Effective Strategies for Writing an Engaging Introduction
Learn the importance of a well-crafted introduction and the key elements to attract and retain readers' attention in your academic writing. Understand the significance of structuring your introduction to set the tone for your paper effectively.
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4/30/2025 How to write an Introduction? Prof. Riaz Qureshi Dr Hafsa Raheel Department of Family & Community Medicine King Saud University, Riyadh 1
2 4/30/2025 Objectives of the session -To know the basic structure for writing an introduction and the importance of each item -To understand the importance of attracting the attention of readers/ audience/journal editors -What to do and what not to do ?
Why bother writing a good introduction? The opening paragraph of your paper will provide your readers with their initial impressions of your argument, your writing style, and the overall quality of your work Your introduction is an important road map for the rest of your paper Ideally, your introduction should make your readers want to read your paper
What should an introduction do? 3 main things: Get your readers attention and interest Identify the specific topic of the report/ manuscript Conceptualize your argument or discussion
5 4/30/2025 Introduction Before beginning, consider: What do I have to say? Why is it worth saying ? What is the right format for the message? What is the audience for the message ? Which journal are you aiming for?
Skeleton of an introduction Background Importance of the topic Global, regional and local data (magnitude) Build up a convincing argument Objectives Hypothesis Rational
Strategies for writing an effective introduction Start by thinking about the question (or questions) you are trying to answer start off with a big picture sentence or two about the power of education as a force for change as a way of getting your reader interested and then focus in on the details of your argument Don t be afraid to write a tentative introduction first and then change it later
8 4/30/2025 Introduction Why you have undertaken the study ? Main job of the introduction Set out to answer a question that really interests you The best question may arise directly from clinical practice Need for enhancing preventive aspect To build upon the current knowledge beliefs and practices To improve quality of life with rehabilitative concern Build on scientific work already published Make clear how your work adds importantly to what has gone before
9 4/30/2025 Introduction Keep it short Do not try to impress readers by summarizing every-thing that has gone before Choose references, which are relevant, recent (preferably last 5 8 yrs) Convince readers and editors that your study is better than previous studies A more detailed critique of the other studies can be left for the discussion
10 4/30/2025 Introduction Make sure that you are aware of earlier studies : Published Unpublished Currently underway (thesis, synopsis) Help from librarians Personal contacts with people who are experts in the subject
11 4/30/2025 Introduction Convince your readers of the importance of the question you are answering Do not repeat material, which is in all the textbooks Giving prevalence figures, data on hospital admissions and the cost to the nation related to the problem may be appropriate State the gaps in the literature on the topic you are covering and how you have tried to fill this gap by performing the present study?
12 4/30/2025 Introduction Don t baffle your audience Avoid introducing, without explanation, material that is completely unfamiliar to the reader or audience Avoid abbreviations as far as possible
13 4/30/2025 Introduction Give the study s design but not the conclusion A one sentence description of the study at the end of the introduction is appropriate. e.g We therefore conducted a double blind randomized study with 5- year follow up to determine whether--------
14 4/30/2025 Introduction Get the structure right: - General nature of the problem - Background and work to-date - The research question related to the objective (at the end) Stay away from opinionated statements and quotations in scientific paper
How to evaluate your introduction draft Ask a friend to read it and then tell you what he or she expects the paper will discuss If your friend is able to predict the rest of your paper accurately, you probably have a good introduction
16 4/30/2025 Conclusion While writing introduction- Keep in mind your readers/audience Keep it short Tell readers why you have done the study Explain why it is important Convince them, using data from previous studies; the advantage or an upper edge of your study to what has been done before In the last paragraph of introduction provide the objectives of the research
References The writing center. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/introd uctions/ Visit York Centre for Academic Writing online resources at: http://www.arts.yorku.ca/caw/resources.html Acknowledgements; Dr Riaz Qureshi, Proff of Family medicine, KSU
18 4/30/2025 THANK YOU QUESTIONS???
