Center for Patient Safety Science

QPS Writing Core

QPS Writing Core for NYP-WCM-CU Clinician Researchers

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This minisite developed by CPSS and hosted by NYP's Quality and Safety team provides NYP, Weill Cornell, and Columbia clinician-researchers with useful tools to develop research dissemination materials.

ABSTRACTS  ⇨ Successful abstract writing step-by-step

  • Writing Abstracts for Quality and Patient Safety Projects (presentation by Anne Grauer, MD, MS, Assistant Director of Patient Safety Research)
  • Companion Worksheet for your abstract and associated materials
  • QPS-Related Conferences chart (updated quarterly)
  • Link to SQUIRE Explanation and Elaboration document

POSTERS  ⇨ Communicate your research in an effective way

  • Download for a customized PPT Quick Access Toolbar
  • 2025 Quality in Care Symposium poster templates
  • Additional poster templates to follow

PAPERS  ⇨ Start your manuscript for a journal submission

  • Guide to Writing a Research Paper
  • Manuscript Template
  • Coauthor Review Tracking Sheet
  • Links to key reporting guidelines for specific types of research
  • Links to tools at Columbia's Health Sciences Library for
    reference software and other tutorials 
  • Chart of QPS Journal Profiles, Impact Factor, and Author Guidelines
Tools for Abstracts, Posters, and Journal Submissions

TUTORIALS  ⇨ Brief videos to build PowerPoint skillsets

  • Designing and editing for the glancing read
  • Taking better screenshots
  • Better navigation with a customized Quick Access Toolbar
  • Best approaches to working with tables
  • Understand what you’ve selected before you edit
  • Work with objects without ungrouping them
  • See results of changes to a selection w/o deselecting
  • Use editable shapes to expand design options
  • A growing library with new video updates monthly

QUICK LIT SEARCH  ⇨ The latest QPS articles in PubMed

Hyperlinks to the 50 most recent articles by category

  • 66 QPS topics
  • 25 Article types
  • Dynamically updated to give you the latest results

EDITORIAL SERVICES  ⇨ For clinicians conducting QI research

  • Available to all NYP clinicians at Columbia University or Cornell Medical Center who are conducting QI research
  • Support for late-stage quality or patient safety abstract and manuscript submissions
  • Details and link to submit a request for a consult with CPSS faculty or junior faculty
PPT Tutorials, QPS Quick Search, and Editorial Services