Duncanson Kerith, Webster Emma L, Schmidt David D
NSW Health Education and Training Institute, Victoria Road, Gladesville, NSW
The University of Sydney School of Rural Health, 11 Moran Drive, Dubbo, NSW, Australia 2830
Rural Remote Health. 2018 May;18(2):4468. doi: 10.22605/RRH4468. Epub 2018 May 24.
Increased publication of clinician-led health research is important for improving patient care and health outcomes. The aim of this retrospective cohort study conducted in rural Australia was to determine the impact of a writing for publication (WFP) program delivered by teleconference on the publication rates and skill acquisition of novice researchers who have graduated from the New South Wales (NSW) Health Education and Training Institute Rural Research Capacity Building Program (RRCBP).
Between 2012 and 2015, eight WFP 'bootcamp' programs were offered by the New South Wales Health Education and Training Institute to 112 RRCBP graduates, resulting in 50 participants completing at least one bootcamp. Participants completed a once-weekly WFP group teleconference for six consecutive weeks, and were expected to complete homework activities between sessions and participate in two follow-up teleconferences within 3 months of program conclusion. The primary outcome measure was manuscript publication resulting from participation in bootcamp, with secondary measures being changes in skills, knowledge and confidence in WFP, publication rate and cost per publication.
Twenty-one participants (42%) published their bootcamp paper or a related paper that directly resulted from bootcamp WFP skills. Five other participants submitted their bootcamp manuscript for publication, but had not yet had it accepted for publication. The overall publication rate of RRCBP graduates who completed bootcamp was 0.80 compared to 0.23 who did not complete bootcamp. On a 1 to 5 scale, mean scores increased for writing (knowledge, experience, confidence) from 2.0 to 3.5 (p<0.01) and for publishing from 1.1 to 3.4 (p<0.01). The estimated cost incurred by the RRCBP to deliver the program was $230 per publication.
WFP workshops delivered by teleconference support rural clinician researchers to improve their skills in writing and publishing. A remotely conducted WFP program was effective in increasing publication rates among novice researchers who had conducted a clinically based research project. This shows that novice researchers respond to similar intervention features as experienced researchers do when engaging with WFP, and that WFP outcomes can be increased substantially with modest investment of funding and resources by the host organisation.
增加临床医生主导的健康研究的发表量对于改善患者护理和健康结局至关重要。在澳大利亚农村地区进行的这项回顾性队列研究的目的是确定通过电话会议开展的发表写作（WFP）计划对毕业于新南威尔士州（NSW）健康教育与培训研究所农村研究能力建设计划（RRCBP）的新手研究人员的发表率和技能获取的影响。
2012年至2015年期间，新南威尔士州健康教育与培训研究所为112名RRCBP毕业生提供了8次WFP“集训营”计划，最终有50名参与者完成了至少一次集训营。参与者连续六周每周参加一次WFP小组电话会议，并预计在会议期间完成家庭作业活动，并在计划结束后的3个月内参加两次后续电话会议。主要结局指标是参与集训营后发表的论文，次要指标是WFP技能、知识和信心的变化、发表率以及每次发表的成本。
21名参与者（42%）发表了他们的集训营论文或直接因集训营WFP技能而产生的相关论文。另外5名参与者提交了他们的集训营手稿以供发表，但尚未被接受发表。完成集训营的RRCBP毕业生的总体发表率为0.80，而未完成集训营的毕业生为0.23。在1至5分的量表上，写作（知识、经验、信心）的平均得分从2.0提高到3.5（p<0.01），发表的平均得分从1.1提高到3.4（p<0.01）。RRCBP实施该计划的估计成本为每次发表230美元。
通过电话会议开展的WFP研讨会支持农村临床医生研究人员提高他们的写作和发表技能。远程实施的WFP计划有效地提高了进行基于临床的研究项目的新手研究人员的发表率。这表明新手研究人员在参与WFP时对与经验丰富的研究人员类似的干预特征有反应，并且主办组织通过适度投入资金和资源可以大幅提高WFP的成果。
