Medical Illustration

Scientific Figures: Make Your Research Clear

Course overview A focused guide to making a research figure easier to read while preserving its statistical meaning. Learning outcomes Choose a suitable display for a simple research message. Identify misleading scales, missing uncertainty and unclear labels. Improve a figure using a short clarity and accessibility checklist. Curriculum Start with the research message. Choose a chart that fits the question. Scales, denominators and uncertainty. Labels, legends and accessible colors. A figure on a slide or poster. Worked example: critique and improve one figure. Practical output Annotate or revise one supplied teaching figure and explain three improvements. Course information Practice uses synthetic or appropriately authorized material. Course materials remain available for three months after completion. Contact us with questions; we respond within 72 hours. This response window is not a grading or manuscript-review deadline. Publication, authorship, and funding are not guaranteed.