The MedEdPORTAL Infinity Mirror: Conducting an Interactive Workshop on How to Develop an Educational Summary Report...

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Scholarly Publishing
• Faculty Development

Background:

• MedEdPORTAL is an open-access journal for health professions educators to publish educational activities.
• The Educational Summary Report (ESR) is the manuscript format for scholarly expression of these activities.
• Prospective authors face challenges in writing ESRs, often leading to rejection.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and evaluate a conference workshop to teach health professions educators how to write an ESR.
• To improve the quality of ESR submissions to MedEdPORTAL.

Main Methods:

• A 90-minute workshop was delivered at three national conferences.
• The workshop included a didactic on best practices for ESR writing and small-group review of a sample ESR using a checklist.
• Participant feedback was collected via an online evaluation survey.

Main Results:

• The workshop was presented to approximately 135 participants across three national conferences.
• Survey feedback from 19 respondents (38% response rate) indicated that workshop content and materials were helpful.
• The feedback was representative of all workshop iterations.

Conclusions:

• A workshop focused on peer review of sample ESRs was well-received by health professions educators.
• These workshop materials can be utilized by associate editors, mentors, and faculty development leaders.
• The workshop supports authors in submitting to MedEdPORTAL and provides national presentation opportunities.