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Scholarship Opportunities for Trainees and Clinician Educators: Learning Outcomes from a Case Report Writing Workshop

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Abstract

Introduction

Publishing a case report demonstrates scholarly productivity for trainees and clinician-educators.

Aim

To assess the learning outcomes from a case report writing workshop.

Setting

Medical students, residents, fellows and clinician-educators attending a workshop.

Program Description

Case report writing workshop conducted nine times at different venues.

Program Evaluation

Before and after each workshop, participants self-rated their perceived competence to write a case report, likelihood of submitting a case report to a meeting or for publication in the next 6–12 months, and perceived career benefit of writing a case report (on a five-point Likert scale). The 214 participants were from 3 countries and 27 states or provinces; most participants were trainees (64.5 %). Self-rated competence for writing a case report improved from a mean of 2.5 to 3.5 (a 0.99 increase; 95% CI, 0.88–1.12, p < 0.001). The perceived likelihood of submitting a case report, and the perceived career benefit of writing one, also showed statistically significant improvements (p = 0.002, p = 0.001; respectively). Nine of 98 participants published a case report 16–41 months after workshop completion.

Discussion

The workshop increased participants’ perception that they could present or publish a case report.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Drs. Stefan Kertesz, Bruce Johnson, Deborah Levine and Gregg Talente for their assistance conducting the workshops.

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  1. School of Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Arun R. Mahankali Sridhar MBBS

  2. Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Lisa L. Willett MD, Analia Castiglioni MD, Gustavo Heudebert MD, Robert M. Centor MD & Carlos A. Estrada MD, MS

  3. Birmingham VA Medical Center and The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Division of General Internal Medicine, 732 Faculty Office Tower, 510 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35294-3407, USA

    Analia Castiglioni MD, Gustavo Heudebert MD, Robert M. Centor MD & Carlos A. Estrada MD, MS

  4. Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Michael Landry MD, MSc

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Sridhar, A.R.M., Willett, L.L., Castiglioni, A. et al. Scholarship Opportunities for Trainees and Clinician Educators: Learning Outcomes from a Case Report Writing Workshop. J GEN INTERN MED 24, 398–401 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-008-0873-9

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