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Teaching Effective Writing Skills at an Academic CancerCenter: Reflections of an Erstwhile Journal Editor and Writer

Teaching Effective Writing Skills at an Academic CancerCenter: Reflections of an Erstwhile... J Canc Educ (2011) 26:208–211 DOI 10.1007/s13187-011-0202-6 REFLECTIONS Teaching Effective Writing Skills at an Academic Cancer Center: Reflections of an Erstwhile Journal Editor and Writer Christopher Dant Published online: 19 February 2011 Springer 2011 This sort of writing from a confused author confuses In the July 2010 edition of JCE, Cameron et al. described a also the reader, who tries to guess the meaning. When I program that addresses the linguistic barriers of interna- asked the author to clarify this sentence, he responded tional research trainees at MD Anderson Cancer Center, with some embarrassment and, in remarkably clear and suggesting that “linguistic barriers in science affect not only direct language, he said, “well to better understand the affect researchers’ career paths but institutional productivity pathogenesis of glial tumors, we first have to establish and efficiency as well.” Nobody would dispute the value of cancer ‘stem’ cell subpopulation within the tumor mass teaching effective writing and communication skills to capable of resisting therapies and initiating secondary foreign investigators; however, I daresay that many US- tumors following treatment. And, brain tumors show born and -educated investigators also need to learn to write remarkable cellular complexity, allowing them to differ- and communicate http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Cancer Education Springer Journals

Teaching Effective Writing Skills at an Academic CancerCenter: Reflections of an Erstwhile Journal Editor and Writer

Dant, Christopher
Journal of Cancer Education , Volume 26 (2) – Feb 19, 2011
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2011 by Springer
Subject
Biomedicine; Cancer Research ; Pharmacology/Toxicology
ISSN
0885-8195
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1543-0154
DOI
10.1007/s13187-011-0202-6
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21336698
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J Canc Educ (2011) 26:208–211 DOI 10.1007/s13187-011-0202-6 REFLECTIONS Teaching Effective Writing Skills at an Academic Cancer Center: Reflections of an Erstwhile Journal Editor and Writer Christopher Dant Published online: 19 February 2011 Springer 2011 This sort of writing from a confused author confuses In the July 2010 edition of JCE, Cameron et al. described a also the reader, who tries to guess the meaning. When I program that addresses the linguistic barriers of interna- asked the author to clarify this sentence, he responded tional research trainees at MD Anderson Cancer Center, with some embarrassment and, in remarkably clear and suggesting that “linguistic barriers in science affect not only direct language, he said, “well to better understand the affect researchers’ career paths but institutional productivity pathogenesis of glial tumors, we first have to establish and efficiency as well.” Nobody would dispute the value of cancer ‘stem’ cell subpopulation within the tumor mass teaching effective writing and communication skills to capable of resisting therapies and initiating secondary foreign investigators; however, I daresay that many US- tumors following treatment. And, brain tumors show born and -educated investigators also need to learn to write remarkable cellular complexity, allowing them to differ- and communicate

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Published: Feb 19, 2011

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