Transcript The PAEA/JAAPA Student Writing Competition: How to Submit

The PAEA/JAAPA Student
Writing Competition: How to
Submit and Succeed
Thursday, September 30; 1:00 p.m., Eastern
Moderator: Bettie Coplan, MPAS, PA-C
Presenter: Robert Hadley, PhD, PA-C, Jefferson
College of Health Sciences PA Program,
Roanoke, VA
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Robert Hadley, PhD, PA-C,
Jefferson College of Health
Sciences PA Program,
Roanoke, VA
Objectives
At the end of this session participants will be
able to:
– Describe the PAEA/JAAPA Student Writing
Competition guidelines and submission
process
– Identify the benefits for students
– Discuss the role of faculty involvement in
student writing
– Discuss common mistakes and tips for
success
Survey:
1. Did your program have student submissions last
year?
What is the PAEA/JAAPA Student
Writing Competition?
• Long history, beginning in 1992
• Originally called the J. Peter Nyquist Competition, now
with a simple descriptive name
• Submission and competition for PA students’ writing, as a
means to encourage writing and scholarly efforts of PA
students
• Long collaboration with JAAPA, which has generously
funded student winner travel and prizes
• Winners present to faculty, peers and graduate PAs at
annual AAPA meeting
PAEA/JAAPA Student Writing
Competition Guidelines
• See the PAEA web page instructions and
documents:
http://www.paeaonline.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/73482/pid/73482
• Documents:
– Guidelines
– Faculty Letter
– Getting Started
Timeframe
• Solicitation for submissions
– November, via PAEA email blast
– Updated Guidelines and page on PAEA site in
November
• Solicitation for faculty reviewers
– November through February (ongoing)
• Deadline for submissions
– mid February
Timeframe
• Submissions sent to reviewers
– as soon as possible! Faculty send reviews to PAEA
• RI Subcommittee meeting to discuss finalists
– early April
• Presentation of papers and awards at AAPA
– late May
Faculty Reviewers
127 faculty reviewed last year!
Survey:
1. Have you been a faculty reviewer?
Faculty Reviewers
Survey:
2. If you have not been a reviewer, would you like to
be?
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Issues/Problems
• Appropriate topics/formats
– It is a “wide tent”
• Not reading documents and following guidelines
– Read them!
• Co-authoring
– All co-authors must be eligible as PA students
Issues/Problems
• Faculty assistance
– Must be limited
• International submissions
– They are permitted, but there may be
limitations on travel reimbursement from
JAAPA
Faculty Assistance
• The major issue that is not clear
The guidelines state:
“It is understood that papers written by PA students will generally
receive feedback from peers and faculty regarding content and
style. However, for papers to be eligible for submission to the
PAEA Student Writing Competition, they should not have
received more than minor editorial assistance. Such assistance
may include general advice about content, grammar, and
structure. However, rewriting paragraphs or sections for the
student or providing major revisions to the content is beyond
what would normally be expected for a paper to be considered a
student’s own work.”
What next?
• Encourage students to submit their writing! Early
planning is best.
• Volunteer to review papers
• Watch for the PAEA news item announcing the
competition
• Come to the presentations and awards in Las
Vegas
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Questions?
Acknowledgements:
• The PAEA Student Writing Competition
could not occur without the excellent
assistance and cooperation of:
– Erica Call, Ayeshia Ellington Pompey, Eileen
Evans (PAEA)
– JAAPA
– Faculty reviewers
– Subcommittee members
Virginia Haas, Antone Opekun, Claire O’Connell,
Karen Graham, Eric Vangsnes
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