1. Scientific Writing Seminar for Early-Stage Investigators in Substance Abuse Research
- Author
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Guydish, Joseph, Masson, Carmen, Flentje, Annesa, Shopshire, Michael, and Sorensen, James L
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Health Services and Systems ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Psychology ,Substance Misuse ,Drug Abuse (NIDA only) ,Brain Disorders ,Good Health and Well Being ,Education ,Graduate ,Efficiency ,Humans ,Publishing ,Research ,Research Personnel ,Research Report ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Writing ,Addiction research ,dissemination ,substance abuse research ,training ,scientific writing ,Public Health and Health Services ,Substance Abuse ,Health services and systems ,Public health ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
BackgroundThere 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.MethodsIn 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.ResultsOf the 113 participant enrollments, 97 (86%) submitted a manuscript for publication, and 87 participants (77%) published their manuscript.ConclusionsA 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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- 2016