Recently, attended 'Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Medical Journal Editors' held in my parent institution during 15-16 Nov.  There were workshop on scientific writing for authors, workshop for peer reviewers and COPE seminar: Publication Ethics in India: Inspiring excellence

Got an opportunity to hear eminent international speakers : Dr. Trish Groves, BMJ Publishing, Dr. Charlotte Haug, COPE, Dr. Christine Laine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Dr. Margaret Winker, PLoS Medicine .........and national journal editors Dr. Piyush Gupta, Dr. Amar Jesani,.... There were several informative presentations  covering wide areas of scholarly publishing: scientific misconduct, retractions and corrections, Integrating publication ethics.....Dr. Piyush Sahni gave an overview about the IAMJE

Attended workshop on scientific writing which were chaired by Dr. Nikhil Tandon, Dr Farrokh Habibzadeh, Dr. Rakesh Lodha, Dr.Amitabh Prakash..

Listed are various associations that were often being talked about;

Indian Association of Medical Journal Editors: The IAMJE aims to promote cooperation among editors of Indian medical journals

 World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) : The WAME is a global nonprofit voluntary association of editors of peer-reviewed medical journals who seek to foster cooperation and communication among editors; improve editorial standards; promote professionalism in medical editing through education, self-criticism, and self-regulation; and encourage research on the principles and practice of medical editing.

CONSORT, which stands for Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, encompasses various initiatives developed by the CONSORT Group to alleviate the problems arising from inadequate reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

The EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability and value of published health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines. 

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)  is a forum for editors and publishers of peer reviewed journals to discuss all aspects of publication ethics. It also advises editors on how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct

The topics covered in the Author workshop were about  IMRAD, Study design, study duration, participants, settings, type of studies, sampling techniques,...consequences of limitations

Three important components of paper writing:

A-accuracy

B-Brevity

C-Clarity

There were talks on Citation style: Vancouver style

Plagiarism softwares:

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The  best part of the workshop was when we were given an exercise to critically appraise a paper. It was indeed the best task that I liked the most in this workshop.

I had a great learning experience after a loooong time got an opportunity to physically interact.

There is lots more of information to add will continue later.....

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