The 26th 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 16-17 2013 at Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya in Barcelona.. Esteve Fernandez, editor of Gaceta Sanitaria from 2004 to 2010, andAna Maria Garcia, editor of Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, conducted…
2013
The launch of the book Competing interests in biomedical publications (a guide for editors, reviewers and authors) was held on December 13th at the Palauet in Barcelona. Speaking at the launch was the two coordinators of the book. Ana Marušić is the Chair of the Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health at University of Split School of Medicine,…
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
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…
2011
In Barcelona, on the 24th May, 2011, the Esteve Foundation presented the second volume of the Notebook on Catalan Medical Eponomy, which brings together 33 new biographies of Catalan doctors that have given their name to a specific medical term. The book launch took place during the awards of Academy of Health and Medical Sciences of…
2011
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 April 2011, the Esteve Foundation added a new course to its training program with the first…
2011
The 21st 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 8-9 2011 at Sociedad Española de Bioquímica Clínica y Patología Molecular (SEQC). Esteve Fernandez, editor of Gaceta Sanitaria, and Ana Maria Garcia, editor of Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, conducted some…
2011
In Barcelona, on November 18th 2010, the Esteve Foundation, in collaboration with the Catalan Immunology Society and the European Federation of Immunological Societies, launched the book Els misteris del sistema immunitari. Com protegeix el nostre cos (Your amazing immune system. How it protects your body). It is a Catalan translationfrom the original Japanese edition and is aimed at…
2010
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 11th and 12th, 2010, the Esteve Foundation launched its…
2010
