Scholarship through peer-reviewed publication: A conversation with the editors of Families, Systems, and Health

Larry Mauksch, M.EdColleen Fogarty, MD, MSc

Objectives and outlineDescribe major steps in the

preparation of a peer reviewed manuscript

Identify personal barriers to pursuing publication

Define some tips for publication success

Name one idea for publicationDiscussion

PollI have published in a peer

reviewed journal and plan to continue

I am working on my first submission to a peer reviewed journal

I am uncertain about whether I will ever publish in a peer reviewed journal

I have no plans for publishing in a peer reviewed journal

FSH formats

Research articles Brief Reports Review

articles

Conceptual articles

Commentaries

Health policy briefs

Families, systems and health in our

lives

Poetry and 55 word stories

Book and media

reviews

Ideas to project to printed page

Write and revise, do it again

Input from respected others

Do it again

Learn

Present

Experiment

Collaborate

Assess need

Plan

FINER Criteria

F – Feasible

I – Interesting

N - Novel

E – Ethical

R –Relevant

Hulley SB, Cummings SR, Browner WS, Grady DG, Newman TB. Designing clinical research. 3rd ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2007.

Glassick’s Standards of Excellence in Scholarship (2000)Clear GoalsAdequate PreparationAppropriate MethodsSignificant ResultsEffective PresentationReflective Critique

Barriers to publication

Barriers to publication

Barriers to publication

Time to writeIdentifying

collaboratorsCollaborating on co-

authoringPerfectionismFear of not being ‘right’Hard time finishingStuck in ‘almost done’Fear of about rejectionExpectations

Managing rejection—internalizing the feeling

Writer’s block—stare at empty screen or internet self soothing behavior

AnxietyProcrastinationStuck in the review

process—frustration!Length of timeIdentifying the ‘right’

journal

If I waited for perfection

I would never write

- Margaret Atwood

Tips for successStart•Planning time•Write a shitty first draft

Persevere•Revise, revise, revise•Ensure clarity•Get feedback

Finish•Dot the “I”s and cross the “T”s

Find collaborator

s

Find mentors

Share one barrier breaker

Recommended reading

If You Want to Write•Brenda Ueland

On Writing Well•William Zinsser

Peer Reviewing: A way to improve one’s writing

Timeliness

• Novelty of topic/what does it add to current literature?• Strengths and weaknesses of methodology• Results and discussion—how do these inform the field?

Thorough reading with comments on:

Comment on overall quality of writing, including organization, effectiveness of word use

What might you write about?

Call for papers

Strategies for Evaluating Integrated Care in the Real

World

Literature Gaps in Collaborative Family Health Care

Advocacy and policymakers;—how do they enact change?

Limited # of disciplines present in our literature (e.g. PharmD, Nurses, others)—how do we broaden this conversation?

Review from someone outside the system—what do they think about family healthcare?

Training and supervision—not much “best practice” literature about supervision/training for integrated care.

Literature Gaps IIAre there meta analytic reviews

to consolidate the information about integrated care?

Dissecting best practice relating to different settings. E.g. inpt, outpt, private practice, etc.

Role of Emergency Med in providing medical home; linking in to primary care.

Collaborative models in EM?

Literature Gaps IIIEffectiveness of school based

clinics for care for kidsCultural competence—what are

best interventions for particular sub populations?

Role of technology in providing care—assessment.

Standardization of E.H.R. to provide standard approach to collaborative care.

Literature Gaps IVCompetencies for practice across

disciplines—they are published! Hooray!

How do we broaden our integrated work into other settings? E.g. ◦From public sector private practice◦From primary care specialty care◦Working in other settings, churches,

shamansExpanding our work to the

medical neighborhood.

Literature Gaps VIncreasing voice of the family;

greater attention to the community

Professional identity development—what happens for Beh Health folks moving into Medical setting? Is there something about personality? What are the factors for success?