ISN Scientific Writing Course held in India
The 2019 ISN Scientific Writing Course (SWC) was held from Sep 30 to Oct 2 in Delhi, India. This event, supported by the Indian Society of Nephrology, was delivered to nephrologists from Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, to enhance their scientific writing skills.
Faculty at the three-day course included international and local experts in the field of scientific writing: Giovanni Strippoli, ISN Clinical Research Program Committee Chair, Arpana Iyengar, ISN Clinical Research Program Committee Deputy Chair and Course Director, Neesh Pannu, Scientific Program Working Group for WCN 2020 Chair of Sub-theme, Marcello Tonelli, Scientific Program Working Group WCN 2020 Chair, and Narayan Prasad, Secretary General of the Indian Society of nephrology.
The twelve participants received one-on-one mentoring from faculty on various aspects of preparing a manuscript for publication and rated the course as “extremely engaging”. They gave special thanks to ISN faculty member and course director, Dr Arpana, “for putting together an excellent course”.
