Identifying strategies to improve research publication output in health and rehabilitation sciences: a review of the literature
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2011
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
The health research community in South Africa annually produces a
fair number of research papers in national and international health and
related journals. Unfortunately, the proportion of papers produced by
authors in health and rehabilitation sciences is insignificant compared
with other disciplines. To identify strategies to increase the number
of publications in South Africa, this article reports on a review of
published papers into the effectiveness of interventions designed to
promote research publications among academics and clinicians in
health and rehabilitation sciences programmes. Seven of the papers
reported on interventions for academics, and six reported on the interventions
for academics in the nursing profession. The most common
interventions were ‘writing support groups’, ‘writing retreats’, and
‘writing courses’ that lasted from 3 days to 5 years. The interventions
were designed to meet the needs of the participants for structured
time, motivation, improved writing skills and peer support. All the
interventions produced significant research output relating to submission
or publication of academic papers. The implementation of these
interventions by South African tertiary institutions where health and
rehabilitation sciences are offered may improve the number of papers
published by the health research community.
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Writing support groups, Health and rehabilitation sciences, Writing retreats
Citation
Frantz, J.M. & Amosun, S. (2011). Identifying strategies to improve research publication output in health and rehabilitation sciences: a review of the literature. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 3 (1): 7-10