an Authors Guide to Scholarly Publication, First Edition /
David Stevens.
First edition.
Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
2018.
1 online resource :
text file, PDF
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; About the author; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The imperative to publish healthcare improvement; Healthcare improvement is incomplete until it is published; This is different from writing for most biomedical fields; Improvement processes that can facilitate your writing; Develop your own roadmap to successful publication; How did healthcare writing and publication arrive here?; An emerging cross current: Calls for methodologies based on evidence.
Another defining cross current: Human subjects protection and healthcare improvementPublication guidelines and improvement writing: SQUIRE, STARI, PRISMA, CONSORT, SRQR; Continually track the evolving science of healthcare improvement; References; Chapter 2: Writing to improve healthcare: Preparation of a scholarly manuscript; Writing for healthcare improvement is different; Begin your manuscript early; Eat dessert first; Introduction, methods, results, and discussion (IMRAD), a familiar structure; Introduction; Methods; Human subjects review; Results; Tables and graphs; Discussion.
The not so obvious impedimentsIdentifying appropriate co-authors; Working together as a high performance microsystem; "First tasks" for your work together on the manuscript at hand; Seek informal critical reads by colleagues; References; Chapter 5: Harness the full potential of peer review for your writing success; Peer review and its contribution to your writing; Peer review as an improvement process; Nine rules that can serve as a guide to peer review; Relate peer review explicitly to your aims as an author; Become a participant in the editorial community as a journal reviewer.
Work to achieve an effective writing styleElements of an effective style: Clarity; Elements of an effective style: Parsimony; Elements of an effective style: Color and rhythm; Stare at something until you see it: An exercise in close reading; Find your own examples of good writing; Employ your own strategies for reading to be a better writer; References; Chapter 4: Writing efficiently and effectively with co-authors; "If you can't describe what you're doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing."; Using improvement methodology to enhance writing productivity.
Your obligation to help readers find your paper: The importance of your title and abstractKey words and mesh terms; On to your revisions ... ; Disseminate your message: Commentaries, systematic reviews, editorials, and letters to the editor; A coda: Harvesting reflection, overcoming a dry well, and finding flow; When the well seems dry; Finding flow; References; Chapter 3: Develop a writing style that focuses on your reader; Focus on your reader; Identifying your reader; Simple strategies that can smooth the path to your reader; Just how many readers will your paper find?
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"This new book is a 'what and how to' guide to writing for successful scholarly publication in the emerging fields of healthcare improvement and patient safety. While there are many useful authors aids for scholarly biomedical publication, none focuses explicitly on these relatively new fields. It offers practical advice that includes preparation and organization of a scholarly healthcare improvement manuscript, where to submit it to find the most likely interested editor and journal, how to take full advantage of coauthors working together effectively, and strategies for authors to reach a broader health professions readership."--Provided by publisher.