Collaborative
Scholarship Intensive
The Collaborative Scholarship Intensive (CSI) is a six-month workshop that comprehensively addresses skill development in the publications arena.
The CSI course is designed to help faculty become more knowledgeable and skilled in the following areas:
Partnering with family medicine research resources
Exploring the possibilities for data sources
Performing a streamlined literature review and managing references
Becoming a more efficient and productive writer
Writing a review paper
Writing all sections of a publication, including introduction, methods, results and discussion
Understanding and navigating the IRB
Analyzing your data
Initiating and managing collaborative work with colleagues
Mentoring residents, medical students, and junior faculty on research projects
Providing and responding to peer reviews
Disseminating work through presenting and publishing
REGISTRATION
CSI is open to University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health faculty members and their research collaborators within the University of Minnesota who are seeking instruction and technical assistance in streamlining their scholarly activities.
Attendance at all sessions is expected; thus, participants will need protected time away from clinical and teaching duties. Please arrange the time with your program director and complete the application form.
GOALS OF CSI
Add at least 2 scholarly projects to your curriculum vitae
Increase knowledge of and skill in partnering with department research resources
Improve efficiency and time management related to scholarly activity
Develop and enhance writing ability
Greater skill in initiating and managing collaborative work with colleagues
Enhance mentoring skills for doing research with residents and junior faculty
Improve ability to respond to peer review and become a constructive peer reviewer
Submit completed manuscript for peer review with a scientific journal
Disseminate work by presenting at the annual Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Innovation and Research Forum
DATA SET COLLECTION
Participants do not need to have a data set collected in order to enroll; existing data sets from clinical, educational, and research resources can be used as the source for writing. However, participants are welcome to use a data set they may have previously collected, but not yet published. Collaborative projects with other course participants are encouraged.
At the end of the course, participants should have at least three scholarly projects added to their curriculum vitae:
A podium or poster presentation at the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Innovation and Research Forum
A manuscript submitted to a scholarly peer-reviewed journal
COURSE SESSIONS
One of the most acclaimed elements of the Collaborative Scholarship Intensive (CSI) course is its structured one-on-one work time that is built into each session.
Department faculty mentors who are seasoned writers are on hand to guide and instruct each participant as they improve their skills. This work time also allows participants to immediately apply what they have learned in the course.
Six full-day sessions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. are held on Fridays from September to February. The sessions are currently being held both in-person and virtually with a combination of individual, asynchronous learning, group facilitated discussions, and live presentations. Individuals will have ample protected work time each afternoon in which to do their scholarly work, including the opportunity to access the CSI team of experts for individual help.
Session 1:
Welcome and Introductions
How to dissect and refine a research question
How to design a research study: Turning an idea for a project into research
How to conduct a streamlined literature review
Organizing and managing references to facilitate efficient writing
Work time: Reference management
Session 2:
Types of manuscripts and demystifying the path to publication
Becoming a more efficient and productive writer, engaging your co-authors
Introduction to the DFMCH Innovation Lab
How to write a review paper
Educational research: How to capture data that surrounds academic faculty every day
How to write the Introduction section
Work time: Individualized writing support and instruction
Session 3:
Group review of participants’ writing progress
Introduction to IRB
Writing the Methods section: Streamlining the steps to get things moving
Data management and organization
Working from existing data sources.
Introduction to the DFMCH Research Portal and Research Services Hub
Work time: Individualized writing support and instruction
Session 4:
Group review of participants’ writing progress
Data analysis: Making sense of the numbers
How to write a Results section
Data visualizations: Creating effective charts and graphs
Work time: Individual consults for data sets and data analysis; Individualized writing support and instruction
Session 5:
Group review of participants’ writing progress
Writing the Discussion section
Pulling together the Abstract
Turning a paper into a poster
P&T Process and Medical School CV template
Managing your online academic presence
Work time: Individualized writing support and instruction
Session 6:
Group review of participant’s writing progress
Responding to reviewer comments; Dealing with resubmissions and/or rejections
Becoming a constructive peer reviewer
Mentors and mentoring
Work time: Individualized writing support and instruction
MAFP Innovation & Research Forum: TBD
All CSI participants are expected to prioritize attendance at the MAFP Innovation and Research Forum (more information to come)
Participants will also be highly encouraged to disseminate results from their CSI project at the MAFP Forum
PROGRAM CONTACTS
Hamdi Ali, MPH
Program Coordinator
alixx421@umn.edu