How to Write a Strong and Powerful Article Vietnam Heart Association Meeting Sunday October 12, 2014 Thach Nguyen MD FACC FSCAI Director of Cardiology St Mary Medical Center, Hobart
Trang 1How to Write a Strong and
Powerful Article
Vietnam Heart Association Meeting
Sunday October 12, 2014 Thach Nguyen MD FACC FSCAI
Director of Cardiology
St Mary Medical Center, Hobart IN
Trang 2Questions
• 1 Actions and verbs
• 2 Less passive voice
• 3 Main place of data (last of the sentence)
• 4 Rule of 4 ideas
• 5.Try to memorize the paragraph and you will see
Trang 5Examples
• 1 He is a big fan of biking
– He bikes every day
• 3 Danang is a big city
• 4 3 millions people live and work in Danang
Trang 7Examples
• 1 The results are different from prior studies
– The results contradict the results of prior studies
– The results negate prior studies
Trang 15Where is the most important location in the picture?
Trang 16Where is the most important location in the picture?
Trang 19Examples: I love her She is loved by me
Trang 20Examples: Anh yeu em
Em co yeu anh khong?
Trang 22Goal of the Discussion Section
Conveys your (the author’s) thoughts in a logical
manner such that the reader arrives at the same
conclusions as yours (the author)
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Discussion
• 1 FIRST paragraph: Present all
important results in the 1st
paragraph
• Don’t merely repeat results in
discussion
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• 2 SECOND paragraph: Give
a scholarly and complete
review of existing literature
Avoid excessive length
Trang 25Discussion (3)
• 3 THIRD paragraph:
A Present the first most important
result of the study
B Compare them with the previous
studies ?
C Explain why there is a difference
Trang 26Example
Trang 271 FIRST paragraph:
2 SECOND paragraph:
3 THIRD paragraph
Trang 283rd Paragraph
Trang 30Rule of 4 ideas
Trang 38The Discussion Section
Trang 40Rule of 4 ideas
Trang 41Thank You