Led by:

Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD

One goal of scholarship in health professions education is disseminating your work to others. A first step is producing an abstract, which may be a short description of work that is published, or a summary of scholarly work submitted for purposes of selection for presentation at a conference. A related skill is critiquing abstracts. This involves recognizing the issues related to the quality of the education research, and formulating a well written review to aid the researcher in revising. During this workshop, you will receive orientation and coaching from experienced abstract reviewers so that you can refine your skills and increase your level of contribution to the education scholarship community.

NOTE: This is a hands-on session and you will be writing actual reviews for a conference, with access to a review-writing coach for each. You will be assigned abstracts to review during the workshop.

During this session, participants will:

Review characteristics and expectations of an abstract in the field of educational scholarship.
Develop a critique and discuss it in a group.
Complete reviews and critiques for assigned real abstracts using an online review form.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

Identify elements in an abstract to consider in critiquing the content.
Write scholarly critiques of actual abstracts being selected for a conference.

UCSF is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The above credit is inclusive of all UCSF Educational Skills Workshops and the Teaching Scholars Program. Credit available for this event only is 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

UCSF Educational Skills Workshops and Med Ed Grand Rounds have been approved by UCSF Rehabilitative Services for up to 7 continuing education hours per year total. Questions regarding this approval should be directed to (415) 514-6779.

Psychology: This educational activity is recognized by the California Board of Psychology as meeting the continuing education requirements toward license renewal for California psychologists. Psychologists are responsible for reporting their own attendance to the California Board of Psychology. Psychologists from other states should check with their respective licensing boards.

Course No. MGR24075.