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ArticleJournal of clinical and translational science2021

Creating an amateur press corps of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to cover breaking science and improve lay-writing skills.

Kimberly McGhee, Tammy Loucks, Sheila Champlin, Matthew Greseth, Paula Traktman

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Article in Journal of clinical and translational science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kimberly McGheeSouth Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0163-7225
Tammy LoucksSouth Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Sheila ChamplinOffice of Communications and Marketing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Matthew GresethCollege of Graduate Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Paula TraktmanCollege of Graduate Studies, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.

Funding

South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR)UL1TR001450 · NCATS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI BRADY, KATHLEEN T., FLUME, PATRICK A · 2015 to 2024
$41.1M
The role of SMAD1 and SATB2 in colon patterningP20GM130457 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI Hailong Zhang · 2020 to 2026
$18.7M
Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences Training Program: Developing the skills and expertise needed for a changing biomedical landscapeT32GM132055 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI Amy D Bradshaw, John P O'Bryan · 2019 to 2026
$3.9M
MUSC Post-Baccalaureate Research Education ProgramR25GM113278 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI DELEON-PENNELL, KRISTINE Y, PENROD-MARTIN, RACHEL · 2015 to 2024
$2.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001450NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130457NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM113278NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Science Writing Initiative for Trainees is a science communications internship program for biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at the Medical University of South Carolina. Interns serve as an amateur press corps, writing news stories and press releases about recent high-impact research articles. Since 2016, 25 interns have written more than 100 EurekAlert! press releases that have received more than a half million views. Interns learn to explain science across the translational spectrum and to convey findings in plain language to a lay audience, serving as ambassadors for science.

Indexed as

career developmentgeneral publicgraduate educationinterdisciplinaryinternshiplay publicplain languageScience communicationsscience writing

Identifiers

PMID34527290
PMCPMC8411268

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