Meet the Academic Medicine Editorial Board: What Was Your First Publication?

Do all medical educators start out by publishing advanced research? Or do some try their hand at something else first? We asked the members of the Academic Medicine editorial board about their first publication. This is what they said. M. Brownell Anderson, National Board of Medical Examiners Except for serving as editor of my high school newspaper, my first publication was: Soler NG, Mast TA, Anderson MB, Kienzler L. A logbook system for monitoring student skills and experiences. J Med Educ. 1981;56:775-777. My first publication as first author was: Anderson MB, Mast TA, Soler NG. A required internal medicine preceptorship. J Med Educ. 1982;57:328-330. Anthony R. Artino Jr, PhD, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine When I was in the fifth grade, I wrote a “choose your own adventure” story that won an award at my elementary school. As a reward, I got to go to the governor’s mansion in Hartford, CT. It was pretty cool. I published my first “academic paper” when I was in graduate school working on my PhD in educational psychology. It was based on a paper I had written for a class assignment. The teacher thought it was good enough to be published, so I sent it in. A few months later, after a revision or two, I had my first academic publication. It was really exciting! Carrie L. Byington, MD, Texas A&M University College of Medicine and Health Science Center My first paper was with one of my most important mentors: Dr. Ralph Feigin. The paper was publis...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Editorial Board Q & A Featured Academic Medicine Anthony R. Artino Jr Brenessa Lindeman Bridget C. O’Brien Carrie L. Byington Christopher S. Candler Colin P. West Denice Cora-Bramble Grace Huang John P. Sánchez M. Brownell Ander Source Type: blogs