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On 15th November, Faculty of 1000’s outreach team will be running a 3-hour workshop at the University of Oxford’s Medical Science Division on how to ‘Embrace information overload and understand research impact’.

The course aims to demonstrate how the internet is continuing to improve the ways in which life scientists and clinical researchers can access, discover and assess published research. We hope to show how tools such as PubMed, F1000Prime, F1000 Journal Clubs (beta launching later this year), Mendeley and Google Scholar can help researchers focus and improve the efficiency of their reading and literature searching, as well as promote collaboration with their peers. We also aim to stimulate discussion on how web tools are shifting definitions of research impact, and gather and share participants’ ideas for improving scholarly communication. There will be slide presentations and live demos, punctuated with audience discussion and brain-storming.

The course extends on some of the most popular topics we have been presenting on at different institutions in recent months (a full update of autumn/winter 2013 dates will follow soon), and adds more interactive elements.  You can read more of the course content on the Oxford Medical Science Division Skills Training website. If this pilot workshop proves popular we hope to be running more regular educational courses – at Oxford and many other places.

The workshop is open to students and staff in the science faculties at the University of Oxford and would be of particular interest to third and fourth year PhD (DPhil) students and research staff in the medical and life sciences. From what we understand, places are filling up quickly, and course capacity has recently been increased to accommodate demand. Attendees can opt in to receive a free personal subscription to F1000Prime.

If you’re interested in running an educational workshop or presentation at your university, teaching hospital or other organization interested in the kind of tools for scientists that Faculty of 1000 develops and provides, please contact our outreach team, community@f1000.com