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See the tabs below for a number of scholarship related activities.

PubMed Essentials: Save Time and Find Better Results

Make the most of PubMed for your research! This hands-on Library led workshop will introduce strategies for efficient and effective searching, helping you save time and find higher-quality evidence. You'll learn how to use PubMed to construct more precise searches with more relevant results. Presenters will also talk about methods to mitigate biases in your search, and some tips on leveraging AI to help enrich your search strategy. Whether you are new to information research or looking to sharpen your search expertise, this session will equip you with practical skills to improve your research process. 

Friday, January 23, 2026, noon - 1 p.m. (Online). Registration is required.

Truth or Fiction? Verifying AI-Generated Answers

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT can produce convincing answers, but not all of them are based on reliable sources. In this hands-on Library led workshop, you’ll learn how to write balanced prompts to reduce bias in AI-generated answers, and how to fact-check those responses using proven information literacy strategies. This session will demonstrate practical skills to use AI responsibly and verify its accuracy.

Wednesday, January 7, 2026, noon - 1 p.m. (Online). Registration is required.

Kickstart Your Writing With AI

Staring at a blank page? This workshop will teach you how to use generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT) to get started with your writing, ethically and effectively!

The learning outcomes include:

  • Writing effective prompts for GenAI tools
  • Finding trustworthy background information with GenAI
  • Using GenAI in the early stages of the writing process to create outlines, break down complex tasks, and more
  • Avoiding plagiarism and citing GenAI appropriately
  • Using GenAI in accordance with journal policies 

Thursday, January 8, 2026, noon - 1 p.m. (Online). Registration is required.

Additional resources

OHSU Library Scholarly Communication and Data Services

  • The OHSU Library provides services to address OHSU community members' needs related to publishing and research sharing, data management, and the demonstration and analysis of publication activity. Their goal is to facilitate the reproducibility, accessibility, and impact of digital scientific materials.

OHSU Library: Data guide

  • The OHSU Library provides services and expertise to help students, researchers, and faculty organize, describe, store, and share the data you produce at any point in the research cycle. Use this resource to gain a better understanding of how to plan, share and measure impact of your data related projects.

OHSU Library Research Communication and Scholarly Impact Workshops

  • The OHSU Library, in collaboration with the Career and Professional Development Center and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, hosts a series of workshops designed to assist students, early career researchers and faculty with navigating and implementing tactics and tools for sharing their work and building a professional network. Topics include writing an effective bio, using social media, high impact publishing, LinkedIn, data sharing, professionalism, and more.
  • Time: All workshops are 90 minutes, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
  • Cost: Free to all OHSU community members.

Education Scholarship SharePoint Resource Center

  • Curated by the OHSU Provost Office, this asynchronous resource site will help those interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning by providing trusted resources that can help answer education research questions in the moment you need them.

Research Integrity

  • The OHSU Research Integrity Office provides information about the five oversight committees charged with protecting and assuring compliance under the laws that govern the rights and welfare of human and animal subjects, and the oversight of basic and applied scientific research at OHSU, which includes the Institutional Review Board.

  • All those involved in research at OHSU must complete the Conflict of Interest in Research disclosure and RCR education.

AAMC Scholarly Publishing Webinar Series

  • The aim of this ongoing monthly series is to help medical educators improve their writing and learn how to successfully navigate the peer-review and publication processes. Sessions will cover the importance of publishing your education scholarship and practical suggestions for how to do so successfully.

Ask the Editors: Practical Guidance for Designing and Reporting Qualitative Research

  • In this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, the journal’s editors–Bridget O’Brien, Ph.D., Jonathan Amiel, M.D.​, Megan Brown, MBBS(H), Ph.D., and Laura Hirshfield, Ph.D. – join host Toni Gallo to share practical guidance for designing and reporting qualitative research. They make recommendations for getting started, choosing a methodology, and effectively using published guidelines. Then they dispel common myths around writing up and publishing qualitative research. While the advice in this episode comes from the editors of Academic Medicine, much of it also applies to designing and reporting qualitative research for other journals and publications. 

NIH Research Career Development Awards (K awards)

  • Use this database to find institutional research training and funding opportunities (including international) for trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels.

Education Scholars Program

  • The Education Scholars Program (ESP) is a longitudinal program with a focus on both education theory and methods. Classroom activities will include small and large group sessions, flipped classroom, asynchronous activities, and mentored time for applying educational concepts to current educational projects.
  • Cost: Free to OHSU faculty (tuition must be covered by department)
  • Time: Tuesdays 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.