Services and Resources

Resources

Our goal is to assist faculty, staff, residents, and students in their research/scholarly/creative activities by offering support and enhancing skills. The Division of Academic Pediatrics can assist you with the following:

Resources

• Literature Review

  The ETSU Medical Library Clinical Reference Librarians can assist with literature searches.  

  
  Free reference managers such as those listed below assist with managing bibliographies, citations, and references.
  Mendeley,    Zotero,    and EndNote

  Quillen College of Medicine Resources

• Quality Improvement vs Research

  • Research is a systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.
    • A systematic investigation is typically a predetermined method for studying a specific topic, testing a specific hypothesis(es), answering a specific question, or developing a theory. To develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge typically means that results or conclusions of the activity are intended to be extended beyond the group or program being studied.
  • Quality Improvement can be defined as systematic, data-guided activities, designed to bring about immediate improvements in particular settings, processes, or practices.
    • Initiators of QI projects identify promising improvements, implement small scale changes, monitor results, and decide about additional changes and wider implementation.
    • Quality improvement is a core function of good clinical care and organization operations.
• Protocol Preparation

  The ETSU IRB provides information, forms, and instructions on preparing a research study.

  
  The ETSU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs assists with funding proposal management and submission, contract management, and award management.

• Funding

  • Search for funding opportunities through SPIN.
  • Internal Funding at ETSU Research
  • The ETSU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has compiled a list of funding opportunities.
  • TN Department of Health Funding Opportunities
  • Rural Health Information Hub Tennessee Funding Opportunities
• Grant Writing Resources

  
  The ETSU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has complied a list of grant writing resources.

  All ETSU faculty have access to the following resources:

  • Grants Learning Center :  The GLC is an on-demand grants training resource that orients you to major funders and includes a proposal builder template. Currently, Hanover has modules for NSF CAREER and NIH R-Series Grants. Within the next few months, Hanover will release several new modules on key grantsmanship skills such as program officer outreach, prospecting, and concept development. Contact Meredith Tallent (tallentml@etsu.edu) to obtain your referral code.
  • Grants Alerts and Funding Calendars:   Sign up to receive weekly grant alerts, monthly webinars, and monthly funding calendars email notifications.  I particularly appreciate the calendars.
  • The Grant Rant Podcast:   If you prefer to get your grants news by podcast, you can download episodes of Hanover's Grant Rant. Recent episodes include how to write good aims and objectives, a series on navigating the NIH, and the importance of preliminary data in grant seeking.

  • Additionally, we have limited licenses to access Hanover’s HR Digital.  HR Digital is a repository of grants and market research related tools, including recorded webinars, grant checklists, grant planning guides, and more.  If you’re actively seeking grants or helping others do the same, please contact me to discuss HR Digital access.

  • Hanover Research is providing a limited number of proposal reviews between 2024 and 2025. Proposal review services include a teleconference to discuss the draft prior to Hanover review, review of the proposal for narrative alignment with the funding opportunity announcement, specific recommendations using margin comments, a memo outlining high-level recommendations, and a teleconference debrief. To be considered for this program, please submit a request at this link.    To maximize the benefits of the review services, requests should be submitted at least four weeks before the proposal submission deadline. 

   

• Poster Preparation

  ETSU templates available through Biomedical Communications
  Poster design and tips video
  Poster printing available through BMC Creative

• Manuscript-Writing Tips & Resources

  • Department of Pediatrics Request for Publication Fee Assistance
    • Complete the Request for Manuscript Publication Fees Assistance form
    • Return to Dr. Karen Schetzina
    • The Academic Pediatric Steering Committee will review the request and provide a recommendation to the Department Chair
  • Pediatric Resident Scholarly Publication Training Series
    • Case Reports
    • Anatomy & Physiology of a Journal Article - Part I
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Writing Tips collection
  • CDC Guide to Successful Writing and Publishing
  • JANE     (Journal/Author Name Estimator) can assist you in identifying journals to target for manuscript submission.
  • Author instructions may be downloaded from journal websites.
  • Review a few articles similar in scope, methodology, or topic from journals of interest as examples.
  • Many authors begin by drafting an outline of their manuscript.
  • If writing a manuscript with colleagues, consider using a document or file-sharing platform to facilitate co-author review and revisions (Google Docs, Sharepoint, Dropbox, etc).
  • Set aside time on your calendar on a recurring basis to write individually or with a accountability group. 
  • Use reference managers like Mendeley,   Zotero,   and EndNote to create manuscript references and maintain citations for future use.
• Miscellaneous Research Related Links

  Research Gate    is a social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.