Abstract
JRSM Open is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open-access companion journal to JRSM. JRSM Open 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 article is freely available to readers. Articles published in JRSM Open are included in PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar.
You can find JRSM Open on the Internet at http://jro.sagepub.com. To submit a clinical paper or case report to JRSM Open visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/shorts. For submission inquiries contact Dr Kamran Abbasi, editor of JRSM and JRSM Open, by email at kamran.abbasi@rsm.ac.uk.
Articles published in JRSM Open will also be mentioned in the print edition of JRSM. Here are the articles published in JRSM Open in February 2014:
Research
Lauren Z Waterman and John A Weinman. Medical student syndrome: fact or fiction? A cross-sectional study. JRSM Open February 2014 5: 2042533313512480, doi:10.1177/2042533313512480 Alan J Howieson, Annmarie Brunswicker, and Ketan Dhatariya. A retrospective review of the assessment of current perioperative management of diabetes in patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. JRSM Open February 2014 5: 2042533313515864, doi:10.1177/2042533313515864 Ben Young and Parvez Moondi. A questionnaire-based survey investigating the current use of tranexamic acid in traumatic haemorrhage and elective hip and knee arthroplasty. JRSM Open February 2014 5: 2042533313516949, doi:10.1177/2042533313516949 Teodoro Durá-Travé and Fidel Gallinas-Victoriano. Caloric and nutrient intake in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treated with extended-release methylphenidate: analysis of a cross-sectional nutrition survey. JRSM Open February 2014 5: 2042533313517690, doi:10.1177/2042533313517690 Rose S Penfold, Mohammad A Ali, Adam M Ali, Ishita Patel, Thomas MacGregor, Sushma Shankar, Thomas J Cahill, Alexander ET Finlayson, and Imran Mahmud. Evaluation of the first year of the Oxpal Medlink: a web-based partnership designed to address specific challenges facing medical education in the occupied Palestinian territories. JRSM Open February 2014 5: 2042533313517692, doi:10.1177/2042533313517692
Clinical review
Mathumalar Loganathan Fahrni, Bryony Dean Franklin, Salman Rawaf, and Azeem Majeed. Improving medication safety in UK care homes: challenges and current perspective. JRSM Open February 2014 5: 2042533313515475, doi:10.1177/2042533313515475
Case report
Karen A Cocksedge and Adrian Flynn. Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome in a patient with self-neglect associated with severe depression. JRSM Open February 2014 5: 2042533313518915, doi:10.1177/2042533313518915