Improvements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases depend fundamentally on the advancement of scientific knowledge. Biomedical research leading to such advances requires the results to be adequately communicated through established channels, which allow the scientific community to assess the validity of the methodological aspects and results, and which give strength to the conclusions that are derived.

These aspects, which could be included within the concept of scientific communication, find their main expression in the biomedical articles that appear in scientific journals, as well as in the communications and papers that take place at biomedical congresses, whether as oral presentations, posters or in mixed situations.

It therefore seems necessary for health professionals, physicians, nurses, pharmacists or clinical psychologists to be equipped with sufficient knowledge to enable them not only to carry out research in their specific areas, but also to be able to adequately communicate their results, having the necessary tools to construct a scientific poster, prepare and execute an oral communication and, especially, to design, write and submit a scientific article that can be submitted to the corresponding scientific editorial review and subsequently published.

The course content responds to these needs. It provides the necessary tools that will enable professionals to carry out the main tasks required for the correct development of these aspects of scientific communication, including the different aspects of writing, preparing and submitting a scientific article, as well as the basic guidelines for a correct oral presentation and the preparation of a scientific poster.