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 May 2014:
Research
Neha Kataria, Nick Brown, Pauline McAvoy, Azeem Majeed and Martin Rhodes. A retrospective study of cognitive function in doctors and dentists with suspected performance problems: an unsuspected but significant concern. JRSM Open May 2014; 5: 2042533313517687, doi:10.1177/2042533313517687 Kate F Walker, Graham Stevenson and James G Thornton. Discrepancies between registration and publication of randomised controlled trials: an observational study. JRSM Open May 2014; 5: 2042533313517688, doi:10.1177/2042533313517688 Caroline Kamau. Systematic review of new medics’ clinical task experience by country. JRSM Open May 2014; 5: 2054270414525373, doi:10.1177/2054270414525373 Chung Thong Lim, Victoria Gibbs and Chung Sim Lim. Invasive medical procedure skills amongst Foundation Year Doctors – a questionnaire study. JRSM Open May 2014; 5: 2054270414527934, doi:10.1177/2054270414527934 Colin Pritchard and Andrew JE Harding. An analysis of National Health Service Trust websites on the occupational backgrounds of ‘Non-Executive Directors’ on England’s Acute Trusts. JRSM Open May 2014; 5: 2054270414528894, doi:10.1177/2054270414528894
Case reports
Yean Cheant Lim, Hemant Laxaman, Rob Mead and Ewen AB Cameron. Oral gel choline salicylate induced refractory gastric ulceration. JRSM Open May 2014; 5: 2054270414527931, doi:10.1177/2054270414527931 Harshil Dhutia, David Sprigings, Ami Shukla and Sue Lloyd. Successful low-dose thrombolysis of submassive pulmonary embolus in a pregnant patient. JRSM Open May 2014; 5: 2054270414527932, doi:10.1177/2054270414527932