University of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, 4 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Sep-Oct;103(9-10):811-5. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30434-x.
The number of female medical school faculty being promoted and the speed at which they are promoted have not kept pace with their male counterparts at many institutions. One of the reasons is that these women are not publishing peer reviewed manuscripts at an equivalent rate. This study evaluates the impact of a women's writing group on faculty publication rates.
The writing group was conducted by 2 senior faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and targeted female junior faculty. The writing group consisted of a didactic skills curriculum, question sessions, and both faculty and peer support to improve publishing rates. Curriculum vitae were collected, and PubMed and Ovid searches were used to establish the publishing productivity of the writing group participants both before and after participation in the writing group.
On average, women who completed the writing group showed a nearly 3-fold increase in average publishing rate from 1.5 papers per year preceding the course to 4.5 per year following completion of the writing group (p<.001).
The results from our program suggest that a women's writing group is an effective intervention for increasing publishing rates of female junior faculty. In addition to the documented improvement in publication rates, we watched participants develop clearer writing styles, lose many of their inhibitions about writing, respond to group affiliation and collaboration, and gain tremendous self-confidence.
在许多机构，女性医学院校教职员工的晋升数量及其晋升速度都不及男性同行。其中一个原因是，这些女性的同行评审论文发表率并不相当。本研究评估了女性写作小组对教职员工出版率的影响。
该写作小组由宾夕法尼亚大学医学院的 2 位资深教员领导，面向初级女性教员。写作小组由一个教学技能课程、问题会议以及教员和同行支持组成，旨在提高出版率。收集了简历，并使用 PubMed 和 Ovid 搜索来确定写作小组成员在参加写作小组前后的出版生产力。
平均而言，完成写作小组的女性的平均出版率从课程前每年 1.5 篇增加到每年 4.5 篇（p<.001）。
我们项目的结果表明，女性写作小组是提高女性初级教职员工出版率的有效干预措施。除了记录出版率的提高外，我们还观察到参与者发展出更清晰的写作风格，消除了许多写作障碍，对团体隶属关系和合作做出回应，并获得了巨大的自信。
