Students' satisfaction and perceived impact on knowledge, attitudes and skills after a 2-day course in scientific writing: a prospective longitudinal study in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to determine students' satisfaction with a 2-day course on scientific writing in health sciences and to assess their perceptions of the long-term impact on their knowledge, attitudes and skills.

Setting

27 iterations of a 2-day course on writing and publishing scientific articles in health sciences.

Participants

741 students attending the 27 courses.

Design

Prospective longitudinal study.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Immediately after each course, students completed a first questionnaire, rating their satisfaction with different aspects of the classroom sessions on a Likert scale (0-5). Approximately 2 years after the course, students completed a follow-up questionnaire, using a Likert scale (0-4) to rate their knowl

SUBMITTER: Fernandez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829667 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature