Growing the academic clinician: An educational program to empower doctors to publish case reports
Creators: name: Mortagy, Mohamed
name: Asmar, Marie Line El
name: Ibrahim, Hesham
name: Grant, Oriane
name: Farrag, Mohamed
name: Abdelhameed, Aya
name: Elsandouby, Ahmed
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2024

description: <b>Short Communication/ePoster - Background</b><br>
Medical training lacks emphasis on building academic skills such as research, despite its increasing importance in current medical practice and value for postgraduate training applications.  <br>
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<b>Short Communication/ePoster- Summary of Work</b><br>
An educational programme for training healthcare professionals (HCPs) on choosing, writing, and publishing case reports was developed at a teaching hospital by a team of 7 doctors, including 2 consultants, 2 doctors with research experience and 1 medical education fellow. 56 HCPs, including junior doctors, specialists, advanced clinical practitioners, and medical students signed up. 49% of participants studied in the United Kingdom and 51% were international graduates. 96% of participants never published case reports. 82% wanted to publish case reports but didn’t know how. The programme consisted of 2 phases. Each phase consists of educational sessions followed by one-to-one mentorship and guidance. Two phases of teaching were completed along with 1 phase of mentorship. Pre-and post-surveys were used to assess the knowledge and confidence of participants regarding the steps required for publishing case reports. <br>
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<b>Short Communication/ePoster - Summary of Results</b><br>
When comparing post-teaching survey to pre-teaching survey, there was a statistically significant improvement in confidence in the participants’ ability to choose, write, format and publish case reports as well as obtaining consent from patients, choosing a suitable conference or journal for submission, completing literature reviews, and avoiding plagiarism while writing academically and citing references. 100% of participants were interested in further training on medical statistics and research teaching. Phase 1 was successfully completed by publishing or presenting 4 case reports abstracts/posters at 4 international conferences, with 2 further reports pending acceptance. The phase 2 mentorship programme is still ongoing after completion of phase 2 teaching. <br>
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<b>Short Communication/ePoster - Discussion and Conclusion</b><br>
This program is unique as it has a short theoretical component followed by hands-on guidance from experienced mentors. It successfully improved knowledge and confidence in writing and publishing case reports and helped 8 participants to publish or present case reports for the first time. All participants were interested in further teaching on medical research regardless of their training level. Building academic skills such as medical research is an essential part of medical training for HCPs. <br>
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<b>Short Communication/ePoster - Take Home Message</b><br>
Developing a practical hands-on curriculum for teaching medical research is achievable if research experts are aligned with motivated HCPs in a well-designed teaching programme. <br>
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<b>Presentation</b><br>
Short Communication Only<br>
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<b>Track</b><br>
Designing and planning learning (including curriculum): Designing and planning learning<br>
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<b>Phase of Education</b><br>
Generic