The Future of Academic Writing

In the April issue of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, an editorial explores a crowd-sourced vision for the future of academic writing. In this episode, Lainie Yarris is speaking with two internationally-recognized medical education leaders and writers, Lorelei Lingard and Chris Watling. This podcast will further explore what academic writing might look like in 2030, through the lens of the guests' personal experiences and aspirations for the field. Dr. Chris Watling is a Professor in the Department of Oncology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in Ontario, Canada. He directs the Centre for Education Research & Innovation at Western, and studies culture, coaching, observation and feedback in clinical training.  He is an academic writer, editor, and writing instructor, and believer in the power of a great sentence. Dr. Lorelei Lingard is the Founding Director and Senior Scientist of the Centre for Education Research & Innovation at Western, and is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Western.  She has devoted her life to studying the social uses of language, and is a expert academic writing and writing instructor. Lainie Yarris is Deputy Editor for JGME, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She is co-director of OHSU's Education Scholars Program and the Dept of Emergency Medicine Education Scholarship Fellowship, and has been Emergency Medicine Residency Director since 2012. She loves language and reading, and writing of all sorts, from poetry to academic writing.