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You are here: Home / Videos / Constructing a Scientific Manuscript

Constructing a Scientific Manuscript

 

Presented by David Urbach, MD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; Panel – Career Development Symposium


how to write a paper–1:43 https://sites.google.com/site/surgicalresearchresources/file-cabinet
general advice–3:57
work from an outline–4:50
IMRAD order–5:53
start with the methods–6:23
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David Urbach
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01/20/2015
Video Categories
Career Development Symposium
Learning Themes
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2014 Annual Meeting
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How-To, Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Urbach D
Video Institutions
University Health Network--Toronto ON Canada, University of Toronto--Toronto ON Canada


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