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Research Exploration – Part 2

TITLE: Research Exploration – Part 2

COURSE NO.: SOMN 625                  

DEPARTMENT: Medical EducationÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý              

DURATION: 1-hour in-person or virtual weekly meeting(s)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý    

DIRECTOR(s):ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Name, Email: David Kennedy, david.kennedy@utoledo.edu
Phone: 419-383-6822
Office: HEB 205ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý            

Name, Email: Steven Haller, steven.haller@utoledo.edu
Phone:419-383-6859
Office: HEB 205

Name, Email: Andrew Fribley, andrew.fribley@utoledo.edu

COORDINATOR:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý        

Name, Email Margaret Hoogland, Margaret.hoogland@utoledo.eduÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Phone: 419-383-4214
Office: MLB 410

FACULTY:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

David Kennedy, PhD
Steven Haller, PhD
Andrew Fribley, PhD

SEMESTERS AVAILABLE: Fall

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 10

LOCATION: Hybrid, In-Person

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to assist students in learning how to write a compelling abstract, analyze results, write a manuscript, provide and respond to internal peer review, write a cover letter, and submit a manuscript for publication.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this elective, students should be able to:

1. MK-7: Apply scientific principles required to practice evidence-based medicine.
2. PB-2: Exhibit professional and emotional maturity by managing conflicts, coping with personal and professional stress, and practice flexibility in ambiguous situations.
3. PBL-1: Identify personal limitations in knowledge and clinical skills, independently set learning and improvement goals, and participate in reflective practice to continuously improve as a lifelong learner.
4. PBL-3: Incorporate all forms of feedback to address gaps in knowledge, skills, and behaviors.

PROFESSIONALISM: Students will meet the institutional standards for professionalism as stated in the current Competencies for Graduation.

METHODS OF TEACHING: Course Directors, Coordinators, and guest lecturers will provide a workshop style course. Students will take ownership of the project and provide updates about the project to the course coordinator on a weekly or biweekly basis.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT:

• Feedback from Course Directors and Project Mentor
• Submit a manuscript for publication

ELECTIVE COURSE EVALUATION: The course coordinator will send out an optional course evaluation survey to all attendees. All students are encouraged to complete the evaluation distributed to all students enrolled in elective courses.

PREREQUISITES: Must be a registered medical student, who has completed data collection for a project. Preference will be given to first-time author(s) and participants of the Research Exploration Part 1 course.

Week 1: Writing a Compelling Abstract       

1. Discuss publishing ethics and why or why not to include abstract in conference proceeding publications.
2. Homework: Draft an abstract

Week 2: Peer Review

1. Identify challenges/opportunities presented by double anonymous vs. anonymous reviewer and disclosed author reviewer feedback.
2. Homework: Review and provide feedback on 2 abstracts. When providing comments, make it constructive and actionable (i.e., consider doing y to improve readability of the manuscript).

Weeks 3-4: Methods & Study Design           

1. Items to consider for specific study designs:

• Case Report/Case Study/Case Series (0-3 patients – CARE Guidelines
• If using EHR data, IRB approval not usually required but list where you obtained the data. Follow the STROBE Guidelines: Cohort, Cross-Sectional, Case-Control

2. If Human Ethics/IRB approval is required, list it here.
3. List any and all methods used in the study. If this is newer or less frequently used method, consider providing a definition.
4. Explain measures taken to minimize bias.

Week 5-6: Limitations           

1. Identify the challenges you encountered with your study design or method.
2. Consider if the issue was the fault of the method or the researcher – if the fault of the researcher, explain what others could do to avoid this.

Week 7-8: Results      

1. Write-up a paragraph describing and pointing to but not repeating what a reader will find in your images, figures, and tables.
2. Create your figures, tables, etc. and captions.
3. If you are using images, did you obtain permission?                  

Weeks 9-10: Discussion & Future Research OpportunitiesÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý      

1. Expand upon what you learned in the study.
2. If something did not go as anticipated, make suggestions in the Future Research Opportunities for what future studies could do to solve and/or answer the question.

Week 11: ConclusionÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

1. Summarize what you learned and do not introduce anything new.
2. Homework: Review your manuscript 2 times. 1 time – you choose the style, 1 time – read aloud to yourself and/or use the Microsoft read aloud feature. Make edits between reviews.

Week(s) 12-14: Journal Selection and Peer Review

1. Consider the Aims and Scopes of the Journal and adjust headings and so forth in your manuscript to meet the submission requirements.
2. Send out your manuscript for internal peer review by 2 colleagues and 1 expert. Members of the project cannot provide internal peer review.

Week(s) 15-16: Cover Letters, Response to Reviewers, Submission

1. Craft a compelling letter to the Journal Editor making the case for why your submission should be considered.
2. Remove all coding from EndNote, Zotero, etc.
3. Homework: Perform one final review of your own – then submit the manuscript for publication

ECC Approved
June 2025