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Comprehensive Otolaryngology

Implementation Science: Practical Pearls and Peer Review: An International Panel

Sunday, October 1, 2023
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: 207B

    Moderator(s)

  • Jennifer J. Shin, MD, SM

    Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Vice Chair for Faculty Development
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, MA, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • Jacqui E. Allen, MD

    Associate Professor
    University of Auckland
    Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Hsin-Ching Lin, MD, FACS

    Professor and Chair
    Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
    Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China)

  • Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, FACS

    The David Myers, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
    Temple University
    Philadelphia, PA, United States

Disclosure(s):
Jacqui E. Allen, MD: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Hsin-Ching Lin, MD, FACS: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, FACS: No relevant relationships to disclose.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: In the current era of COVID mutations, new treatments, evolving surgeries, and strained practice environments, now more than ever we are faced with implementing unfamiliar processes and management strategies. These implementation projects often include multiple phases, a variety of staff training, and evaluating metrics over time. Due to the related complexity of these endeavors, implementation science has emerged and become increasingly robust. Understanding this cutting-edge science, its applications, and examples provides a means to share robust findings in publications which elucidate pathways for those pursuing related endeavors. Accordingly, there are key parameters which are useful to consider when planning and reporting an implementation project. Applications are broad and may incorporate quality improvement initiatives, novel clinical procedures, and electronic innovations.
In this presentation sponsored by the Academy's journals, we discuss implementation science along with key aspects of peer review, which is the cornerstone of vetting our literature. To help clarify this process, we provide an overview of peer review and important concepts. In doing so, we discuss evaluations of validity and how they serve reviewers and authors alike. We also provide specific examples related to surgical challenges in management of obstructive sleep apnea. Intended for peer reviewers, authors, and critical readers of these manuscripts, this presentation has both didactic and interactive components. The panelists are the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor, members of the International Editorial Board, and international mentors of the residency reviewer development program of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and OTO-Open, the official journals of the AAO-HNSF.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: Understand the present knowledge and approaches to optimal peer review.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: Comprehend key concepts and potential pitfalls in implementation science.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: Gain practical insight into example applications of implementation science.

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Our team provides insights into the optimal reporting of studies using cutting edge approaches within implementation science, including examples related to the AAO educational gaps in obstructive sleep apnea. It is a continuation of an annual educational series from the white journal.