Note: Registration required (Register through Eventbrite)

Writing Your Comprehensive Exam:  3 Part Series

1) The Comp Exam Process: Literature Review and 

Research

Wednesday, January 24th, 5:30-7:30 pm

Cole Hall

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2) The Comp Exam Process: Problem Solving and White Paper

Wednesday, February 7th, 5:30-7:30 pm

Cole Hall

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3) Update on the Scientific Writing Workshop:  

 The Essentials of Scientific Writing

TBA – We are reformulating the planning and writing materials into a new resource format  --  to be announced. 

Nursing students do you know what professors expect in your academic writing in graduate papers? 

Attend this workshop and learn--or review-what structure they expect and what aspects of style are essential in all scholarly scientific writing. 

Description:

The Office of Career and Professional Development and the School of Nursing offer Karen Borst-Rothe's presentations on comprehensive exam writing skills, addressing both format and content issues. These presentations are geared toward helping you write a more effective comprehensive exam.

Learning Outcomes: 

Issues covered in these workshops include:

• Review of the four sections needed in nearly every paper: introduction, literature review, discussion, and conclusion
• Discussion of the basic principles of style necessary to present cohesive evidence in a logical sequence, including elements of paragraph development and function of transitions with adequate depth, breadth and clarity to meet exam requirements
• Common writing problems and possible solutions (with examples)
• Learn how to do a self-assessment of your own writing and develop a process for self-improvement - over time 

Dinner is provided, so registration is required. 

Presenter: 

Karen Borst-­Rothe is a professional writing instructor and communications consultant with over 30 years of experience helping students and organizations including, but not limited to: UC Berkeley, Kaiser Permanente, as well as UCSF