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ReviewEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2024

Pedagogic Strategies and Contents in Medical Writing/Publishing Education: A Comprehensive Systematic Survey.

Behrooz Astaneh, Ream Abdullah, Vala Astaneh, Sana Gupta, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Mitchell A H Levine, Gordon Guaytt

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Review in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Behrooz AstanehDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6023-2063
Ream AbdullahDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
Vala AstanehFaculty of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
Sana GuptaDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
Romina Brignardello-PetersenDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
Mitchell A H LevineDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9010-0886
Gordon GuayttDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2352-5718

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Workshops or training sessions on medical writing and publishing exist worldwide. We aimed to evaluate published articles about such workshops and examine both the content and teaching strategies employed. We searched ISI Web of Science, Ovid EMBASE, ERIC, Ovid Medline, and the grey literature. We considered no language, geographical location, or time period limitations. We included randomized controlled trials, before-after studies, surveys, cohort studies, and program evaluation and development studies. We descriptively reported the results. Out of 222 articles that underwent a full-text review, 30 were deemed eligible. The educational sessions were sporadic, with researchers often developing their own content and methods. Fifteen articles reported teaching the standard structure of medical articles, ten articles reported on teaching optimal English language use for writing articles, nine articles discussed publication ethics issues, and three articles discussed publication strategies to enhance the chance of publication. Most reports lacked in-depth descriptions of the content and strategies used, and the approach to those topics was relatively superficial. Existing workshops have covered topics such as the standard structure of articles, publication ethics, techniques for improving publication rates, and how to use the English language. However, many other topics are left uncovered. The reports and practice of academic-teaching courses should be improved.

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educationmedical writingpublishingsystematic reviewworkshop

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PMID39329833
PMCPMC11431838

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