Enhancing Job Satisfaction among VA Physicians: A Study on Work Characteristics
A captivating exploration into how involvement in research positively impacts job satisfaction and workforce contentment among VA physicians. Discover the significance of job autonomy, skill development, work-life balance, and performance feedback in shaping job characteristics and overall satisfaction.
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WRITING YOUR RESEARCH MAGNUM OPUS ALAN N. PEIRIS MD(LONDON), PHD, FRCP(LONDON), FACP, FACE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND VICE CHAIR FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS TJ AND MARGARET TALKINGTON ENDOWED CHAIR IN ENDOCRINOLOGY CO-DIRECTOR CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TTUHSC TOM TENNER PHD ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR FACULTY AFFAIRS PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TTUHSC WITH ASSISTANCE FROM JOON (SIMON) CHOI- MS-2 TTUHSC
A study of 7734 VA Physicians across 135 medical centers controlling for physician level and organizational level characteristics and looking at -Job autonomy -Skill development -Opportunities -work and family balance -Performance feedback Involvement with Research resulted in more favorable job characteristics and job satisfaction leading to a more satisfied workforce Acad. Med. 2011;86:938-45. Mohr DC et al
CONVERTING YOUR DATA INTO A HIGHLY CITED PAPER INTIMIDATING PROCESS FOR MANY, EVEN EXPERIENCED RESEARCHERS MANY HURDLES TO OVERCOME IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE FINAL DRAFT THE 1960 ARTICLE IMMUNOASSAY OF ENDOGENOUS PLASMA INSULIN IN MAN BY YALOW AND BERSON HOLDS A RECORD AS ONE OF THE MOST-CITED ARTICLES EVER PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION (2,341 TIMES AT THIS WRITING). BERSON, YALOW, AND THE JCI: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY. KAHN CR AND ROTH J. J CLIN. INVEST. 2004 OCT 15; 114(8): 1051 1054.
ITS EASIER TO EMBALM THE DEAD THAN TO WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT HOW TO WRITE A LOT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PRODUCTIVE ACADEMIC WRITING, PAUL SYLVIA PUBLISHED JANUARY 15TH 2007 BY AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN
The Chairman of the Physics Department, looking at this record, could only say 'That A- confirms that women do not do well at laboratory work'. But I was no longer a stubborn, determined child, but rather a stubborn, determined graduate student. The hard work and subtle discrimination were of no moment . Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine 1977 for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones"
ABSTRACT TO PAPER RATIO A total of 623 abstracts were presented, from which 102 were subsequently published as a full paper. -Overall publication rate was 16.4%, ranging from 3.4% (jurisprudence) to 28.8% (toxicology). -The type of presentation (oral platform or poster) did not significantly affect the outcome of the abstract. - A higher number of authors, foreign authors, and international collaboration were found to be good predictive factors of publication. From abstract to publication: the fate of research presented at an annual forensic meeting. Tambuscio s. J Forensic Sci 2010 Nov;55(6):1494-8
GIVE A MAN A FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY; TEACH A MAN TO FISH AND YOU FEED HIM FOR A LIFETIME. MAIMONIDES
SOME TIPS TO GET YOU STARTED INSERT WRITING TIMES INTO SCHEDULE (OUTLOOK) ON A REGULAR BASIS START AN OUTLINE INITIALLY A VOMITUS EVOLVE THE OUTLINE CONVERT OUTLINE INTO DRAFT START WRITING UNDER HEADINGS IN TEMPLATE PROVIDED CONSIDER USING SPEECH RECOGNITION (DRAGON SPEECH TM) TO DICTATE PAPER
A BRIEF OF LIST OF THINGS NOT TO DO DO NOT START SENTENCES WITH NUMBERS. DO NOT USE AND ! (EXCEPT WITH EXTREME CAUTION) DO NOT KEEP SENTENCES LONGER THAN 12 WORDS OR USE POOR PROSE EG THE PATIENT WAS ANTIBIOSED WITH IMIPENEM DO NOT AVOID PARAGRAPHS DO NOT AVOID SCULPTING CONTENT FLOW DO NOT LIST ALL KNOWN FAMILY, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AS CO-AUTHORS DO NOT USE NON-STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS DO NOT USE ANY REFERENCE (CHOOSE ORIGINAL PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES) AVOID ETHICAL ISSUES AUTHORSHIP, GHOSTWRITING REDUNDANT PUBLICATION SALAMI PUBLICATION PLAGIARISM DATA FALSIFICATION IMAGE MANIPULATION
BASIC TEMPLATE FOR RESEARCH PAPER TITLE AUTHOR & AFFILIATIONS ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS RESULTS DISCUSSION REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COVER LETTER TO EDITOR
TITLE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ARTICLE MOST OFTEN READ MUST STAND ALONE NO ABBREVIATIONS SUCCINCT LESS THAN 15 WORDS SPECIFY SPECIES EXAMINED IN STUDY TYPE OF STUDY IMPORTANT NOUNS FIRST
AUTHORSHIP, AFFILIATIONS AND KEY WORDS USE JOURNAL FORMAT EG USE TERMINAL DEGREE JUSTIFICATION OF ROLE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION FIRST AUTHOR AND SENIOR AUTHOR AUTHOR SEQUENCE MEANINGFUL ENSURE ALL AUTHORS ARE FULLY IN THE LOOP AND APPROVE FINAL SUBMISSION CHOOSE KEYWORDS AFTER PUBMED SEARCH - DELIBERATIVE
ABSTRACT THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE AFTER THE TITLE, THE PART MOST OFTEN READ AFTER THE TITLE, MAYBE THE ONLY PART READ READERS WILL USE ABSTRACT (THE HOOK) WHEN DECIDING WHETHER TO ABANDON YOUR ARTICLE OR READ IT THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN LAST SUMMARY OF ENTIRE ARTICLE COMMONLY LIMITED TO 250 WORDS
INTRODUCTION ESTABLISH NEED AND IMPORTANCE FOR COMMENCING STUDY (CPAP) DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LENGTHY 1-3 PARAGRAPHS (PREFER 2) USE APPROPRIATE & BALANCED REFERENCES CONTEXTUAL STATEMENT~ RELEVANT BACKGROUND PROBLEM STATEMENT~ THE ISSUE/S THAT INSPIRED THE RESEARCH WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN VERSUS UNKNOWN ACTION STATEMENT~ THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS AND HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM PRIOR STUDIES FILLING THE KNOWLEDGE VOID PREDICTING STATEMENT~ WHAT YOU THINK YOU WILL FIND
MATERIALS AND METHODS ENOUGH DETAIL SO READER CAN REPRODUCE YOUR STUDY SPECIFICS ARE THE KEY IRB (WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT PRIOR TO COMMENCING STUDY) VERSUS QI PROJECT APPROVAL ANIMAL STUDIES APPROVAL SAMPLE SIZE, DEMOGRAPHICS OF STUDY SAMPLE (TABLE 1) & PARTICIPATION RATE POSSIBLE EXCLUSION OF DATA OUTLIERS, DISCUSS WITH BIOSTATISTICIAN AND PROCEED WITH CARE AND CAUTION MAY NEED TO SUBMIT RAW DATA TO PUBLIC DATA BANK (PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION WITHIN MANUSCRIPT AS NEEDED) ASSAY AND EQUIPMENT DETAILS RESOURCE UTILIZATION INTERVENTION STUDIES NEED TO BE REGISTERED AT CLINICAL TRIAL.GOV CHECK AND APPLY AS INDICATED BEFORE FIRST PATIENT IS ENROLLED STATISTICS METHODS PARAMETRIC VERSUS NON-PARAMETRIC P VALUE P< 0.05
RESULTS WRITE RESULTS SECTION (PAST TENSE) BEFORE METHODS SECTION ? FOCUS ON MAIN FINDINGS CONFIRM OR REJECT YOUR HYPOTHESIS GUIDE THE READER WITH CLARITY AND BREVITY FOCUS ON LINK BETWEEN INTRODUCTION AND RESULTS YOUR TEXT SHOULD SUMMARIZE WHAT THE FIGURES AND TABLES SHOW, NOT GO THROUGH THEM DATA POINT BY DATA POINT. INTERPRETATION LIMITED TO ORDER OF TESTING USE FIGURES SPARINGLY BRIEF LEGEND, INCLUDE SAMPLE SIZE, HIGH RESOLUTION, CHOICE OF COLORS, AXIS LABELS, UNIT, SCALE TABLES AVOID DUPLICATION IN TEXT NOTE STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE MAY NOT EQUATE TO BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND VICE VERSA
DISCUSSION DISCUSS RESULTS IN RELATION TO YOUR HYPOTHESIS AND THE LITERATURE FIRST PARAGRAPH MAIN FINDINGS OF YOUR STUDY AND ITS UNIQUE FEATURES/HOW IT ADVANCES KNOWLEDGE DISCUSSION OF LITERATURE RELEVANT TO YOUR FINDINGS BROADER APPLICATIONS RELATING TO YOUR STUDY. DISCUSS HOW YOUR RESULTS RELATED TO YOUR CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS. IF STUDY IS NEGATIVE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE STUDY (ALSO COMPARED TO OTHER STUDIES) MEANING OF THE STUDY: POSSIBLE MECHANISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICIANS OR POLICYMAKERS IN TERMS OF COSTS OR OUTCOMES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH VISIONARY STATEMENT CONCLUSION
REFERENCES MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER (SEARCH MEDLINE/PUBMED) A GREATER NUMBER ALLOWED FOR REVIEW ARTICLES COMPARED TO ORIGINAL PAPERS USE MEDLINE/PUBMED REFERENCES FORMAT CORRECTLY FOR JOURNAL IN QUESTION CHOOSE ORIGINAL ARTICLES RATHER THAN REVIEWS BE BALANCED LOOK AT EDITORIAL BOARD AND IF APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT CITE ACCORDINGLY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THIS IS THE FIRST THING I DO IN WRITING A PAPER! IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE, INSTITUTES AND RESOURCES THAT ENABLED YOUR EFFORTS FUNDING SOURCES INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT HAVE MERITED CO-AUTHORSHIP BUT DID FACILITATE THE RESEARCH
COVER LETTER TO THE EDITOR Brief implications of your manuscript Novel Not published elsewhere or published in abstract form (provide specifics) Exclusivity & Declare conflicts of interest Recommend reviewers - ~ 5 (can also exclude 2 (?) reviewers -state why) Look at editorial board Do not suggest researchers that are at your institution, or company even if they are at another campus. Recent (less than 3 years) coauthors, and collaborators are also not appropriate to suggest.
THE PROJECT SUMMER STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECT - THIS PAPER HAS ALMOST BEEN COMPLETED DATA GATHERED AND PROVIDED BY SIMON CHOI MS-2 TTUHSC AS A LEARNING EXERCISE WE WILL HAVE ALL OF YOU SCULPT THE PAPER REAL TIME. GIVEN TIME LIMITATIONS AIM FOR KEY BUILDING BLOCK STATEMENTS. USE PUBMED/GOOGLE TO GATHER INFORMATION. YOU MAY ASK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. A BACKGROUND PAPER ON 2D:4D RATIO WAS DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO CONFERENCE.
Background: Fetal androgen exposure is inversely correlated with 2nd digit to 4th digit (2D:4D) hand ratio. A shorter 2D:4D ratio is regarded as more masculine Hypothesis: Doctors that spend more time in the operating room will have shorter 2D:4D ratios Project: Measure 2D:4D ratios in approximately 100 doctors caliper method. Participants were categorized into operating room (OR) exposure versus non-operating room exposure and included residents and Faculty Results: Male Physicians had shorter 2D:4D ratios than females Operating room physicians had shorter 2D:4D ratios which approached significance. This was unaltered by adjusting for gender Trainees that worked in the OR had significantly shorter 2D:4D ratios than non-OR specialties
