Office for Women in Medicine and Science: " Publishing Your Work in Journals: How to Increase Your Success and be More Efficient to Reduce Burnout"

In this lecture, Dr. Julie Silver explains strategies that medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees may use to approach publishing in medical and scientific journals. This lecture focuses on understanding the publishing process—from conception to submission to dissemination. This lecture is not intended to focus on clinical trials, but rather to teach learners how to become more effective and efficient in academic publishing. This lecture follows a unique 6-step strategy that Dr. Silver has developed to support success in academic medicine. These steps include: (1) Leveraging Conventional Metrics; (2) Choosing Your Study Design; (3) Selecting the Journal; (4) Writing the Manuscript; (5) Responding to Reviewers; and (6) Post-Publication Dissemination. Learning to publish is an important competency in training; however, this may contribute to burnout symptoms in trainees as they navigate the many demands of training. Participants at any stage of their training will benefit from learning more about how to publish in journals and disseminate their work.

At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to:

1. Describe a 6-step strategic approach to publishing in peer-reviewed journals
2. Identify at least 3 publishing strategies that trainees can use right away which are aimed at supporting successful publishing while simultaneously decreasing burnout symptoms by saving time and effort