Conceptual framework for the creation of an Educational Innovations Publication. Slides from lecture "Attention Innovative Educators: Get Published!" by Michael Gisondi and Jeremy Branzetti, presented in New Orleans, LA at #SAEM16: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, May 2016.

1. Michael A. Gisondi, MD Jeremy Branzetti, MD
Northwestern University University of Washington
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting
May 2016 – New Orleans, LA
GET
PUBLISHED!
Attention INNOVATIVE Educators:

2. DISCLOSURES:
The authors report no financial conflicts of interest

3. OBJECTIVES
1. Define the term educational innovation.
2. Describe innovative teaching methods that are publishable.
3. Define key elements of an educational innovations
publication.
4. Provide you with a list of peer-reviewed journals that publish
educational innovations.

4. Why do educators often fail to
disseminate their innovative
instructional methods?

5. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

6. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

8. 6-YEAR PROMOTION RATE
Clinician
Investigator
26%
Clinician
Educators
16%
Negative Predictors
• Lack of mentorship
• Lack of research time
Positive Predictors
• Working 60hrs/wk +
• Lower Salaries

9. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH
HIGHER ACADEMIC RANK
•OR: 1.00Basic
Researcher
•OR: 0.53Clinical
Researcher
•OR: 0.15Academic
Clinician
•OR: 0.31Clinical
Educator
Career path did not differ by:
• Age
• Gender
• Rank
• Years on faculty
• Hours worked per week
Family responsibility
• Global work satisfaction
*After adjusting for age, gender, time at rank, and work satisfaction

10. PRESSURES ON SURGERY
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Key Factors
Protected Time 39%
Education Degrees 11%
Weekly work hours 73
Low job satisfaction from:
– Lack of institutional resources
– Undervalued by colleagues
Most seek professional
development opportunities

11. Lack of training
Administrative burden
Poor job satisfaction
Undervalued

12. Expertise
Creativity
Teaching
Academic Promotion

13. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

14. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

15. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

16. What is an
“Educational Innovation?”

17. EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
Innovation: “a new method, idea, or product.”
Education: “the process of receiving or giving systematic
instruction”

18. Think Big?

19. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

20. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

21. SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY #1
(5 MIN)
1. Introduce yourself to your
neighbor
2. Describe your favorite teaching
activities to one another
3. Give feedback to your neighbor
about the aspect of their work
that is INNOVATIVE

22. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

23. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

26. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

27. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

28. EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
PUBLICATION

29. DISSEMINATE NEW KNOWLEDGE TO COLLEAGUES

32. ACADEMIC MEDICINE
Innovation reports (2000 words)
The report highlights first steps toward a
larger-scale solution to a challenge facing the
academic medicine community by describing
an innovative pilot/early-stage initiative at a
single institution or reporting preliminary
research that defines the challenge and/or
lays the groundwork for larger-scale
approaches.
The report demonstrates that the authors’
work has significant implications for the
continued study of the stated problem.
Problem – Approach – Outcomes – Next Steps

33. ACADEMIC MEDICINE
Last Page (750 words)
Designed to make the journal’s content more
accessible to more people by promoting a
general understanding of important issues
that affect medical schools and teaching
hospitals.
Tells a story, visually and succinctly,
through images or figures and
complementary text of phenomena,
controversies, policies, groups, services, or
trends important to medical education or the
medical community at large,

34. THE CLINICAL TEACHER
Insights (800 words)
These are shorter articles of structured
reflection on important topics in clinical
education, based on the principles of good
scholarship and evidence-guided education.
Content:
• Up to 2 tables, boxes or figures
• 5 references
• A structured abstract is not required for
these articles

35. MEDICAL TEACHER
Short Communications
(Max. 1700 words or 2 pages)
Brief articles on matters of topical interest or
work in progress.
Content:
• Title Page
• Notes on contributors
• Abstract
• References
• One small table (optional)

36. MEDICAL TEACHER
Twelve Tips
(Max. 3400 words or 4 pages)
Practical advice in the form of twelve short
hints or tips for those working in a selected
area.
Content:
• Abstract
• 12 “tip” sections, ideally EBM-based
• References, contributor notes
• Figures/tables as necessary

37. JOURNAL OF GME
Educational Innovation
(2000 words)
A description of a new approach or strategy
in medical education that has been
implemented and assessed.
Should answer: Should this innovation be
tried (or avoided) in other settings or
disciplines?
Of note, innovations do not have to be
successful; manuscripts may report on
approaches others should not try

38. JOURNAL OF GME
Brief Report (1200 words)
A summary of a new curriculum, assessment,
or teaching method, or successful best
practice that has at minimum been
implemented, at minimum on a pilot basis.

39. JOURNAL OF GME
Perspectives (1200 words)
Provide views and opinions on issues of
broad interest to program directors,
educators, researchers, and institutional GME
leaders.
Perspectives will be evidence-based but will
also reflect the authors’ expert opinion.

40. JOURNAL OF GME
On Teaching and Learning
(1200 words)
Personal essays or reflections, that speak to
the experience of teaching, learning, or
related topics, and that will be of interest to
multiple specialties.
Both educators and learners are encouraged
to submit articles for this category; the
quality of the writing will determine
acceptance.

41. MEDICAL EDUCATION
Really Good Stuff (500 words)
Short structured report organized into three
sections:
• What problem was addressed?
• What was tried?
• What lessons were learned?
Content:
- No figures/tables
- One allowable reference
- Maximum of 4 authors

42. MEDICAL EDUCATION
When I say… (1000 words)
These brief articles are aimed at clarifying
important terminology within the field in a
meaningful and entertaining way.
Five references or less

43. JAMA
Viewpoint (1000 words + small table)
These papers may address virtually any
important topic in medicine, public health,
research, ethics, health policy, or health law
and generally are not linked to a specific
article.
Content:
- No more than 3 authors
- No more than 7 references

44. JAMA
A Piece of My Mind
Most essays published in A Piece of My Mind
are personal vignettes (eg, exploring the
dynamics of the patient-physician
relationship) taken from wide-ranging
experiences in medicine; occasional pieces
express views and opinions on the myriad
issues that affect the profession.

45. MEDEDPORTAL
• Must be original and complete
• Includes all course content (not just
outlines)
• Contain all references, resources, etc
• You have to have implemented
AND evaluated it with your target
learners
• Include all actual content
• Conforms to Glassick’s Six Criteria
for Scholarship
• Include an Educational Summary
Report

46. ACADEMIC LIFE IN
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
• PV Cards
• Tricks of the Trade
• How I Work Smarter
• How I Stay Healthy in EM
• Many more…

47. ACADEMIC LIFE IN
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
IDEAS Series

48. REFLECTIVE MEDED.ORG
“Dedicated to reflective pedagogy and
care of the person in medical
education”

51. PROPOSED: EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Problem Statement
Approach & Resources
Outcome(s)
Next Steps

52. SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY #2
(5 MIN)
• One innovation to share
• Sketch out your innovation in
the proposed format:
• Problem
• Approach & Resources
• Outcome(s)
• Next Steps

53. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Training opportunities that allow faculty members to attain
skills necessary for efficient academic promotion.

54. NORTHWESTERN
CLIMB WEBSITE
WWW.NORTHWESTERN.EDU/CLIMB
What is CLIMB?
The CLIMB Program is a professional
development program that guides a diverse
group of bioscience PhD students to develop
advanced skills for collaborating,
communicating and conducting research
across disciplines, and to accelerate their
scientific careers.
“A good scientist is also a good writer.”

57. Professional
Identity
Formation as an
Educator
Commitment to
Creativity
Ideate Collaborate
Obtain Data
Disseminate to
Colleagues
SIX STEPS TO
PUBLISHING
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATIONS

58. QUESTIONS?