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Academic and Research Skills

Career Development

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety

Trainee
Session Type: Workshop

Writing and Publishing Quality Improvement: Practice, Pitfalls, and Perspectives (from Journal Editors!)

Sunday, April 27, 2025
2:00pm – 3:30pm HST
Location: Convention Center: 324
CE: 1.5

Disclosure(s):
Lori E. Rutman, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Patrick W. Brady, patrick.brady@cchmc.org: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Matthew D. Garber, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Munish Gupta, MD MMSc: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Workshop Description: Pediatric health care presents many opportunities for improvement, from serious patient safety events to widespread health disparities. Consequently, pediatricians increasingly focus on quality improvement (QI). However, most improvements remain unpublished, leading to missed learning opportunities, repeated mistakes, and insufficient academic credit for those who strive to enhance care.

In this highly interactive workshop, participants will critically assess the SQUIRE 2.0 guidelines for QI publications, emphasizing essential elements for effective QI writing: rationale and context. A strong rationale explains the theoretical basis for interventions and serves as a cohesive theme for the manuscript, while context helps readers evaluate the generalizability of a QI initiative.

Through numerous examples and group discussions, we will underscore the importance of disseminating QI initiatives in the literature, while also illustrating the risks associated with QI efforts that lack rigor and structure. Participants will take part in a "Write-Pair-Share" exercise focused on their own QI projects or a provided example, allowing them to apply what they've learned and receive immediate feedback to improve their writing skills. The workshop will conclude with a discussion and Q&A session led by editors and editorial board members from Pediatrics, Hospital Pediatrics, and Pediatric Quality and Safety.

Learning Objectives:

  • Critically assess the SQUIRE 2.0 guidelines with a specific focus on rationale and context; unique elements that are key to writing and successfully publishing QI manuscripts.
  • Directly apply the SQUIRE 2.0 guidelines in a novel “Write, Pair, Share” exercise based on participants own QI projects or from an example QI project provided.
  • Discuss common errors and pitfalls of QI manuscripts using real examples from the QI literature and apply advice in an interactive question and answer session with journal editors.