The Medical Writing Center Model in an Academic Teaching Hospital.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2024

Identifier

DOI: 10.1007/s10880-024-10020-w

Abstract

Editing services within academic health centers are uncommon, and few studies have reported on their impact. In this article, we describe our medical writing center's editing service for faculty and trainees at a pediatric teaching hospital and associated outcomes of scholarly products (e.g., manuscripts and grants) over an 8-year period. Data for manuscripts and grant proposals edited by the writing center from 2015 through 2022 were collected electronically from our service request database. Outcome data on publications and grant proposals were regularly collected up to 12 months post-submission. Users were also asked if the writing center edits were helpful, improved readability, and if they planned to use the service in the future. From 2015 through 2022, the writing center received 697 requests, 88.4% to edit a document. Of the documents edited, 81.3% of manuscripts and 44.4% of grant proposals were successfully published or funded. When rating their experience, 97.8% of respondents rated the edits "helpful," 96.7% indicated the edits "improved readability," and 99.3% stated they planned to use the writing center in the future. Our results showed steady use of the writing center and high satisfaction with services. A writing center can be an effective tool to support psychology faculty development.

Journal Title

Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings

Volume

31

Issue

4

First Page

742

Last Page

749

MeSH Keywords

Humans; Hospitals, Teaching; Medical Writing; Academic Medical Centers; Writing

Keywords

Academic teaching hospital; Faculty development; Scholarly productivity; Writing center

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