Airway Exchange – Ep 28 – Making Time for Scholarship in Nurse Anesthesia

Scholarship can feel like one more impossible responsibility for busy nurse anesthesia educators, but it often begins with something much simpler: a question. Why are we doing it this way? Is there a better approach? What are we seeing that the literature has not explained yet?

In this episode, hosts Louisa and Nickie welcome on Jenni Ross Majumdar, PhD, CRNA to make scholarship feel more approachable by showing how curiosity can grow into meaningful work. The larger goal is to help CRNA educators see research not as an extra burden, but as a practical way to strengthen education, improve practice, and expand their impact beyond the classroom or operating room.

Here’s some of what you’ll hear in this episode:

🔬 Start With Questions: Everyday observations can become meaningful research

⏰ Protect the Time: Scholarship cannot live at the bottom of the list

📝 Publish Before Grants: Build evidence that you can finish and disseminate

🤝 Research Is Collaborative: Strong teams make scholarship more sustainable

📚 Share What You Learn: Dissemination expands impact beyond your own practice

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