Open AccessEncouraging scholastic publishing by urologic trainees
Author(s) -
WD Steers
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.52933
Subject(s) - publishing , specialty , publication , medical education , quality (philosophy) , work (physics) , psychology , medicine , political science , family medicine , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY UROLOGIC TRAINEES SHOULD PUBLISH SCHOLARLY WORK: Personal, professional, and institutional. Publishing by trainees creates an environment that improves the specialty of urology, maintains the quality of our literature, and promotes professionalism of our practitioners. Strategies to encourage scholastic publishing distil down to providing recognition, time, and support to the individual trainee.