From JRSM Short Reports

JRSM Short Reports is an online-only, peer reviewed, open-access companion journal to JRSM. JRSM Short Reports was launched in June 2010 and is rapidly developing into a leading international online resource of clinical papers, reviews and case reports on all aspects of improving patient care. As with other open access journals, authors are required to pay a small fee for published articles to cover the production costs and ensure that their articles are freely available to readers. Articles published in JRSM Short Reports are now included in PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar.

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Articles published in JRSM Short Reports will also be mentioned in the print edition of JRSM. Here are the articles published in JRSM Short Reports in March 2013:

Research

JA Hall, CS Brown, L Pettigrew, ANJ Malik, J Watson, A Topiwala, L McGregor, and R Ramsay. Fit for the future? The place of global health in the UK's postgraduate medical training: a review. J R Soc Med Sh Rep March 2013 4:19; doi:10.1177/2042533313476421

Ahmed T Ahmed, Issa Rezek, Jennifer S McDonald, and David F Kallmes. ‘Initial Clinical Experience’ articles are poorly cited and negatively affect the impact factor of the publishing journal: a review. J R Soc Med Sh Rep March 2013 4:21;doi:10.1177/2042533313476694

Methodological Review

Peter Trewby. Number needed to sacrifice: statistical taboo or decision-making tool? J R Soc Med Sh Rep March 2013 4:22;doi:10.1177/2042533313476684

Case Reports

Lola Loewenthal, Mary Thompson, and Sarah L Elkin. Primary adenocarcinoma of the lung with a synchronous carcinoid tumour of the small intestine. J R Soc Med Sh Rep March 2013 4:18;doi:10.1177/20425333134764

SH Wong, F Silva, JF Acheson, and GT Plant. An old friend revisited: chloramphenicol optic neuropathy. J R Soc Med Sh Rep March 2013 4:20;doi:10.1177/2042533313476692

Eleftherios Koudounarakis, Alexander Karatzanis, Vasileios Nikolaou, and George Velegrakis. Pleomorphic adenoma of the accessory parotid gland misdiagnosed as glomus tumour. J R Soc Med Sh Rep March 2013 4:23; doi:10.1177/2042533313476693

Claire N MacDermott, Julia K Prague, Paul Grant, Benjamin Whitelaw, and Catherine Bryant. Non-islet cell tumour induced-hypoglycaemia as a cause of delirium. J R Soc Med Sh Rep March 2013 4:24; doi:10.1177/2042533313476484