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Meredith Temple-Smith1, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Jane Gunn
1Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. m.temple-smith@unimelb.edu.au
Background:
To improve research publication output, a general practice department in Australia declared a department wide 'writing week'.
Method:
Components included: pre-registration, an initial presentation followed by scheduled one-on-one sessions with an external facilitator, a progress 'running sheet', voucher incentives, and a concluding session for shared feedback and 'prize giving'.
Results:
Ninety percent (18/90) of potential staff participated, from novice to senior. In the subsequent 3 months eight papers were submitted and a further nine were nearing completion. Expressed benefits were having dedicated and structured time, collegial support and an external facilitator.
Discussion:
While effectiveness of writing week could not be precisely measured with respect to publication outputs, researchers, regardless of seniority, benefited from the provision of structural knowledge, quarantined time and/or support to write up research.
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