Scholarly Writing: Publishing Medical Education Research - 10/3/2022

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In this session, the skills of scholarly writing will be explored through the lens of analyzing a manuscript that was accepted for publication. The participants will examine review criteria that are used by healthcare education journals and apply them to a sample manuscript. In discussing scholarly writing the participants will make a decision about the type of feedback they would give to the authors of the sample paper.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Identify the components of a scholarly publication;
Discuss how to frame a problem statement;
Identify an effective Research Question;
Discuss whether the Design/method is appropriate to the question;
Discuss whether the authors have applied the best data collection methods to the appropriate sample;
Understand the Results section and how to present results in a clear manner.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop Series.

Karen Richardson-Nassif

Karen Richardson-Nassif, PhD, Professor Emeritus, was the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development and Diversity in the Office of the Dean, College of Medicine. She was previously the Predoctoral Director and Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Assessment in the Office of Medical Education at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She has served on numerous committees on curriculum change, program evaluation, and leadership. She was an advisor for the LEAD AAMC program and Advisor to the Women’s Mentoring Program and the New Hampshire/Vermont Schweitzer Fellowship Program. She is also a reviewer for several journals. She attended the Harvard Macy Physician Educators Scholars Program in 1999 and the Evaluator’s Institute in 2000 and 2001. In 2005, she received the Vermont Women in Higher Education Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award. She received the Research in Medical Education Best Paper Award, AAMC, in 2008 and Outstanding Service Award from the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs in 2010.