Joseph Guydish1, Carmen Masson2, Annesa Flentje2,3, Michael Shopshire2, James L Sorensen2. 1. a Institute for Health Policy Studies , University of California , San Francisco , California , USA. 2. b Department of Psychiatry , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA. 3. c Department of Community Health Systems , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is little information on how to increase the scientific writing productivity of early-stage investigators in the addictions field. A scientific writing seminar is presented in this article, aiming to encourage manuscript writing and dissemination of addiction research, and outcomes are reported for 14 years of the seminar. METHODS: In 14 years, there were 113 postdoctoral fellow enrollments in a 6-month writing seminar. Records of submission and publication rates of manuscripts were collected for 14 cohorts. RESULTS: Of the 113 participant enrollments, 97 (86%) submitted a manuscript for publication, and 87 participants (77%) published their manuscript. CONCLUSIONS: A scientific writing seminar may benefit writing productivity, but more research is needed to compare this training model with other existing models.
BACKGROUND: There is little information on how to increase the scientific writing productivity of early-stage investigators in the addictions field. A scientific writing seminar is presented in this article, aiming to encourage manuscript writing and dissemination of addiction research, and outcomes are reported for 14 years of the seminar. METHODS: In 14 years, there were 113 postdoctoral fellow enrollments in a 6-month writing seminar. Records of submission and publication rates of manuscripts were collected for 14 cohorts. RESULTS: Of the 113 participant enrollments, 97 (86%) submitted a manuscript for publication, and 87 participants (77%) published their manuscript. CONCLUSIONS: A scientific writing seminar may benefit writing productivity, but more research is needed to compare this training model with other existing models.
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Addiction research; dissemination; scientific writing; substance abuse research; training
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