Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 2 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine
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Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 2 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine
Subject
Conference
Africa
Publication
Barriers
Dissemination
Africa
Publication
Barriers
Dissemination
Description
Introduction: Evidence based medicine is the standard of modern health care practices. Ongoing biomedical
research is needed to expand existing knowledge and improve quality of care, but it needs to reach clinicians to
drive change. Journal articles and conference presentations are dissemination tools. The aim of the study was to
establish the publication rate of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of
Emergency Medicine. The secondary objectives were establishing non-publication dissemination and the factors
associated with publication and non-publication. Determining non-publication dissemination patterns and the
factors associated with reasons for publishing or non-publication were also investigated.
Methods: Presenters of the 129 scientific abstracts from the first and second African Conference of Emergency
Medicine were invited to participate in an online survey. The survey was followed by a manual literature search
to identify published manuscripts of authors that did not complete the survey, to determine the most accurate
publication rate.
Results: Thirty-one presenters responded (24%), of which 18 published in a peer-reviewed journal. An additional
25 publications were identified by the literature search. The overall publication rate was 33.3% (26.9% from
2012 and 40.3% from 2014). Oral presentations were more likely to be published (p=0.09). Sixteen manuscripts
(37.2%) were published in the African Journal of Emergency Medicine. Presentations at local academic
meetings were the most used platform beyond publication (43%). The main reason to publish was to add to the
body of knowledge (100%), while lack of time (57%) was the major obstacle for not publishing.
Conclusion: The overall publication rate for the first and second Africa Conferences of Emergency Medicine is
comparable to other non-African Emergency Medicine conferences. The increasing publication trend between
conferences might reflect the development of regional research capacity. Emergency Medicine providers in
Africa need to be encouraged to participate in high quality, locally relevant research and to distribute those
findings through accessible formats.
research is needed to expand existing knowledge and improve quality of care, but it needs to reach clinicians to
drive change. Journal articles and conference presentations are dissemination tools. The aim of the study was to
establish the publication rate of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of
Emergency Medicine. The secondary objectives were establishing non-publication dissemination and the factors
associated with publication and non-publication. Determining non-publication dissemination patterns and the
factors associated with reasons for publishing or non-publication were also investigated.
Methods: Presenters of the 129 scientific abstracts from the first and second African Conference of Emergency
Medicine were invited to participate in an online survey. The survey was followed by a manual literature search
to identify published manuscripts of authors that did not complete the survey, to determine the most accurate
publication rate.
Results: Thirty-one presenters responded (24%), of which 18 published in a peer-reviewed journal. An additional
25 publications were identified by the literature search. The overall publication rate was 33.3% (26.9% from
2012 and 40.3% from 2014). Oral presentations were more likely to be published (p=0.09). Sixteen manuscripts
(37.2%) were published in the African Journal of Emergency Medicine. Presentations at local academic
meetings were the most used platform beyond publication (43%). The main reason to publish was to add to the
body of knowledge (100%), while lack of time (57%) was the major obstacle for not publishing.
Conclusion: The overall publication rate for the first and second Africa Conferences of Emergency Medicine is
comparable to other non-African Emergency Medicine conferences. The increasing publication trend between
conferences might reflect the development of regional research capacity. Emergency Medicine providers in
Africa need to be encouraged to participate in high quality, locally relevant research and to distribute those
findings through accessible formats.
Creator
Marlin Abrams, Stevan R. Bruijns, Daniël J. van Hoving
Source
www.elsevier.com/locate/afjem
Date
16 January 2019
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Marlin Abrams, Stevan R. Bruijns, Daniël J. van Hoving, “Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 2 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2384.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Dissemination patterns of scientific abstracts presented at the first and second African Conference of Emergency Medicine,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2384.