267486 Discussion Section

Saturday, October 27, 2012 : 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Michael D. Kogan, PhD , Office of Epidemiology and Research, HRSA/ Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD
This section of the course will focus on how to write a discussion. Dr. Kogan will discuss the purposes, provide an outline of the section, go into details for each component of the section, provide examples for each component, including how to write a limitations section and a concluding paragraph.

Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1. List the components of a discussion section; 2. Identify common mistakes in writing discussion sections; 3. Demonstrate improved writing through their work on the discussion sections.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I've written more than a 100 articles, served as a special editor, served on editorial boards, and presented on this topic before.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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