Tutor: Dr Andrew Terhemen Tyowua

Course cost: $8.65
Course duration: 41 min

Course description
A textual abstract of a scientific paper provides a concise summary of the paper. At scientific conferences, oral and poster presentations are often summarized in the form of textual abstracts for participants. Therefore, it is imperative to learn how to read textual abstracts effectively and efficiently without the aid of AI tools. This will enable you to quickly decide the talks to attend and the posters to visit. Once this skill is learnt, it can be applied to reading posters at scientific conferences where it might not be possible to use AI tools.

The course is designed to equip learners with the skills to read textual abstracts efficiently, effectively and critically. In a nut shell, the course covers the purpose of a textual abstract, parts of a textual abstract, 

types of textual abstracts and techniques for reading a textual abstract. Candidates pursuing postgraduate degrees in sciences, engineering, biomedical sciences and other related fields will find this course invaluable. The course will also be beneficial to early career researchers working these fields.

Course access: 21 days