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Hi. I'm Dr. Evie Kendal
from Swinburne University
of Technology,
talking about strategies for
disseminating your findings
and publication ethics.
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The first question
to ask yourself is,
why do you want to
disseminate your findings?
You've done all this
wonderful research.
Why does it matter if
anyone else reads it?
Of course, the
classical phrase is
if a tree falls in the
forest and no one hears it,
did it really happen?
For science research
to have an impact,
it needs to be shared with those
who can translate
it into practice,
so this is how you
impact society
and you impact your field.
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Now that you've
decided you want to
disseminate your findings
to make a difference,
the next question is,
where should you
disseminate your findings?
First of all, you might
want to share them
with other scientists,
so people in your field
or in related fields
who might benefit
from the knowledge
that you've generated.
You can share your findings
with other researchers
and other scientists
at conferences,
scientific meetings,
through your publications,
or through writing editorials.
If you're working in health,
you may also want to
share your findings
with health professionals,
and you can do that through
writing case series
or case reports.
Essentially, these
are just examples.
For example, a
patient comes in with
a number of symptoms.
You do an investigation,
and you try and determine
what might be wrong
with that patient,
and then you write up a report
that you can share with others,
because they may benefit
from what you've generated
when they're treating and
investigating their own patients.
They use these reports
and these collections of
reports as a case series
in order to inform
their decision-making
for what kind of tests
they might want to do,
what kind of condition
this patient might have.
You may also want to
disseminate your findings
