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”The Arctic Experience 2016”
Course in Scientific Writing and Publishing
Tor-Arne Hagve
January 26-29th, 2016
Finse, Norway
Preliminary Announcement
The Scandinavian Journal of
Clinical and Laboratory Investi-
gation (SJCLI) and Nordic Society
of Clinical Chemistry (NFKK)
invite colleagues from the Nordic
countries to participate in an
extensive course in scientific wri-
ting and publishing. The Editorial Board of SJCLI
will be responsible for the program.
The aim of the course is to increase the awareness
of the importance of scientific writing, and to train
the participants in writing a scientific manuscript.The
course will be organized in both structured lectures
and in groups writing a scientific manuscript based
on given data and literature.
Finse is located at the southernmost part of Europe
with an arctic climate at 1222 meter above sea level
and only accessible by train, from either Bergen or
Oslo
and
remote location has been selected in order to find the
necessary calm and tranquility for maximal focus on
the activities during the course as well as for team-
building and network forming.
The course is open for Nordic colleagues within the
field of medical biochemistry/clinical biochemistry/
clinical chemistry, primarily for those in postgra-
duate specialist training and/or involved in research
projects. The maximum numbers of participants is
20. The official language is English or a language
understandable for all participants.
The previous courses have been described in Kli-
nisk Biokemi i Norden (
) issues 2/2008,
2/2010/ 2/2012 and 3/2013.
Information concerning registration, participation fee,
literature, travel etc. will be announced in the next
issue (3/2015) of Klinisk Biokemi i Norden.
Contact: Tor-Arne Hagve,
(Unit of Medical Biochemistry, Akershus University
Hospital, 1478 Lørenskog). Phone +47-90510956.
Foto: Ingrid Marie Hardang
