Writing Seminar for Mid- and Senior Career Faculty: Developing and Teaching Skills in Scientific Writing
Biweekly meeting, Mondays, 8-9:30am MT | Anschutz Health Sciences Building
This interactive seminar series is designed specifically for mid-career and senior faculty seeking to deepen and diversify their writing practice. We offer a unique opportunity to refine your scholarly voice, expand your repertoire to include reflective and integrative writing styles (e.g., editorials, commentaries), and enhance your capacity to mentor emerging writers. Through guided in-depth discussion, peer writing review, and group writing exercises, participants will enhance their own writing skills and practice, engaging with writing in new ways and develop strategies to support and inspire excellent writing in their mentees. If you are looking to invigorate your writing practice, incorporate your values and passion in your professional writing, or develop skills to support your mentees’ writing, this seminar is for you!
Details:
- September 8th, 22nd, October 6th, 20th, November 3rd, 17th, December 1st, 15th
- Designed for professors and associate professors with 3+ years in rank
- We will accept 6-8 attendees to the group to ensure deep discussion and peer support.
- Faculty accepted to the program will be expected to attend all 8 writing sessions in person in the Anschutz Health Science Building to ensure the best experience for all group members.
What this seminar is not:
- Technical writing training in reporting original research
- Narrative medicine (reflection on patient stories)
- A writing accountability group
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*Completing the above form does not guarantee acceptance into this seminar. Accepted participants will be notified by email.
After 20 years as a professor, fellowship director and program developer at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, he served as the Senior Director and senior researcher of the Institute for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente Colorado from 2008-2024. His research focuses on increasing access to care, health equity, social determinants of health, treatment and visit adherence, prevention and treatment of hypertension and diabetes, and promoting a "learning health system". Dr. Steiner has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles, including many reflective papers.
Dr. Brewer co-directs the ACCORDS Training, Education and Mentorship Core, serves as a Qualitative and Mixed Methodologist in the Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Core, and is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine. Dr. Brewer's research focuses on answer clinical relevant research questions in real-world settings and has included topics of vaccine hesitance, asthma management, COVID prevention, access to and engagement in primary care, and effective patient and community engagement in health research and the health care system. Dr. Brewer has published over 65 peer-reviewed articles