A 02 SPECIAL SESSION: Writing for Publication in Journals

Saturday, 29 October 2011: 3:15 PM-4:30 PM
Description/Overview: Facilitated by the editors of the Journal of Nursing Scholarhip and Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing this interactive and participative session is an opportunity to learn more about writing for publication and increase the chances of successful publication. The session will be delivered around 4 interlinked themes: 1. Getting going: turning ideas into papers, selecting journals, author guidelines, process for writing, and mentorship 2. Submission processes: electronic submission systems, and the various stages of the submission and publication process 3. Peer review processes: what this entails, how to deal with feedback, how to re-submit 4. Ethical issues of publication: authorship, duplicate publication/salami slicing, conflict of interest, IRB/ethics approval.
Learner Objective #1: have an appreciation of the processes and mechanics of writing for publication.
Learner Objective #2: know how best to respond to reviewer critique.
Organizers:  Susan Gennaro, RN, DSN, FAAN, Nursing, Boston College, Havertown, PA, Jo Rycroft-Malone, PhD, MSc, BSc, RN, Centre for Health Related Research, School of Healthcare Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Bangor, United Kingdom and James E. Mattson, Reflections on Nursing Leadership, Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, IN
Moderators:  Mary N. Willis, MSN, RN-BC, Education/Professional Staff Development, Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, FL