Academic Medicine is seeking original submissions for our Letters to the Editor feature from medical students, residents, fellows, and trainees in other health professions on the topic of trainees as agents of change in academic medicine and the health professions. The editors will be looking for letters that emphasize actionable ways medical and health professions trainees can …
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New Collection of Articles on Addressing Race and Racism in Medical Education
Academic Medicine is committed to assisting medical schools and teaching hospitals, their faculty and trainees, and the public in learning more about complex issues and strategies to acknowledge, repair, and transcend racism to make academic medicine not only more inclusive and diverse but also more focused on a vision of human mutuality. To this end, …
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Academic Medicine Call for an Assistant Editor for Trainee Engagement
Academic Medicine is seeking trainee applicants for the role of Assistant Editor for Trainee Engagement (AETE). Created as part of the Advancing Trainees as Leaders and Scholars (ATLAS) initiative, the AETE works closely with the journal’s editor-in-chief and editorial staff to develop resources and complementary content for and by trainees. Key Duties The AETE will …
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The Management Script in Action: Putting a Practical Tool to Work
In our recent Academic Medicine Perspective, we proposed the term "management script" as a concept for teaching management reasoning. Analogous to the illness script, an essential component of diagnostic reasoning, management scripts are high-level, precompiled, conceptual knowledge structures of the courses of action that a clinician might undertake to address a patient's health care problem(s). …
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Academic Medicine Cover Art Feature Undergoes Refresh, Temporarily Closes New Submissions
Academic Medicine is excited to announce that our Cover Art feature is getting a refresh! In preparation, the feature is now temporarily closed for new submissions. Please stay tuned for a relaunch of Cover Art through an organized call for new submissions in spring 2021. Thank you for helping for us make the Cover Art …
Academic Medicine Earns Impact Factor of 5.354, Highest Ever!
Clarivate Analytics released its 2019 Journal Impact Factors (JIFs), and Academic Medicine earned a JIF of 5.354. It places us at the top of the Education, Scientific Disciplines category for the fifth year in a row. It also places us third in the Health Care Sciences & Services category. In addition to having the top JIF in …
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Academic Medicine Call for an Associate Editor
Academic Medicine is seeking applications for an associate editor to join the editorial team of the journal. The new associate editor will work closely with the editor-in-chief, associate editors, and the editorial staff in evaluating manuscripts, making publication decisions, engaging with authors, and participating in the processes of the journal as it continues to evolve to better …
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Academic Medicine’s Response to COVID-19
When the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the United States just 3 short months ago, perhaps few would have predicted the profound effects we are now experiencing throughout our society. One thing, however, was always certain: those who care for patients, teach, learn, and conduct research at academic health centers would find themselves …
Call for Letters to the Editor From Trainees: Courage, Connection, and COVID-19
Academic Medicine is seeking original submissions for our Letters to the Editor feature from medical students, residents, and fellows on the topic of courage, connection, and COVID-19. The global pandemic of COVID-19 reached the United States in January 2020, and people throughout the world have been affected by this virus in some way. Education of health professionals …
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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-makingParticipating in regular teleconferences with the editorial teamStrengthening experience and skills related to writing, reviewing, and editing content for scholarly publicationAttending annual …
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