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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.

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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 Ahmed S

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Dec 3, 2019

Great course. It explained everything succinctly, with examples and demonstrations, as well as a lot of practice, which really helped ingrain the important concepts throughout.

By Kavita P

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Oct 25, 2018

The course was very good. The content, presentations, and assignments were well designed and delivered. I am happy to complete this course with honors. Thank you Dr. Kristin :)

By Rajalakshmi B

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May 1, 2024

I learnt the basic and fundamental writing of science and how to review the research article. This course was very useful. I would like to thanks to coursera team and mentors.

By Vishant T

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Aug 11, 2022

It was a great informative class that was required by my institution for my graudate studies. I highly recommend students (undergraduate/graduate students) to take this class.

By Sneha D

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Oct 20, 2021

There is so much to learn from this course. The course is very well planned and explained. It also includes interviews with people from the field which makes it more engaging.

By suresh t

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May 22, 2021

I t was a very helpful course for me. Now i am able to formulate my sentences in much more cohesive and easy to read manner.

I thank the instructor for well planned course work

By Ammaz

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Nov 27, 2020

Amazingly outlined and very well-designed. Was refreshing to see that even gifted writers can make mistakes. Was very motivated after that to focus on my writing after that :)

By Karishma M

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Oct 26, 2020

It was a great learning experience, this course not only taught me how to write the scientific papers but also taught me how NOT to write. Thanks to professor Kristin Sainani.

By saqib h

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May 17, 2020

It was an excellent course, I wish I could have came across this course earlier, anyways better late than never,it has helped me to develop my writing skills immensely. Thanks

By Thais F

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Jan 7, 2020

El curso está muy bien organizado y la docente tiene amplio dominio del tema y sus explicaciones son claras y objetivas. Los ejercicios ayudan mucho a la comprensión del tema.

By Ghislaine C

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Sep 20, 2019

A great class

I learnt a lot, so much more than I thought I would. This course will help me not only in my scientific writing, but for all my communications. Thank you so much!

By Katie F

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Jul 30, 2019

The professor was very articulate and knowledgable, and I was surprised to note that I learned so much throughout this course! Definitely information I will use in the future.

By Ondrej B

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Apr 30, 2018

A really helpful course! I would appreciate if the professor selected more examples from areas other than medicine, to make it more appealing to the wider scientific audience.

By Pu Z

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May 13, 2023

This course has helped and improved me a lot. It gave me the opportunity to be able to learn academic writing in a systematic way. I am very grateful to Dr. Kristin Sainani.

By Jackie S

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Oct 28, 2021

This course exceeded my expectations. It covered a great variety of writing situations and provided important tips, expert guidance, and great examples for each. Thank you.

By Maria A C

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Sep 6, 2021

Thank you Dr. Kristin Sainani and Stanford University for taking the time to teach this course. I've learned quite a handful of helpful tips and tricks for academic writing.

By Tyrone J

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May 15, 2021

Thank you so much! The course was brilliant in structure, flow, and pace. I learned more than I thought I would learn. And I'm now excited to apply these concepts to my work.

By Alex A

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Aug 18, 2020

Not being a native English speaker I found this course very useful, and although the course is focused on medicine, the course applies to all sciences. I highly recommend it.

By Eleni T

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Aug 3, 2020

The course was well structured , clear and covered every aspect of scientific skills required for academia. I learned a lot attending it. It was totally worthwile. Thank you.

By Kobbie M

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Apr 19, 2022

Wow! This is a well-taught course! I am now ready to write my undergraduate thesis. Thanks for this knowledge and skills, Coursera, Stanford, and, of course, Dr. K. Sainani!

By Marco A L S

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May 31, 2021

Uno de los mejores cursos que he tomado en toda mi vida académica, sin duda es un curso imprescindible para todos aquellos que están realizando una investigación académica.

By Diego A X

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Apr 11, 2021

simplesmente maravilhoso, um ótimo curso que ensina o que propõe e vai além, mesmo sendo virtual você se sente na sala de aula, ótimos tópicos, ótimas tarefas, ótimo ensino.

By GLORY E P

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Dec 11, 2018

This course was very enlightening. There were so many aspects of writing in sciences i never knew. I am hoping to apply the knowledge learnt in my future writing endeavours.

By Zhanar T

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Jan 21, 2022

I learned a lot from the course, although my English is not very good, so I resorted to the help of a dictionary. I recommend the course to anyone who is engaged in science

By zakia h

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Mar 23, 2021

As a beginner, this course helped me a lot understanding how to write synopsis, research articles and make it an easy task for you. My gratitude is extended to this course.