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 December 2015:
Research
Joseph R Fitchett, Surya Bhatta, Tenzing Y Sherpa, Bishwo S Malla, Elizabeth JA Fitchett, Arlene Samen, and Sibylle Kristensen. Non-surgical interventions for pelvic organ prolapse in rural Nepal: a prospective monitoring and evaluation study. JRSM Open December 2015 6: 2054270415608117, doi:10.1177/2054270415608117 Trevor Lambert, Fay Smith, and Michael J Goldacre. Doctors’ views about their work, education and training three years after graduation in the UK: questionnaire survey. JRSM Open December 2015 6: 2054270415616309, doi:10.1177/2054270415616309 David Halpin, Michael Hyland, Susan Blake, Clare Seamark, Margaret Pinnuck, David Ward, Ben Whalley, Colin Greaves, Adam Hawkins, and David Seamark. Understanding fear and anxiety in patients at the time of an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study. JRSM Open December 2015 6: 2054270415614543, doi:10.1177/2054270415614543
Clinical review
Chun L Pang, Salil B Patel, and Nicola Pilkington. Lessons from surgery and anaesthesia: evaluation of non-technical skills in interventional radiology. JRSM Open December 2015 6: 2054270415611834, doi:10.1177/2054270415611834
Research letter
Santhanam Sundar and Michael O’Cathail. Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio is prognostic but not predictive of response to Abiraterone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. JRSM Open December 2015 6: 2054270415611332, doi:10.1177/2054270415611332