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Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD

JAMA. 2004;291:2872.

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This issue of THE JOURNAL marks the final publication of STUDENTJAMA, the section of JAMA edited by medical students. The forerunner to this section, Pulse, was first published in 1975 as a periodic news magazine of the Medical Student Section of the American Medical Association. In November 1988, Pulse was inaugurated as a section within THE JOURNAL.¹ In September 1998, the name was changed to MSJAMA,² which was then changed to STUDENTJAMA in January 2004.³

Over the years, the student section of JAMA has primarily published commentaries, essays, and opinion pieces on a wide range of topics relevant to medical students. However, today, with medical schools incorporating teaching about research design and critical appraisal of the literature into the curriculum, medical students are increasingly aware of and learning the importance of emphasizing evidence rather than opinion. Accordingly, it . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Dr DeAngelis is Editor-in-Chief and Dr Fontanarosa is Executive Deputy Editor, JAMA.

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