JAMA On Call is a peer-reviewed section of JAMA devoted to postgraduate medical education and training. Launched in 2002, it provides an ongoing forum for discourse on educational, professional, and scientific topics of special relevance to residents and fellows.
Mission Statement
Call for Papers
Author Instructions
Section Leadership
Published Articles
MISSION STATEMENT
- To provide a forum for educational, professional, and scientific issues of direct relevance to graduate medical education
- To publish original, important, well-documented, peer-reviewed articles on a diverse range of medical topics of direct importance to the training process or environment
- To foster responsible and balanced dialogue on controversial issues that affect graduate medical education
- To inform readers about nonclinical aspects of medicine and public health, including the political, philosophic, ethical, legal, environmental, economic, historic, and cultural
CALL FOR PAPERS
JAMA announces the Call for Papers JAMA On Call. Topics of interest include but are not limited to education and training, career development, technology, international medicine, ethical and medicolegal concerns, psychosocial issues, and historical perspectives. We encourage all physicians involved with or interested in graduate medical education to submit original research reports, systematic reviews, and scholarly commentaries for consideration for publication in this section. Examples include:
- Evidence-based medicine training in GME
- Impact of ACGME reforms on the training environment
- Role of midlevel practitioners as housestaff substitutes in training environment
- Emerging role of hospitalists in residency training
- Impact of trainee debt on career planning
- Trends in specialty choice and practice
- Alternative medicine in GME
- Resident education in the business of medicine
- Trends in race, gender, and ethnicity within GME
- Funding and economics of GME
- Trends in role of international medical graduates in GME
- Occupational hazards of residency training (eg, sleep disorders)
- Comparative models of GME in the international arena
- Relationships with industry in GME
- Technology and Innovation in GME
- Errors and Iatrogenesis in Residency Training
AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS
Manuscripts reporting original research may be up to 3000 words (excluding tables or figures); others should be limited to less than 2000 words. All submissions should follow the usual JAMA Instructions for Authors. Manuscripts are subject to internal review by the section editorial board, as well as external peer review. All manuscripts should be submitted via e-mail at oncall{at}jama-archives.org.
SECTION LEADERSHIP
Editors:
Sarah Ringold, MD
Fellow in Pediatric Rheumatology
University of Washington
sarah.ringold{at}jama-archives.org
Robert M. Golub, MD
Senior Editor
JAMA
robert.golub{at}jama-archives.org
Editorial Board:
Ethan Basch, MD
Fellow in Hematology/Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
ebasch{at}massmed.org
R. Sonia Batra, MD
Fellow in Dermatologic Surgery
SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill
rsbatra{at}post.harvard.edu
Natalie Holt, MD
Resident in Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
natalie.holt{at}yale.edu
Alison J. Huang, MD
Resident in Internal Medicine
University of California-San Francisco
ajhuan{at}itsa.ucsf.edu
Nina Kim, MD
Fellow in Infectious Diseases
University of Washington School of Medicine
h_nina_kim@yahoo.com
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Resident Burnout
Niku K. Thomas
JAMA. 2004;292:2880-2889.
Professional Liability Issues in Graduate Medical Education
Allen Kachalia; David M. Studdert
JAMA. Sep 2004;292:1051-1056.
The National Resident Matching Program and Antitrust Law
Frances H. Miller; Thomas L. Greaney
JAMA. Feb 2003;289:913-918.
The Origins, History, and Design of the Resident Match
Alvin E. Roth
JAMA. Feb 2003;289:909-912.
Preparedness of Internal Medicine and Family Practice Residents for Treating Common Conditions
Francine C. Wiest; Timothy G. Ferris; Manjusha Gokhale; Eric G. Campbell; Joel S. Weissman; David Blumenthal
JAMA. Nov 2002;288:2609-2614.
What Is an Academic General Internist?: Career Options and Training Pathways
Wendy Levinson; Mark Linzer
JAMA. Oct 2002;288:2045-2048.
Sleep Loss and Fatigue in Residency Training: A Reappraisal
Sigrid Veasey; Raymond Rosen; Barbara Barzansky; Ilene Rosen; Judith Owens
JAMA. Sep 2002;288:1116-1124.
Residents' Prescription Writing for Nonpatients
Brian M. Aboff; Virginia U. Collier; Neil J. Farber; Deborah B. Ehrenthal
JAMA. Jul 2002;288:381-385.
Variation of Mood and Empathy During Internship
Lisa M. Bellini; Michael Baime; Judy A. Shea
JAMA. Jun 2002;287:3143-3146.
