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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
JGIM SUPPLEMENT ON HEALTH DISPARITIES EDUCATION

Papers should be submitted following JGIM's online procedures (select Health Disparities Education from the drop down menu) by July 1, 2009. We conceive this to be a highly innovative supplement, designed to meet the needs of clinician-educators striving to teach about health disparities. It will focus on education research, educational innovations, and advances in medical education that target teaching about health disparities.

EIGHT TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED
(See instructions for authors on the JGIM website, http://jgim.iusm.iu.edu/, for further details about article types.)

 
1. Educational Innovations: No longer than 2,000 words. No more than 2 tables or figures. A focused bibliography, not exceeding 20 references. Reports of innovations should have the following structure:

• Structured Abstract, of less than 200 words including Introduction/Aims, Setting, Program Description, Program Evaluation, and Discussion
• Introduction/Aims, describing the rationale, historical perspective, and aims for the innovation
• Description, describing in detail the educational innovation and setting and its rationale or theoretical basis
• Evaluation, if available, describing the effects of the innovation and suggestions for improving it
• Discussion, describing the importance and usefulness of the innovation along with a brief review of what the paper adds.

2. Original Articles: No longer than 3000 words describing original research, with frugal use of tables and figures. Include a structured Abstract of no more than 250 words. Papers using qualitative methods may be as long as 4000 words.

3. Brief Reports: No longer than 1500 words. Formatting is similar to original articles except there should be no more than 2 tables or figures and 20 references. We conceive Brief Reports to be short descriptions of original research.

4. Perspectives: No longer than 3,000 words, 4 tables or figures, and a brief abstract of no more than 100 words.  Written to provide the author’s views or ideas regarding an important disparities educational issue.

5. Reviews: No longer than 4,000 words, with a structured abstract of a maximum of 250 words. These should be either traditional or systematic reviews of important disparities education topics.

6. Resource Papers: Concise summaries of resources (e.g., curricular materials, funding sources for disparities education, opportunities for training in disparities education) that would be useful to clinician-educators.  A brief abstract (maximum 100 words) is required and maximum length of 3,000 words.

7. Recommendations / Guidelines: No longer than 3,000 words. Systematically developed, evidence-based guidelines or consensus guidelines for health disparities medical education.  A brief abstract (maximum 100 words) is required. Additional material can be published in the online JGIM.

8. Reflections/Personal Narratives
No longer than 1000 words highlighting a specific story that reflects the challenges and rewards of teaching about disparities.

This Health Disparities Education Supplement provides an opportunity for clinician-educators dedicated to teaching on this topic to advance their careers as educational scholars. We anticipate publishing approximately 20-30 peer-reviewed articles. All articles will undergo JGIM’s editorial and peer review process. We especially encourage young faculty to submit manuscripts, as the review process should enhance their manuscript by receiving comments and suggestions from distinguished educators.

Those members of SGIM who have submitted an abstract for the 2009 National SGIM Meeting in Miami should consider submitting a manuscript (http://jgim.iusm.iu.edu/) for consideration for publication in this JGIM Health Disparities Education Supplement.

Elizabeth A. Jacobs , MD MPP
Stroger Hospital & Rush University Medical center
ejacobs@rush.edu 

Ronnie D. Horner, PhD
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
ronnie.horner@uc.edu

Jada Bussey-Jones, MD
Emory University
jcbusse@emory.edu

Susan B Glick, MD
The University of Chicago

sglick@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu 

Monica L. Lypson, MD
mlypson@med.umich.edu
The University of Michigan

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