<italic toggle="yes">DivulgaMicro</italic>: A Brazilian Initiative To Empower Early-Career Scientists with Science Communication Skills

Communication is fundamental in science. Among scientists, communication skills are required to write a comprehensible scientific manuscript or to prepare an attractive oral presentation. In addition, the ability to communicate successfully with the nonscientific community has been increasingly appr...

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Autores principales:	Laura Maria Andrade Oliveira, Maria Letícia Bonatelli, Tatiana Castro Abreu Pinto
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2019
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e62a16633a1a44349bb378404e3cbd272021-11-15T15:04:15Z<italic toggle="yes">DivulgaMicro</italic>: A Brazilian Initiative To Empower Early-Career Scientists with Science Communication Skills10.1128/jmbe.v20i1.16161935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/e62a16633a1a44349bb378404e3cbd272019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v20i1.1616https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885Communication is fundamental in science. Among scientists, communication skills are required to write a comprehensible scientific manuscript or to prepare an attractive oral presentation. In addition, the ability to communicate successfully with the nonscientific community has been increasingly appreciated, as it represents the most effective way to promote popular scientific literacy. Nevertheless, students majoring in sciencerelated courses are not trained specifically for these purposes, and improving communication skills usually depends on tips and advice given by peers. To this end, we have launched DivulgaMicro, an initiative that aims to enhance science communication among early-career scientists in Brazil. DivulgaMicro relies on two major cornerstones: providing online resources via a dedicated website (www.divulgamicro.com.br/index.html) and promoting onsite workshops in universities located in different macro regions of the country. On the website, people can access a collection of fun activities designed to teach scientific concepts to a general audience, along with tips and news regarding public outreach events in Brazil. In the month following its launch, our website had 1,026 visitors from 10 different countries besides Brazil. Regarding the workshops, six were offered during 2018, with nearly 600 attendees. In the course, scientists are presented best practices for scientific writing and oral presentations, as well as techniques to improve communication with lay audiences, such as the use of storytelling structure and analogies. There is a high demand for science communication resources in Brazil, attesting to the importance of initiatives such as DivulgaMicro in our country.Laura Maria Andrade OliveiraMaria Letícia BonatelliTatiana Castro Abreu PintoAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2019)
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description	Communication is fundamental in science. Among scientists, communication skills are required to write a comprehensible scientific manuscript or to prepare an attractive oral presentation. In addition, the ability to communicate successfully with the nonscientific community has been increasingly appreciated, as it represents the most effective way to promote popular scientific literacy. Nevertheless, students majoring in sciencerelated courses are not trained specifically for these purposes, and improving communication skills usually depends on tips and advice given by peers. To this end, we have launched DivulgaMicro, an initiative that aims to enhance science communication among early-career scientists in Brazil. DivulgaMicro relies on two major cornerstones: providing online resources via a dedicated website (www.divulgamicro.com.br/index.html) and promoting onsite workshops in universities located in different macro regions of the country. On the website, people can access a collection of fun activities designed to teach scientific concepts to a general audience, along with tips and news regarding public outreach events in Brazil. In the month following its launch, our website had 1,026 visitors from 10 different countries besides Brazil. Regarding the workshops, six were offered during 2018, with nearly 600 attendees. In the course, scientists are presented best practices for scientific writing and oral presentations, as well as techniques to improve communication with lay audiences, such as the use of storytelling structure and analogies. There is a high demand for science communication resources in Brazil, attesting to the importance of initiatives such as DivulgaMicro in our country.
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author	Laura Maria Andrade Oliveira Maria Letícia Bonatelli Tatiana Castro Abreu Pinto
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title	<italic toggle="yes">DivulgaMicro</italic>: A Brazilian Initiative To Empower Early-Career Scientists with Science Communication Skills
title_short	<italic toggle="yes">DivulgaMicro</italic>: A Brazilian Initiative To Empower Early-Career Scientists with Science Communication Skills
title_full	<italic toggle="yes">DivulgaMicro</italic>: A Brazilian Initiative To Empower Early-Career Scientists with Science Communication Skills
title_fullStr	<italic toggle="yes">DivulgaMicro</italic>: A Brazilian Initiative To Empower Early-Career Scientists with Science Communication Skills
title_full_unstemmed	<italic toggle="yes">DivulgaMicro</italic>: A Brazilian Initiative To Empower Early-Career Scientists with Science Communication Skills
title_sort	<italic toggle="yes">divulgamicro</italic>: a brazilian initiative to empower early-career scientists with science communication skills
publisher	American Society for Microbiology
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