The Pediatric Pandemic Network’s Quality Improvement Writing Group (QIWG) offers an avenue for translating quality improvement work into scholarly works. The QIWG transforms projects into journal ready manuscripts in 10 virtual sessions over 20 weeks. Sharing local work provides the opportunity to improve patient care at a larger scale by spreading successes and challenges, allowing for rapid cycle improvement and potentially avoiding duplication of failures.
Course Overview
This mentored 10 virtual session over 20 weeks writing group is curriculum-based and will support participants to transform projects into journal ready manuscripts.
- Sessions are 1 hour and delivered via Zoom.
- Participation will require approximately 2-5 hours per week to research, draft, review, and revise to achieve the best possible product.
List of Mentors
- Chisom Agbim, MD, MSHS, Stanford Children’s Health
- Jenifer Melvin, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Lori Rutman, MD, MPH, Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Sandra P. Spencer, MD Childrens Hospital Colorado
- Irina Topoz, MD, Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Alexandria Wiersma, MD Children’s Hospital Colorado
Topics Will Include:
- SQUIRE Overview and writing an effective introduction
- Elements of writing a great paper
- Writing an Effective Methods Section
- Writing an Effective Results
- Editing and Copy Editing
- Writing an Effective Discussion
- Hitting submit
- Writing an Effective Abstract
- Responding to reviewers
Registration
Target registration date: Friday, 5/23/2024
Target notification date: Thursday, 6/30/2024
No registration fee.
For further information and questions, please contact Sandra Spencer, MD at sandra.spencer@childrenscolorado.org or Carl Elston, BS at carl.elston@cuanschutz.edu.