Writing skills development and scientific production: are needed courses?

Authors

  • Angela Maria Belloni Cuenca Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública. São Paulo, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9434-5362
  • Dulcenéa de Paula Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública. São Paulo, Brasil.
  • Ivan França Junior Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública. São Paulo, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i3.1166

Keywords:

scientific communication and diffusion, information literacy, training courses, papers writing, public health.

Abstract

This paper is product of a study to identify if the improvement in knowledge about writing scientific papers reinforced by writing courses had facilitated the publication by researcher (author) of his articles. We understand the relevance of the study is due to the recognition of the importance of investments in training courses for researchers to improve the scientific dissemination of their papers. We identified the bibliographic production of the participants in courses on scientific writing, and then we compared it with the number of publications by then prior to and after the course. We searched two public information sources to identify the scientific and technical bibliographic production by researcher: curriculum in the Plataforma Lattes do CNPq (Brazil) and bibliographic databases: Lilacs (Bireme/OPS) and PubMed. We observed that the number of papers published increased after the participation in one of these courses. Although other factors may influence the production, such initiatives stimulate scientific communication.

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Published

2017-09-29

How to Cite

Cuenca, A. M. B., Paula, D. de, & França Junior, I. (2017). Writing skills development and scientific production: are needed courses?. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i3.1166

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2017)

Section

Original articles

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