Scholarship drives the practice of medical education forward, affecting how we educate trainees, what we know about our colleagues and institutions, and how we identify and close gaps in our understanding of important topics. The AAMC aims to advance the work of all those engaged in improving academic medicine. At last week's Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) Professional Development Conference, we shared resources for determining if one or both of the AAMC's journals, MedEdPORTAL and Academic Medicine, is the best home for your scholarship.
Those resources include:
Other resources that focus on the medical education publishing landscape more broadly include:
Each journal and publication type has its own value and adds to the literature in a unique way. The key is finding the right way to showcase your work. To do that, consider the following questions:
- How would I describe my scholarship?
- Is it a resource? Innovation? Research? New approach or insight? Personal narrative?
- What audience do I want to reach?
- Is it all medical educators? Those in UME, GME, or CPD specifically? Clinician-educators? Education researchers?
These questions and the resources above can help you identify the right journal and publication type for your scholarship.
Consider this scenario. You've developed a workshop for residents aimed at improving their comfort and proficiency working with professional interpreters. You've implemented the workshop for residents from a single specialty and have plans to expand it to other specialties in the future. You've collected pre/post survey data on participant self-reported knowledge, comfort, and satisfaction. Using the questions and resources above, where and/or how might you submit this work? Share your thoughts below.
Hannah Turner, MedEdPORTAL
Toni Gallo, Academic Medicine
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Toni Gallo
Educational Resources & Scholarship Lead
Association of American Medical Colleges
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