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 4th and 5th of October 2012, the Esteve Foundation organized at the Fundació Docència i Recerca Mútua Terrassa the third edition of…
2012
English remains one of the outstanding issues yet to be resolved among health professionals. Although 90% of biomedical English is Greek or Latin in origin, pronunciation and other aspects such as prepositions or prepositional verbs are the main problem areas for Spanish scientists. For that reason, on June 8-9, 2012, the Esteve Foundation launched the sixth edition…
2012
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 18th and 19th of May 2012, the Esteve Foundation organized at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) the second edition of…
2012
The 25th edition of these training seminars to provide the basic skills and techniques to write and publish scientific articles in health sciences was held on May 9-10 2012 at the Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain). Esteve Fernandez, editor of Gaceta Sanitaria from 2004 to 2010, andAna Maria Garcia, editor of Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales,…
2012
English remains one of the outstanding issues yet to be resolved among health professionals. Although 90% of biomedical English is Greek or Latin in origin, pronunciation and other aspects such as prepositions or prepositional verbs are the main problem areas for Spanish scientists. For that reason, on April 13-14, 2012, the Esteve Foundation launched the fifth…
2012
The 24th edition of these training seminars to provide the basic skills and techniques to write and publish scientific articles in health sciences was held on March 8-9 2012 at Hospital Doctor Peset (Valencia, Spain). Esteve Fernandez, editor of Gaceta Sanitaria from 2004 to 2010, andAna Maria Garcia, editor of Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, conducted some…
2012
The 24th edition of these training seminars to provide the basic skills and techniques to write and publish scientific articles in health sciences was held on February-29/March-1 2012 at Fundació Caixa Manresa auditorium. Esteve Fernandez, editor of Gaceta Sanitaria from 2004 to 2010, andXavier Fuentes, from Bellvitge’s Hospital, conducted some fifty students the methodology of these training…
2012
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…
2012
The 23rd edition of these training seminars to provide the basic skills and techniques to write and publish scientific articles in health sciences was held on January 24-25 2012 at Granoller’s Hospital. Esteve Fernandez, editor of Gaceta Sanitaria from 2004 to 2010, andAna Maria Garcia, editor of Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, conducted some twenty students the…
2012
That was the eighth training seminar for members of the Spanish Research Ethics Committees organised by the Esteve Foundation in Spain. It was held in Salamanca, January 18-19 2012. Dr. Josep-E. Baños (Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) and Dr. Maria Isabel Lucena (Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaga) were the teachers and coordinators of…
2012
