So You Want to Write? Practices That Work

Harvest the Low-Hanging Fruit: Strategies for Submitting Educational Innovations for Publication

“…In this section, we provide several strategies for writing culled from the literature 8 as well as from our own experiences. For each strategy, we also present institutional considerations that may provide a more systematic solution for educators.…”

“…Although we prefer a minimum of 1 hour for writing, studies show that even 15 minutes weekly can be sufficient for progress. 8,16 Also, educators should not become discouraged by very rough first drafts: often the best ideas come later, during the revision phase. The key to beginning your writing, in our experience, is to write without regard for grammar, structure, or flow, considerations that should come later.…”

Writing skills in academic medicine

“…Writing without self-consciousness, in a scheduled way, can help get over the barrier of not knowing where to start. 3,21 Tips for overcoming writer's block are displayed in Table 2.…”

Developing a Writing Workshop for Clinician-Educators: A Synergistic Integration of Ethics, Rhetoric and Education Theories, and Social Science

“…Clinician-educators often are overwhelmed by the need to publish their scholarship, which for some is a daunting, even seemingly impossible, task (Boice 1989;Keyes 1995;Steinert et al, 2008;Malani and Lypson 2012;Sullivan 2013), especially so for those who received little or no education in writing during their years of training (Simpson et al 2000;Sullivan 2013;Singh and Mayer 2014). Further, despite the encouraging work being done to address local needs (e.g., creating curriculum, assessment), clinician-educators often have difficulty disseminating their products, which is required for recognized scholarship (Bligh and Brice 2009;Simpson et al 2013).…”