title: Scientific writing seminar for early-stage investigators in substance abuse research.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is little information on how to increase the scientific writing productivity of early-stage investigators in the addictions field. A scientific writing seminar is presented in this article, aiming to encourage manuscript writing and dissemination of addiction research, and outcomes are reported for 14 years of the seminar.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 14 years, there were 113 postdoctoral fellow enrollments in a 6-month writing seminar. Records of submission and publication rates of manuscripts were collected for 14 cohorts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 113 participant enrollments, 97 (86%) submitted a manuscript for publication, and 87 participants (77%) published their manuscript.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A scientific writing seminar may benefit writing productivity, but more research is needed to compare this training model with other existing models.
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Health Policy Studies , University of California , San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guydish
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA.|c Department of Community Health Systems , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: Annesa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flentje
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shopshire
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sorensen
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*; D058028:Research Report; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014956:Writing
keywords: Addiction research; dissemination; scientific writing; substance abuse research; training