2025 ConferencePOST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Sunday, April 6, 2025 (8am - 10am)
Workshop #2: From Curiosity to Clarity: Enhancing Practitioner Engagement with Research Presenters: Claudia Citkovitz, PhD; Holly Battrum The overall purpose of this workshop is to attract research-curious practitioners to SAR, prepare them to better understand and enjoy the sessions, and close out their conference experience with opportunities to reflect, build community, and make action steps for staying engaged with research going forward. In particular, we aim to clarify and disambiguate three distinct ways in which acupuncturists may use and relate to acupuncture research: consumer, producer, and curator. As providers of continuing education regarding acupuncture and acupuncture research, the presenters find that confusion about these activities is one of the main factors sapping practitioner interest in research. Though the workshop is post-conference, its posted description will include a link to an annotated selection of free-full text papers by keynote and symposium speakers, and an invitation for practitioners to meet the evening before the conference. The activities of the workshop itself will create activities for small scale practice-based research collaboration after the event. These types of engagement speak directly to the conference theme, by empowering practitioners to better use research in their practices, patient outreach activities, and interprofessional education. The workshop will also help them to understand the direct and indirect avenues by which practitioners can most easily participate in knowledge production. As SAR aims to broaden and diversify its membership and conference attendee base to include practitioners, the timing for this workshop is pivotal. Workshop activities will be structured around the three primary roles an acupuncturist can adopt in relation to research: consumer, producer, and curator. . *(Please note that 2 of us are presenting a workshop with 3 activities, so the divisions by presenter are arbitrary more than functional)* These types of engagement speak directly to the conference theme, by empowering practitioners to better use research in their practices, patient outreach activities, and interprofessional education. The workshop will also help them to understand the direct and indirect avenues by which practitioners can most easily participate in knowledge production. As SAR aims to broaden and diversify its membership and conference attendee base to include practitioners, the timing for this workshop is pivotal. Workshop activities will be structured around the three primary roles an acupuncturist can adopt in relation to research: consumer, producer, and curator. . Workshop #3: Infusing research Qi into your career: Navigating the spectrum of resources for enhancing research skills and promoting diverse perspectives Presenters:Peter Wayne, PhD and Maria Chao, PhD To assure the validity, effectiveness, and social relevance of acupuncture research, and to support disseminating research findings into clinical care, the participation of a broad spectrum of stakeholders in research, including practitioners, is essential. This workshop will map out ways clinicians can develop research knowledge and contribute to evidence-based acupuncture. These include enhancing research literacy, designing and delivering treatments in research studies, publishing case studies, and transitioning to a professional research career. Building on their diverse and complementary research careers, workshop presenters will provide resources, strategies and practical tips for clinicians interested in adding research Qi into their professional and personal journeys.
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