Describes study of biomedical papers read at 63rd Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Concludes slides play broader role in biomedical speeches than nonlinguistic visual devices do in biomedical journal articles. (Author/BK)

Examination of how biomedical scientists cite the published work of others in their own journal articles revealed that subjects tended to summarize or generalize others' articles and used few direct quotations and little paraphrasing. The results suggest ethical and instructional questions relating to which citation forms should be taught to…

A course in communications skills for the biomedical sciences is a component unique to the New Mexico State University MARC Honors Undergraduate Program. The program seeks to identify and assist minority students who show evidence of having clear potential to perform at a high level in the biomedical sciences and who show a determination to enter…