Three Phases of Writing for Publication: Planning, Writing and Submitting

Nursing Research & Innovation

The Three Phases of
Writing for Publication:
Planning, Writing and Submitting

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Category 1 Credit™

  1. Listen to the Audio Discussion.
  2. Complete the CME posttest (each question must be answered correctly).
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Release Date: August 8, 2011
Expiration Date: August 8, 2013

Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour 45 minutes

Description

This webcast will review the three primary elements involved in publishing a manuscript: Planning, Writing, and Submitting. This activity provides details on preparing and organizing a manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed medical journal. You'll learn how to research journals, how to structure the manuscript, and common reasons why manuscripts are rejected. Topics covered include researching editorial guidelines, organizing the components, writing style, creating figures and tables, using references, and following a checklist for submission.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the sequence of the events in preparing to write a manuscript.
  2. Discuss author responsibilities in writing a manuscript.
  3. Explain why primary references are preferred over secondary references.
  4. Discuss elements of a cover letter for submission of a manuscript to a journal.

Target Audience

This activity is directed to physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals interested in a writing a manuscript for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

Activity Director / Faculty

Nancy M. Albert PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM
Director-Nursing Research & Innovation
CNS - Kaufman Center for Heart Failure
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Disclosures

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty has indicated she has no relationship which, in the context of her presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Nancy M. Albert PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM

 

This CME activity was produced by the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education,
and the Cleveland Clinic Technology Nursing Education and Professional Practice Development

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