New Collection of Articles on Language Equity in Medical Education

To recognize and demonstrate that all persons are valued and respected, academic medicine ideally will reflect the communication needs and language preferences of the population. We have curated a collection of articles with the intent of helping readers understand historical perspectives on the need to address language-related health disparities and informing strategies to enhance language-appropriate …

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Ask the Editors: Send us your research methods questions

Have a question about designing, conducting, or writing up your research? Ask the editors of Academic Medicine! Send us your questions about qualitative and quantitative research methods, and we’ll answer a selection of them on an upcoming episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast. 3 options for submitting your questions:  You can send us your question …

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Academic Medicine Earns Impact Factor of 7.840, Highest Ever!

Clarivate Analytics released its 2021 Journal Impact Factors (JIFs), and Academic Medicine earned a JIF of 7.840. It places us at the top of the Education, Scientific Disciplines category for the seventh year in a row. It also places us sixth in the Health Care Sciences & Services category. In addition to having the top JIF in …

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Academic Medicine Call for Volunteer Assistant Editors

Academic Medicine is seeking applications for volunteer assistant editors. The assistant editor role is characterized by Working closely with the editor-in-chief, associate editors, and editorial staff on matters related to manuscript review and decision-makingStrengthening experience and skills related to writing, reviewing, and editing content for scholarly publicationAttending annual Academic Medicine editorial board meetings Successful candidates …

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Academic Medicine Earns Impact Factor of 6.893, Highest Ever!

Clarivate Analytics released its 2020 Journal Impact Factors (JIFs), and Academic Medicine earned a JIF of 6.893. It places us at the top of the Education, Scientific Disciplines category for the sixth year in a row. It also places us fourth in the Health Care Sciences & Services category. In addition to having the top JIF in …

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Innovation Reports: A New Way to Change Thinking and Practice through Scholarship

By Mary Beth DeVilbiss, Managing Editor, Academic Medicine When you submit a paper to Academic Medicine, the periodic status updates you see in Editorial Manager as your manuscript passes through the peer review process don’t fully reflect the long hours and careful consideration the external reviewers and editorial staff put into the decision making process …

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