- Intro to WAGS (video)
- Article: WAGs: A Tool to Help Junior Faculty
- WAGs Writing Myths
- WAG Book: “WAG Your Work. 写作问责小组:提高学术生产力的训练营
- WAGs for Hopkins employees: myLearning course
- WAGs Goal Tracker
- WAGs PPT Slides - Dr. Skarupski 2019
- WAGs for Public
- Faculty Factory Podcast WAG episodes
- AAMC GFA Poster #1
- AAMC GFA Poster #2
- A Writing Place article
Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs)
You've heard about them, now start your own! 在霍普金斯大学的许多校园里,有50多个“摇尾巴”,“摇尾巴”已经成为一种流行的方式. Learn more, explore the toolkit, and start one of your own! 霍普金斯大学的教职员工可以通过发电子邮件的方式申请加入WAG的名单 [email protected].
Frequently Asked Questions About WAGs
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Anyone! Students, trainees, post-docs, faculty at all levels.
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WAG是一个活跃的写作小组,每周开会一次,为期10周,严格按照15分钟的更新和目标设定议程,然后是30分钟的个人写作, 然后是15分钟的报告和总结(没有同行评议你的写作——WAG专注于培养一种写作过程和习惯). WAG的成员限制在4-8人,你必须承诺参加至少7次每周10次的会议. I guarantee that if you adhere to the plan, you will achieve increased writing productivity (quantity and quality), have greater control over the writing process, experience improved goal-setting and time management, and as a bonus, you'll establish relationships with new colleagues and friends.
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在10周的时间里,你每周与你的WAG成员见面一个小时. During the weekly WAG session, 你将花30分钟进行某种形式的写作活动,剩下的30分钟用于设定目标和报告进度.
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WAGs meet wherever is convenient for your group.
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WAGs meet whenever is convenient for your group.
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wag的存在是为了帮助人们建立良好的写作习惯(并学习时间管理和组织技能)。. The focus is on the writing process, not writing outcomes; there is no content review of writing. 太太团也是建立职业和个人关系的好机会.
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一个由4-8人组成的小组,在为期10周的时间里,每周会面一小时(WAGgers必须承诺参加10次会议中的至少7次)。. The first 15 minutes of every WAG is a participant report-out on the prior week’s writing goals and the plan for that day’s writing session; then there is a 30-minute timed communal writing period; the final 15 minutes is spent reviewing what each member accomplished during the writing session and a statement of the writing goals for the next week.
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最有效的方法是启动自己的WAG,而不是等待WAG的开放. You just need to find 3-7 other folks, identify an hour slot that works for everyone over a 10-week period, and a place to meet. 启动所需的所有内容都以多种格式呈现,包括: WAG book, the WAG article, WAG Intro Video, WAGYOURWORK.COM website, WAG podcast episode, WAG myLearning module (Hopkins faculty only). Scroll down to "WAG Toolkit" for more resources. 霍普金斯大学的教职员工可以通过发电子邮件的方式申请加入WAG的名单 [email protected].
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Yes, 我们有前后评估数据显示,WAGgers报告的写作频率增加了(每天或几乎每天写作). 每月或很少)和减少写作时间(参与者报告写作时间缩短[期望的结果]). WAGgers also report better time management and organization skills.
WAG Toolkit
Other Writing Resources
Biomedical and Scientific Writing Resources (Dr. Sarah Poynton)
- Abstracts
- Biomedical Writing Titles
- Biomedical Writing Resources
- BioMedical Writing Materials and Methods
- Discussion and Check List
- Effective Introduction - Worksheet
- Montgomery 2003 Writing Very Well
- Results Figures Tables
- Writing Intro and Discussion
Resources for Non-Native English Speakers
- An Outline of Scientific Writing by Jen Tsi Tang
书的描述:这本书是针对研究人员谁需要写清楚和可理解的英文手稿. Today, 英语是国际会议的官方语言,科学和技术领域最重要的出版物都是用英语写成的. 因此,学习如何用英语写作已经成为研究者的任务之一. 这本书首先讨论了英语语言的结构,如句子结构和单词使用. 然后讨论科学出版物中使用的风格和惯例. Some of the topics covered include: Planning of a Manuscript; Authorship; References; Tables and Figures; Submission to a Journal; Production Schedules. 这本书写得很好,读者不需要查字典. 它包括许多例子和练习,以阐明所提出的规则和指导方针. - 希拉里·格拉斯曼-迪尔的《全球十大外围足球平台》
这本书的目的是使非英语为母语的人能够用英语撰写科学研究论文. It can also be used by English speakers and is a practical, user-friendly book intended as a fast, 为英语水平在中级以上的人士提供的diy指南. 该方法基于伦敦帝国理工学院(Imperial College London)的研究生教学材料,并已进行了广泛试点. 这本书引导读者通过写作科学研究的过程,也将有助于写硕士或博士论文在英语. 科学写作比看起来容易得多,因为它的结构和语言都很传统. 本书的目的是帮助读者发现科学研究写作的模板或模型,然后提供操作该模型所需的语法和词汇工具. 共有五个单元:引言、方法论、结果、讨论/结论和摘要. The reader develops a model for each section of the research article through sample texts and exercises; this is followed by a Grammar and Writing Skills section designed to respond to frequently-asked questions as well as a Vocabulary list including examples of how the words and phrases are to be used.