Bullion John W, Brower Stewart M
J Med Libr Assoc. 2017 Oct;105(4):394-399. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2017.320. Epub 2017 Oct 1.
This case study describes the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA) initiative to develop an academic writing retreat for members who sought the necessary time and support to advance their research projects toward publication.
SCC/MLA staged a dedicated writing retreat to coincide with the organization's 2012, 2013, and 2014 annual meetings. Each cohort met over two days to write and to workshop their peers' manuscripts. Organizers distributed an online survey one month after each retreat to evaluate attendees' perceptions.
Three years' worth of writing retreats yielded fourteen peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter. Participants indicated that the retreat helped them meet or exceed their writing goals by offering protected time and a setting conducive to productivity. The format of the retreat is cost effective and easily adaptable for fellow professionals who wish to organize a formal event as a conference offering or simply support a writing group at their home institutions. In SCC/MLA, the retreat revitalized interest in writing and demystified the scholarly publication process.
本案例研究描述了医学图书馆协会中南部分会（SCC/MLA）发起的一项倡议，即针对那些需要必要时间和支持以推动其研究项目发表的成员开展学术写作静修活动。
SCC/MLA在该组织2012年、2013年和2014年年会期间举办了专门的写作静修活动。每个团队会面两天来写作并研讨同行的手稿。每次静修活动结束一个月后，组织者都会进行在线调查以评估参与者的看法。
为期三年的写作静修活动产出了14篇经过同行评审的文章和1个章节。参与者表示，静修活动通过提供受保护的时间和有利于提高效率的环境，帮助他们实现或超越了写作目标。静修活动的形式具有成本效益，对于希望组织正式活动作为会议项目或仅仅是支持其所在机构写作小组的同行专业人员来说很容易调整。在SCC/MLA中，静修活动重新激发了对写作的兴趣，并揭开了学术出版过程的神秘面纱。
