la comunicación científica V. de Semir [wpdm id=1205 type=”btn”] 2. Periodismo científico: el desafío de compartir «información asombrosa» P. Jáuregui [wpdm id=1206 type=”btn”] 3. Ciencia y periodismo en la red P. Fernández…

2013

El aprendizaje basado en problemas en sus textos. Ejemplos de su empleo en biomedicina

Full document Full PDF M. Carrió / LA. Branda / JE. Baños [wpdm id=1186 type=”btn”] Chapters Prólogo AO. Bosch [wpdm id=1187 type=”btn”] Presentación M. Carrió / LA. Branda / JE. Baños [wpdm id=1188 type=”btn”] Colaboradores [wpdm id=1189 type=”btn”] 1. El abc del ABP – Lo esencial del aprendizaje basado en problemas LA. Branda [wpdm id=1190…

2013

Bioestadística para periodistas y comunicadores

If interpreting a statistic or research is often difficult for health professionals, the task can become be even more difficult for journalists reporting on science. In the field of health there is little certainty, everything is a possibility, and one of the basic functions of the reporter is to clearly explain this uncertainty. Precisely because…

2013

El periodismo biomédico en la era 2.0

Approximately 4,000 layoffs and 70 closures of media organizations in 2012 alone. This is the bleak picture that currently faces journalists, according to the Federation of Journalists in Spain. These cutbacks in the media have also particularly affected biomedical journalists, a group that has traditionally been on the margins, who in recent years have witnessed…

2013