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Might you be the next Editorial Fellow?

Erica Weir and John Hoey
CMAJ September 21, 1999 161 (6) 715;
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Few physicians choose to deliver medicine as a monologue. Most of us look forward to and rely on dialogue with our colleagues to validate, illuminate and occasionally amuse us. It is the role of medical journals to contain such dialogue and the responsibility of their editors to foster it through diligent attention to timeliness, relevance and accuracy. Editors influence the way medical arts and science appear in journals and contribute to the structure, process and emphases of medical dialogue.

Two years ago CMAJ initiated a 12-month fellowship program1 to train recent medical graduates in medical editing. The Editorial Fellow resides in Ottawa and assumes a wide range of editorial responsibilities. These include appraising and editing manuscripts, communicating with authors and peer reviewers, writing, developing special series, representing the perspectives of new physicians and residents in the editorial process and participating in all aspects of the running of the journal. Through exposure to current trends and controversies in medical editing, such as the limitations of the peer review system2 and the implications of electronic editing,3 the Editorial Fellow has the opportunity to develop insights and conduct original research on aspects of medical editing. Editorial fellows are encouraged during their fellowship year to take courses in epidemiology and statistics at the University of Ottawa and a course in medical editing offered by the Council of Biology Editors.4

The ideal candidate enjoys writing, has some experience with research and critical appraisal and is enthusiastic about and stimulated by advancing medical dialogue.

The fellowship is for 1 year, starting July 1, 2000. Candidates may be recent medical graduates, part-way through a residency program (in which case they would take a leave of absence for the duration of the fellowship), or interested in adding a year to a completed residency program. Salary is based on the equivalent residency remuneration in Ontario.

The deadline for applications is Dec. 15, 1999. Interested candidates may find the references below[5–7] helpful as they consider the question, Might you be the next Editorial Fellow? Details on applying are given in the advertisement below and on our Web site at www.cma.ca/cmaj. You are also welcome to contact the current Editorial Fellow at 800 663-7336 x2095 or at weirer{at};cma.ca.

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Are you a medical school graduate or resident interested in writing, editing and research? Do you want an in-depth look at the medical literature? A global perspective on medicine at the turn of the century?

Then apply for the 2000 CMAJ Editorial Fellowship, a 12-month period of employment, training, education and research at CMAJ. Just send your CV, a cover letter describing your interest in the position, and anything else you think would help us get to know you. For more information, read the editorial above, or contact:

Erica Weir, MD; Editorial Fellow; weirer{at}cma.ca; 800 663-7336 ×2095

Please send applications by Dec. 15, 1999, to:

Dr. Erica Weir; Canadian Medical Association Journal; 1867 Alta Vista Dr.; Ottawa ON K1G 3Y6; fax 613 565-2382

References

  1. 1.↵
    Hoey J, Caplan C. So you want to be an editor. CMAJ 1998;159(5):502. Also available at www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-159/issue-5/0502.htm
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    Sterling KW. Through a glass darkly: taking a new look at peer review. Am Med Writ Assoc J 1995;10:69-77.
  3. 3.↵
    Hoey J. E-biomed: scientific publishing's brave new world. CMAJ 1999;161(1):41-2. Also available at: www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-161/issue-1/0041.htm
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    www.cbe.org/cbe
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    Huth EJ. How to write and publish papers in the medical sciences, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Williams and Wilkins; 1990.
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    Smith J. Journology - or what editors do. Br Med J 1990;301:756-9.
  7. 7.↵
    Lundberg GL. The social responsibility of medical journal editing. J Gen Internal Med 1987;2:415-9.
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