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 August 2016:
Research papers
James O’Donovan, Roy Ahn, Brett D Nelson, Calvin Kagan, and Thomas F Burke. Using low-cost Android tablets and instructional videos to teach clinical skills to medical students in Kenya: a prospective study. JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416645044, doi:10.1177/2054270416645044 R Samra, J Car, A Majeed, C Vincent, and P Aylin. How to monitor patient safety in primary care? Healthcare professionals' views. JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416648045, doi:10.1177/2054270416648045 Kun Zhang, Dan Eastwood, Kristyn Ertl, and Jeff Whittle. Educational attainment does not modify the effect of educational interventions on blood pressure control: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised trial. JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416654359, doi:10.1177/2054270416654359 Irene Braithwaite, Bridget Healy, Laird Cameron, Mark Weatherall, and Richard Beasley. Venous thromboembolism risk associated with protracted work- and computer-related seated immobility: a case-control study. JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416632670, doi:10.1177/2054270416632670
Clinical reviews
Noorez Hirani, Emilie N Karafillakis, and Azeem Majeed. Why children do not attend their appointments: is there a need for an interface between general practitioners and hospitals allowing for the exchange of patients’ contact details? JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416648046, first published on August 1, 2016, doi:10.1177/2054270416648046 Vaibhav Sahni. The Lazarus phenomenon. JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416653523, doi:10.1177/2054270416653523
Case reports
A Antoniou, J Mendez Rodrigues, and N Comi. Successful treatment of urodynamic detrusor over-activity in a young patient with Myasthenia gravis using pretibial nerve stimulation with follow-up to two years. JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416653684, doi:10.1177/2054270416653684 Leopold N Aminde, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Noah Takah, Tsi Njim, and Anastase Dzudie. Takayasu’s arteritis in an adult female from Cameroon: diagnosis via Doppler echocardiography. JRSM Open August 2016 7: 2054270416654646, doi:10.1177/2054270416654646