Galica Jacqueline, Chee-A-Tow Alyssandra, Gupta Shikha, Jaiswal Atul, Monsour Andrea, Tricco Andrea C, Cobey Kelly D, Butcher Nancy J
1School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
2Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.
BMC Proc. 2018 Aug 23;12(Suppl 10):18. doi: 10.1186/s12919-018-0155-4. eCollection 2018.
Dissemination of research results is a key component of the research continuum and is commonly achieved through publication in peer-reviewed academic journals. However, issues of poor quality reporting in the research literature are well documented. A lack of formal training in journalology (i.e., publication science) may contribute to this problem. To help address this gap in training, the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) Canada Publication School was developed and facilitated by internationally-renowned faculty to train researchers and clinicians in reporting and publication best practices. This article describes the structure of the inaugural course and provides an overview of attendee evaluations and perspectives.
Attendees perceived the content of this two-day intensive course as highly informative. They noted that the course helped them learn skills that were relevant to academic publishing (e.g., using reporting guidelines in all phases of the research process; using scholarly metrics beyond the journal impact factor; open-access publication models; and engaging patients in the research process). The course provided an opportunity for researchers to share their challenges faced during the publication process and to learn skills for improving reproducibility, completeness, transparency, and dissemination of research results. There was some suggestion that this type of course should be offered and integrated into formal training and course curricula.
In light of the importance of academic publishing in the scientific process, there is a need to train and prepare researchers with skills in Journalology. The EQUATOR Canada Publication School provides an example of a successful program that addressed the needs of researchers across career trajectories and provided them with resources to be successful in the publication process. This approach can be used, modified, and/or adapted by curriculum developers interested in designing similar programs, and could be incorporated into academic and clinical research training programs.
研究成果的传播是研究连续过程的关键组成部分，通常通过在同行评审学术期刊上发表来实现。然而，研究文献中质量报告不佳的问题有充分记录。在期刊学（即出版科学）方面缺乏正规培训可能导致了这一问题。为了帮助弥补这一培训差距，由国际知名教员开发并推动了加拿大提高健康研究质量与透明度（EQUATOR）出版学院，以培训研究人员和临床医生掌握报告和出版的最佳实践。本文描述了首届课程的结构，并概述了学员的评价和观点。
学员们认为这为期两天的强化课程内容信息量极大。他们指出，该课程帮助他们学习了与学术出版相关的技能（例如，在研究过程的各个阶段使用报告指南；使用期刊影响因子之外的学术指标；开放获取出版模式；以及让患者参与研究过程）。该课程为研究人员提供了一个机会，让他们分享在出版过程中面临的挑战，并学习提高研究结果的可重复性、完整性、透明度和传播的技能。有人建议应提供此类课程并将其纳入正规培训和课程设置中。
鉴于学术出版在科学过程中的重要性，有必要培训研究人员并使其具备期刊学技能。加拿大EQUATOR出版学院提供了一个成功项目的范例，该项目满足了不同职业阶段研究人员的需求，并为他们提供了在出版过程中取得成功的资源。对设计类似项目感兴趣的课程开发者可以采用、修改和/或调整这种方法，并将其纳入学术和临床研究培训项目中。
