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Showing posts with label medical writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical writing. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Medical Student Essay Contest from Hektoen International
Sunday, February 5, 2023
Pulse Announces a Writing Contest - "On Being Different" - Deadline 3/31/2023
Pulse Announces a Writing Contest |
 The online medical writing journal, Pulse, is looking for your essays. Through the generosity of a grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Pulse is sponsoring a writing contest. To further our mutual goal of fostering diversity and inclusion in healthcare delivery, education and work environments, the theme of this contest is: On Being Different. The contest is open to everyone--to health and mental health professionals, to patients and caregivers and to students and trainees. The contest will be judged by Pulse's editors, with a first prize of $1,000 and awards totaling $2,000 to runner-up entries. Top entries will be offered the opportunity to be published in Pulse. The submission deadline is March 31. What does "being different" mean? It could mean:
Your story should reflect your experience of feeling different--and how that has impacted your physical or mental health, your medical care, your education or training, or your work as a health professional alone or as part of a team. Submissions must be true stories--your own experience or that of someone close to you--with a word limit of 1200 words. No fiction, please, and no poetry. Please see the Call for Entries for more details and to learn how to make a submission. Feel free to share this announcement with friends, family, colleagues and students. Please contact Pulse if you have questions. We look forward to reading your submissions! |
Monday, January 9, 2023
Temperature
Temperature
By David Nelson, PhD, MS
Temperature
36 degrees Fahrenheit.
AM? PM?
Breathe that stands out.
Feet to stand on – cold.
Concrete to stand on – cold.
It rains, and the feet on the concrete – are cold.
Head, shoulders, arms, waist, legs, wet and cold.
You are out and in need of everything.
Gratitude for those that come along to support.
Holding a sign with shaking hands from the cold.
Breathe or fog – we do not know.
AM? PM?
36 degrees Fahrenheit.
Author’s Notes
This day was memorable for all the wrong reasons. There are days in the city that are just glorious. Bluebird days with blue skies and moderate temperatures and a shining sun. Then, there are days like this one. Gray clouds, frosty-just-short-of-freezing air and rain. I do not remember exactly if the forecast predicted a day of the weather, but having been out on the streets doing outreach for many years, I thought it could be just like this all day long. I snapped a picture with my phone of the digital thermometer in the truck while stopping for a coffee up a coffee and it stood out. Only the temperature showed on the digital thermometer. For some reason I thought it might be the same temperature all day long and it turned out to be so. It was going to be a crap weather day.
A recurrent theme of the streets are shoes. Community members walk a lot. It is not unusual to for someone to walk five or six miles on a given day. On outreach, I look at a person’s feet first. The shoes tell me a lot about the person. I can also know their size and if they have feet issues by seeing how they wear their shoes out. Worn heels signify one issue, toe sticking straight up or to the side another issue and so on. The size comes from changing a lot of shoes over the years – the benefit of working in a shoe store for a season.
David Nelson, PhD MS is an Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at MCW. He leads many of MCW’s community engagement efforts, partnering with public and private organizations to enhance learning, research, patient care and the health of the community. Much of this work involves leaving campus and going to the places where the people he wants to help live, work and play. He serves on the board of Friedens Community Ministries, a local network of food pantries working to end hunger in the community.
Monday, January 2, 2023
So, You Want to Publish Your Medical Education Paper in Academic Medicine - The @AcadMedJournal Editors Share Their Tips
Dr. Campbell, who curates the blog, shares highlights of a recent podcast moderated by Toni Gallo, the Academic Medicine staff editor, with practical tips that will smooth your way into publishing in the journal ...
Happy New Year! Maybe one of your resolutions this year is to publish a MedEd article in a top-tier journal. You can do it!
To make it more likely, the editors of Academic Medicine created an Academic Medicine Podcast (12/19/2022) where the people who help decide what will get into print offer a peak behind the curtain. The episode is entitled “Writing Effectively and Navigating the Publication Process."
First of all, here are links to online medical writing resources:
- Fostering Scholarship in Medical Education: Resources for Authors and Reviewers
- The Conducting Research in Health Professions Education: From Idea to Publication eBook
- The Writer’s Craft section in the journal Perspectives on Medical Education
- Review Criteria for Research Manuscripts
- Scholarly Publishing Webinar Series
Below are tips and suggestions that each editor offers. As you prepare your manuscript, remember that folks like these editors will eventually be reading it.
Colin West, MD, PhD (Deputy Editor, Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic)
Three things to think about when preparing a manuscript:
- Be clear on how a practical application of your work bridges the gap from theory to practice without overstating your findings
- Be clear about the paper’s place in the field of study
- Be honest and thoughtful about the paper’s limitations
Jonathan Michael Amiel, MD (Assistant Editor, Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Associate Dean for Innovation in Health Professions Education, Columbia University)
Things he hopes to see when reviewing a submission:
- A clear demonstration of how the work helps make medical education better
- The paper doesn’t overreach; rather it takes a “small bite” and rigorously addresses the problem
Laura E. Hirschfield, PhD (Assistant Editor, Associate Professor of Medical Education and Sociology, University of Illinois-Chicago)
Things she looks for when reviewing a submission:
- A clear demonstration that the authors have engaged with the foundational papers and authors in relevant fields, even if outside the traditional MedEd disciplines.
- A well-demonstrated link between the research question or topic and the research design
Gustavo Patino, MD, PhD (Assistant Editor, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine)
Questions he asks as a reviewer:
- Do the authors clearly articulate the research question?
- Have they described the knowledge gap?
- What was the genesis of the idea?
- Why is it important that this question be answered?
- Are the research methods and study design appropriate to answer the question?
- In the Discussion, are the claims and takeaway points consistent with the Methods and Results?
His advice to authors:
- Pay attention to Lorelei Lingard’s idea of “It’s a Story, Not a Study.” Tell the reader why it’s important, what you found, and why what you found is important.
- Rely on well-crafted research questions and matching methodologies.
- Write with clarity.
John H. Coverdale, MD (Associate Editor, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine)
His advice to authors:
- For both qualitative and quantitative research, make the Methods section crystal clear. Explain how the design relates to the research question or hypothesis, including how it is appropriate to the question.
What she likes to see in the visuals:
- Exhibits, tables, figures, charts should have a clear purpose and add value.
- Visuals that enhance and illuminate the text, but never repeat it.
How she describes the Academic Medicine "Innovation Reports":
- They are a first stab at a new way of doing things that builds on previous literature but then tweaks it in a novel way. Outline the problem, outline the approach, and always provide a reflective component.
Things she suggests to authors before they submit a manuscript:
- Read through the manuscript three times before submitting.
- Read as an author. Make certain arguments flow and that essential details are covered.
- Read as a reviewer. Try to apply the manuscript review criteria you use to your own work.
- Read as a reader. Is it interesting? Do you skip sections? Does it make sense?
- Then ask others to read your manuscript from these perspectives, as well.
Tony Artino, PhD (Assistant Editor for Last Pages, Professor at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences)
Reactions he suggests you have if you are asked to “revise and resubmit”:
- A revision request is a win, right? Don’t be discouraged! It is better to get it right before publication than after.
- Revisions always result in a better paper.
- (Tongue-in-cheek) Editors and reviewers are always right. Realize that arguing only delays getting your manuscript into print.
- Remember that medical and health professions education is a very small world. Your work might end up in the hands of the same reviewers if you re-submit to another journal. So, be gracious.
That should get you started. Happy writing!
Bruce H. Campbell, MD, FACS, is a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and in the Institute for Health and Equity (Bioethics and Medical Humanities) at MCW. He is on the editorial board of the Transformational Times and a member of the Faculty Pillar of the Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education. He has published two Innovation Reports in Academic Medicine and still learned some stuff listening to and summarizing this podcast.
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