Enhancement of Scientific Writing Skills of Medical Teachers through Scientific Writing Workshop

From Practice to Publication: The Promise of Writing Workshops

“…Participants had varying experience levels with the publication process. Motivations for workshop participation varied yet aligned with the reasons for not publishing presented earlier: lack of dedicated time, opportunities to develop writing skills, or low confidence (Dunn Butterfoss, 2011;Gray et al, 2018;Novick & Moore, 2018;Rathore et al, 2019;Redelfs et al, 2019;Salas-Lopez et al, 2012). Participants expressed being motivated by wanting to contribute to the evidence base, share important insights that could assist others in the field, and increase their teams' capacity for writing and collaboration.…”

“…Today, this call to action remains relevant and critical to advancing public health practice (Green, 2008;Roe, 2021). Writing workshops, retreats, and peer support can increase contributions to the literature by academics and practitioners that may include librarians, college students, nurses, community members, and teachers (Bullion & Brower, 2017;Fischer-Cartlidge, 2020;Gray et al, 2018;Kempenaar & Murray, 2019;Komaie et al, 2018;Novick & Moore, 2018;Rathore et al, 2019;Redelfs et al, 2019;Salas-Lopez et al, 2012). Writing workshops can promote functioning program infrastructure by building staff capacity to work with data to promote action and facilitate public health goals through greater dissemination (Lavinghouze et al, 2014).…”

“…However, public health staff in health departments, university extension programs, and nonprofit organizations may lack the resources, program infrastructure, or opportunity to use or develop scientific writing skills to share their practice-based learnings with their field and community (Dunn Butterfoss, 2011;McBride et al, 2019;McMullen et al, 2022). They may not have time, scientific writing experience, familiarity with manuscript submission, or confidence that their lessons and experiences will add value to the field, leaving work unpublished (Boice & Jones, 1984;Dunn Butterfoss, 2011;Gray et al, 2018;Hayden, 2000;Novick & Moore, 2018;Rathore et al, 2019;Redelfs et al, 2019;Salas-Lopez et al, 2012). Lack of practitioner perspectives can hamper progress in public health research and practice.…”