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 January 2017:
Research
Wasiq Mehmood Khan, Helen Smith, Ejaz Qadeer, and Sondus Hassounah. Knowledge and perceptions of national and provincial tuberculosis control programme managers in Pakistan about the WHO Stop TB strategy: A qualitative study. JRSM Open January 2017 8: 2054270416675084, doi:10.1177/2054270416675084 Sarah Walpole, Paul Taylor, and Amitava Banerjee. Health informatics in UK Medical Education: An online survey of current practice. JRSM Open January 2017 8:2054270416682674, doi:10.1177/2054270416682674 Anthony Curtis, Lizzie Eley, Selena Gray, and Bill Irish. Women in senior post-graduate medicine career roles in the UK: A qualitative study. JRSM Open January 2017 8:2054270416669305, doi:10.1177/2054270416669305
Case reports
Aaron S Bancil, Christopher Alexakis, and Richard Pollok. Delayed diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum-associated colitis in a man first suspected to have rectal cancer. JRSM Open January 2017 8:2054270416675082, doi:10.1177/2054270416675082 Xiaoxuan Liu, Patrick A Calvert, Sayqa Arif, Pearse A Keane, and Alastair K Denniston. Patent foramen ovale presenting as visual loss. JRSM Open January 2017 8:2054270416669302, doi:10.1177/2054270416669302