Creating respected scholarship from educational and clinical activities can pose challenges for medical school faculty members. Strategies for getting started and/or re-igniting past work will be explored and shared among participants.

Objectives

• Identify publishable topics of interest to medical educators, health professionals, students and patients.
• Launch manageable planning efforts with potential collaborators.
• Employ time management strategies that support scholarly research and publication efforts.
• Access campus resources that can be used to inform project planning and development.
• Locate traditional and non-traditional scholarship and publication venues.
• Access a toolkit of resource documents to support scholarship and publication. 

Speakers

• Leslie Wimsatt, PhD
  Associate Dean for Academic Assessment, Quality and Development, Academic Affairs, Des Moines University
• Matthew Henry, PhD
  Chair and Associate Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology and Associate Professor, Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Program, Des Moines University
• Wayne Wilson, PhD
  ​Chair and Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Nutrition and Associate Professor, Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Program, Des Moines University

Resources

• Boyer EL. Scholarship reconsidered: priorities of the professoriate. Princeton, NJ: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; 1990.
• Schrager S. Transforming your presentation into a publication. Fam Med 2010;42(4):268-72.
• McGaghie WC, Webster A. Scholarship, publication, and career advancement in health professions education: AMEE Guide No. 43. Med Teach 2009;31(7):574-590.
• AAMC-Regional Groups on Educational Affairs (GEA) Research in Medical Education (RIME) Section. Annotated bibliography of journals for educational scholarship. 
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: sample references. 

Continuing Education Credit

• DO: Des Moines University is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and approves this activity for 1.0 hour of Category 1-A CME credit(s).
• MD: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Des Moines University (DMU) is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this live activity for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Other health professionals: This live activity is designated for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.​