2008 Conference on Research in Medical Education

Call for Submissions: Review Paper Submission Requirements

Structure

Review papers should synthesize the existing research in an area of medical education and define problems to be addressed by future research. The submitted Review paper must not have been accepted or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Each accepted review paper will be presented in a plenary session at the RIME Conference and critiqued by a discussant. Substantive comments related to the content of the review will be communicated to the author prior to the fall meeting. Further editorial revisions will take place prior to publication in the Proceedings of the 2007 RIME Conference. Review paper submission must include:

1. Purpose of the review
2. Methodology
1. Summary of data sources
2. Criteria for inclusion of studies
3. Approach to synthesis
3. Synthesis of study findings
4. Conclusions, educational implications, and future research directions
5. A structured abstract limited to 150 words is required. This abstract is used for the RIME program CD and the Proceedings and will allow for retrieval from electronic bibliographic databases. The structured abstract must include the title of the research paper, the author's name(s), degrees, and affiliation(s) and the following components: (1)Purpose; (2) Methodology; (3) Results; (4) Conclusions

Formatting

The formatting guidelines below should be easy to achieve using the standard formatting features of your word processing program. We strongly recommend using Microsoft Word. Examples of the correct formatting appear in boxes. For further examples, consult a previous edition of the RIME supplement.

• A Review paper must be no more than 6,000 words with no tables or figures. For Review papers that include one large table or two small tables, the maximum length is 4,000 words. The word count includes references, but not the abstract, title, or authors' name.
• All manuscripts must be double-spaced.
• Any tables or figures should appear at the end of the text, after the reference list.
• Be consistent with language or style choices throughout the text.
• Use common abbreviations (e.g., p, r, SD, R2) when values are given, but spell them out in the description of the statistical method. P values should be expressed as p = .05 (lower-case p, spaces on either side of sign, no 0 to left of decimal point). If in doubt, refer to the AMA Manual of Style 9th Edition for a complete list of statistical symbols or abbreviations and their proper format.
• Use first- or third-person, but use your choice consistently.

Information about the front matter is presented here in the order that the front matter should appear in the manuscript.

• The title should come first, followed by the authors' names.
• Please be sure that the manuscript has a title and that all authors' names are listed in the author line.
• Titles should be centered with title-style capitalization.
• Authors' names should be written as first name, middle initial (if possible), and last name. Do not provide titles. Authors' names should be separated with a comma, and the last author should be preceded with "and." The author list should be centered beneath the title in all-caps.

• We use five primary headings, Purpose, Methods, Results, and the Conclusion. These headings should be flush with the left margin and bold. The text should begin beneath the heading, flush left.
• Subheadings in the Methods, Results, Results sections (if any) should be left justified and use title-style capitalization. We recommend not using these subheadings if possible.

Information about the end matter is presented here in the order that the end matter should appear in the manuscript.

• Acknowledgements (if any) should be written in a separate paragraph at the end of the body of the report but before the corresponding author's contact information.
• The corresponding author's contact information should come at the end of the report, before the reference list. Its specific format should read "Correspondence: Author's name, degree, address; e-mail: . Please ensure that this information is given in its entirety.

• Use numbered citations within the body of the text and a numbered reference list at the end of the text, before any tables or figures. It is essential that all references contain complete information. Do not use footnotes, endnotes, or a bibliographic compiler to create references. The reference list should follow Academic Medicine format described in the complete instructions for authors at the journal's Web site: www.academicmedicine.org.

5. Tables and Figures.

• Unlike their counterparts in regular issues, tables and figures do not have to be independent of the text, so shorter titles and missing explanatory footnotes are okay. However, they must not be so obscure as to be useless. Titles and footnotes that help readers understand a table are preferable.

Footnotes to tables need not spell out common abbreviations (MCAT, NBME, UCLA, PBL, etc.) if those terms have been spelled out in the text. Less common abbreviations should be spelled out. Footnotes are marked as: *, †, ‡, §, , ** , ††, etc.

Criteria For Selection

• Relevance to RIME
• Title, abstract, authors
• Problem statement, conceptual framework, research question
• Reference to literature and documentation
• Research design
• Instrumentation, data collection, quality control
• Population, sample "Data analysis, statistics"
• Reporting of statistical analyses
• Presentation of results
• Interpretation, discussion and conclusion
• Overall presentation, documentation

Submission Deadline

All submissions must be received at the AAMC offices on or before February 22, 2008. Fax submissions are not acceptable.

If you have not received information regarding your submission by May 31, 2008, please contact ccoleman@aamc.org.

2008 RIME Electronic Manuscript Submission Form

Please list each author's complete name, credentials, and affiliation in the space provided on the submission form.

Submit your manuscript online using the RIME Electronic Manuscript Submission Form

Review Paper Checklist:

1. ____ Complete and submit the Paper Submission Cover Sheet

2. ____ Submit an electronic copy of the Review Paper.

3. ____ Review Papers must be no more than 6,000 words and must meet the specifications. (See requirements).
   Word count including references is:___________. Number of tables/figures:___________.

4. ____ Papers, including references, should be double-spaced and printed in 12 point font.

5. ____ Structured Abstract of no more than 150 words including: authors, degrees, and affiliations, title, purpose, methods, results, and conclusions. (Review paper requirements)

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