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 July 2016:
Research
Mohammed Ahmed Rashid and John Benson. The role of general practitioners in medical school admission interview panels in the UK (2012–2014): a national survey. JRSM Open July 2016 7: 2054270416632706, doi:10.1177/2054270416632706 Sharon AM Stevelink and Nicola T Fear. Factors associated with unintended weight change in the UK Armed Forces: a cohort study. JRSM Open July 2016 7: 2054270416639481, doi:10.1177/2054270416639481 Jens C Skogen, Simon Øverland, and Ann K Knudsen. Health-related behaviour in relation to transition into age retirement: An observational study based on HUNT3. JRSM Open July 2016 7: 2054270416639785, doi:10.1177/2054270416639785 Katja Boehm, Bettina Berger, Thomas Ostermann, and Peter Heusser. Placebo effects in medicine: A bibliometric analysis. JRSM Open July 2016 7: 2054270416643890, doi:10.1177/2054270416643890 Raymond J Chadwick, Steven J Muncer, Bronagh C Hannon, Joanna Goodrich, and Jocelyn Cornwell. Support for compassionate care: Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of Schwartz Center Rounds in an acute general hospital. JRSM Open July 2016 7: 2054270416648043, doi:10.1177/2054270416648043 Fay Smith, Michael J Goldacre, and Trevor W Lambert. Working as a doctor when chronically ill or disabled: comments made by doctors responding to UK surveys. JRSM Open July 2016 7: 2054270416649282, doi:10.1177/2054270416649282