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Getting started in… routes to publishing (writing up, presenting and dissemination) Paul Crampton, @pes_crampton Director, Health Professions Education Unit, Co-EiC, The Clinical TeacherDo you consider a)I’d rather a fork in the eye writing for b) It’s delightfully publication to be a unpleasant painful process? c) It’s not so bad d) Most. Fun. Ever!This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NDToday’s talk… • Overview of Health Professional education journals • Top tips for authors • Presenting and disseminating • Support and development About me…. • Started in med ed research 2008 • Workplace learning, professionalism, bullying, regulator research, longitudinal integrated clerkships • Worked as an educator/research at North East Strategic Health Authority, Durham University, Newcastle University, Monash University, University College London • PhD, 2015, published various types of articles and topics • Med ed internship 2018-19 • Deputy Editor 2019-24 • Co EiC, Feb 24- currentWhy publish? • To create a sense of completion • So others may benefit from your work • To get feedback • To engage in discussion with others • To advance your career “Publish or perish” • Survival in academia and advancement in training are heavily influenced by publication success • Size matters! • Impact factor; citations; h-index • But all of this amounts to a siren’s songTeaching-Research-Practice Nexus Schneider P., Folkens L., Busch M. (2018) The Teaching-Research-Practice Nexus as Framework for the Implementation of Sustainability in Curricula in Higher Education. In: Leal Filho W. (eds) Implementing Sustainability in the Curriculum of Universities. World Sustainability Series. Springer, ChamConsiderations… A discipline An approach A (Social) Science A community A place for innovation Translational research Moving practice forward>100 journals publish health professional education scholarship Publishing Audience Type of Key metrics messages article Speed of dissemination Editorial reputation Methodological rigourHow to make your work appeal to editors, reviewers, readers, conference organisers, etc?A useful heuristic Problem Gap Hook (Lingard, 2015)Considerations as a field of study… A discipline – Medical Education An approach – BMC Med Ed A (Social) Science – Advances in Health Sciences A community – BMJ Open A place for innovation – The Clinical Teacher Translational research – Academic Medicine Moving practice forward – Medical TeacherGood advice from the deputy editors of Medical Education: The sequel, Feb, 2022 Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14734 Paul Crampton • Astute flexibility in relation to content, appearance and reach • Conceptual and methodological congruence • Reviewers often highlight epistemological divergences Jen Cleland • Read the journal’s aims, objectives and mission • Ask yourself – does my study fit within these parameters and norms • Be aware the colleagues who publish a lot in certain journals are those who have learned to write in ways that are attractive to target journals David Cook • Do not forget the abstract! Y our article will live or die by it, as most people will never read past the abstract. • Brevity is the soul of wit. It is harder to write a short paper than a long one! Writing • Convince the reader of the need for your study (Karen Hauer) • Make the writing accessible, terminology (Karen Mattick)Take a step back • Try to take multiple perspectives, put yourself in the editor’s shoes (Pim Teunissen) • When responding to reviewer comments make the editor’s job easy! (Tim Wilkinson)Publication outcomes… What to do if your work is rejected •Pout, curse, commiserate with co-authors •Take some time away •Appeals are possible, but pay particular attention to the editors’ commentary •Use the feedback to revise for submission elsewhere and/or adjust your next studyWhat to do if you are offered the opportunity to revise •Celebrate (but not too much) •Take some time away •particular attention to the editors’ commentaryut pay •Submit a clearly marked revision along with a descriptive cover letterDeveloping work through presentingNetworks and communities • Local, national, international conferences • Take every opportunity possible •Talk to whoever is willing to listen! • Learn from and through disseminationSupport and development for early career researchers Journal support and initiatives for the community… • TCT . New Voices • Med ed. Annual internship programme • Peer review • ASMEco-Editors in Chief: Annette Burgess & Paul Crampton Multi-professional, international journal Platform to share: • Practical experiences • Teaching innovations • Scholarly activities Official publication of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)Article types Research Article (3,000 words, max 30 references) Background, Methods, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion Innovation, Implementation, Improvement (III) (1,500 words, 15 references) Allow authors to demonstrate scholarly approaches to health professions education design, implementation & evaluation. Background, Approach, Evaluation, Implications Early Career Scholarship section: Masters, PhD, MD research projects. Research Articles Innovation, Implementation, Improvement (III papers)Perspective papers The Clinical Teacher’s Toolbox (1500-2000 words, 15 references) Focus on describing ‘tools’ and providing recommendations to enhance learning and teaching in clinical education. (e.g. ‘Supporting international graduates to success’) How to… (1500 words, 15 references) Share research-informed guidance on designing, implementing & evaluating an initiative. (e.g. ‘How to write a good research question’) Viewpoint (1500 words) Share a perspective on a topic of interest & importance to multi-professional teaching community. (e.g. ‘A call for spaced repetition in medical education’)• Overview of Health Professional education journals • Top tips for authors • Support and development Group questions 1. What ways do you/would you like to share your work, and for what purpose? 2. What strategies have you found most useful to increase your academic activity?Impact factor Measure of frequency with which average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year Journals also list rankings (within specific field) Calculation for journal impact factor: A= total cites in 1992 B= 1992 cites to articles published in 1990-91 (this is a subset of A) C= number of articles published in 1990-91 D= B/C = 1992 impact factor Examples: • Nature Impact factor= 41.456 Ranked: 1/56 (Multidisciplinary Sciences) • Medical Education Impact factor= 3.196 Ranked: 1/37 (Education Scientific Disciplines)