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About the Course

This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, grant writing, ethical issues in scientific publication, and writing for general audiences....

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Jan 11, 2023

The best course I attain in Coursera. I struggled a lot to write my first manuscript and it took a lot of time. This course is beneficial for all scientific students. I highly recommended this course.

IA

Aug 25, 2020

A very helpful course. My writing has improved significantly in these 8 weeks. I highly recommend this course to everyone. Thank you Dr. Kristin Sainani and Coursera for bringing this course together.

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By Satoh M

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Mar 26, 2020

This course helps you to understand the key point for writing science documents. When you follow all the module, you can learn the key point about how to write the article, review comments, and social media. I recommend the people involved in the science filed should take this course.

By Dushyant M

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Aug 7, 2020

Writing in Science- a course by Coursera and Stanford- is one of the best. The course engages the student with the logical and simple flow, material, and excellent explanation by Dr. Kristin Sainani. It has helped me to understand better the thought process of writing and peer review.

By Jyotsna S

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Apr 16, 2024

This course made it easy for me to learn and brush up on my medical writing skills amidst a busy schedule. Dr. Kristin is a great mentor, and I will recommend to my fellow Dental & Medical professionals to go for this course to get hands-on with their medical communications skills.

By Bailey P

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Dec 6, 2023

Be mindful this is high level medical and Science focused, but it the best Coursera class I've ever taken. I had a question early on in the course, and the instructor was quick to respond! I'm currently a technical writing, and I learned a plethora of good writing and research tips!

By Erica L A L

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Jul 8, 2020

It was a pleasure to participate on this curse! The classes were great and the teacher is amazing. The things I learned about writing in the sciences are already being usefull for me as a Med Student who wants to be in academics. i recommend it to everyone who wants to write better!

By George P

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Mar 22, 2018

Very nice material and the presentations were excellent. I believe, i greatly improved my writing but also my reading skills. But, it covers a lot of topics and unfortunately sometimes the approach seems superficial. After you get passed the first 2 weeks it gets really interesting.

By Linh H N

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Dec 25, 2019

This course totally opened my point of view on how a medical paper was written. The module curriculum is logical, the materials are brief, the instructor is humorous! Everything is perfect! Thank you so much, Stanford Online, for bringing such an amazing and essential course to us!

By Ana V

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Aug 20, 2019

Great content! Amazing teacher! it really helped me to clearly understand how all aspects of writing in the sciences work, very helpful topics. Thank you for sharing this kind of content with us. I am from Brazil and was able to do it from here. One of the best courses I ever took.

By Adina M

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Mar 19, 2018

Excellent course! I enjoyed listening to the teacher she is absolutely fantastic and the course is really well presented. I feel like I've learned a lot and I took notes most of the time so I can go back and revise if required. I recommend this to anyone who wants to write/publish.

By Carola S

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Apr 10, 2022

Amazing! Excellent Teacher, good examples, very useful hands-on tipps! Just like others said, it's like being in a real class and not online! I am not a scientist or student, nevertheless it was worth a lot for me! Only deception: the social media section could have been better.

By Beyza Ö

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Jul 14, 2021

If you are in the process of writing a scientific -especially a medical- article, you will benefit a lot from this course. It was challenging for me because English is not my native language but if you are in the field, this course also gives you a chance to improve your English.

By Rupesh B

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Mar 17, 2020

Thanks to coursera for this wonderful course. This is very helpful for every scholars no matter from what field he/she is coming. From this course one can learn a to z of scientific writing, from how to write a paper to how to edit one. All the credit goes to Dr.kristiani sainani.

By BRAHMA T M

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May 14, 2018

The course was useful. I liked the structuring of the course, and also the brief introduction to the various forms of writing in sciences. It is very well thought of by the instructor, and I appreciate the effort she has taken for setting up the structure of the course. Thank you.

By Greta S N

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Aug 17, 2024

This Writing in the Sciences Course was quite useful and comprehensive. It will surely serve as a framework for future writings during my coursework for Grad School. I truly appreciated the knowledge and insight shared by this Elite Stanford Professor. Great Selection Coursera!

By Paul B

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Apr 26, 2020

I have completed a few writing courses and this is by far the stand-out. It is very comprehensive and provides lots of real examples and opportunities to practice.

I highly recommended this for project managers - as often effective writing proves the main barrier to their career.

By RUI J M S

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Oct 27, 2021

Excelente curso. Irei recomendar a todos os que estão interessados em se tornar profissionais em escrita científica.

Parabéns à Prof. Kristin Sainani, pela excelente forma como consuziu todo este curso, e pela forma brilhante com que conseguiu passar a mensagem.

Muito obrigado.

By Reham M

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Aug 19, 2020

This is an intensive and useful course. The information is good and the practice will improve or fine-tune your skills and you can learn some tips too.

Highly recommend the course for individuals at all stages of their scientific writing, as there is something for everyone here.

By Shilpy B

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Aug 28, 2022

The creator of the course has touched every aspect of writing. The content is well-organized and Dr. Kristin has explained each and every concept so interestingly. I am glad that I finished this course with good grades and this is definitely going to improve my writing skills.

By Ashish D

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Nov 19, 2022

This free course is a sweet investment.

If you're interested in scientific writing, great! If not, you can still learn much about better writing practices, which is the subject of the first half of the course. The instructor vividly explains the principles with real examples.

By Fady G

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Jul 2, 2023

Exciting, Dr. Kristin Sainani and her peers were very helpful, learn few things that I haven't heard from my professors, some were contradicting though lol. All in All, I would recommend this course to anyone who would like to start a career in a field of scientific writing.

By yekta g

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Jul 26, 2020

That is very practical with very useful examples for beginners. This course have tried to cover differnet aspects of science writing and the instructor information is surprisingly wide and thourough. Her English accent is great that you can understand her explanation easily.

By Loretta

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Jul 6, 2021

This was top-notch university level course. Dr. Sainani was a wonderful communicator. I appreciated the thoughtful course design because it included all of the potentially useful topics for either a researcher or medical professional. The media unit was a pleasant surprise!

By Laura C

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May 27, 2021

I found this course extremely helpful as a novice writer and new doctoral graduate student. Excellent overview of the key elements of science writing. I learned several simple and effective tips to make my writing more concise, understandable, and captivating to the reader.