Attention Students and Instructors!
Don’t let your papers and assignments languish in a filing cabinet. Ostomy Wound Management has extended its program to facilitate publication of papers written by residents/students enrolled in/graduating from wound, ostomy, incontinence, and other related educational, training, and certification programs on topics covered by this journal.
Papers of the following types may be submitted:
• Reports of clinical or preclinical research studies
• Case studies/short reports — case studies or short reports that stimulate the exchange of information and additional research and/or demonstrate the effectiveness of or problems associated with certain interventions
• Review articles — review publications should stimulate the exchange of information by summarizing pertinent information on a particular topic, identifying problems or existing gaps in knowledge, and stimulating discussion/future research.
Student authors may request the assistance of a mentor (a member of OWM’s Editorial Board), who will help the student ensure that 1) all information is complete, 2) the writing is clear and concise, and 3) the information is presented in the correct format (AMA style guidelines). For complete manuscript preparation and submission instructions, please see “Instructions for Authors” in this issue and at www.o-wm.com. In addition to following our instructions, each submission must include a letter from the instructor. The cover letter should contain: 1) acknowledgment of author student/resident status, 2) date of graduation (recent), and 3) instructor approval to include his/her name in the byline of the published manuscript.
To ensure indexing of the published manuscripts (Medline and CINAHL), all student manuscripts will be subject to the regular peer review process. Reviewers will be notified that the manuscript was written by a student.
Special note: All published manuscripts will be eligible for our 2007 Student Author Recognition Award. The award will include an invitation to attend the OWM Editorial Board meeting as a Student Delegate during the 2007 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care in Tampa, Fla. The author will receive full-paid registration to the 2007 Symposium, 2 nights’ free stay, and round-trip airfare to the conference from anywhere in the continental US.
For more information, please contact Barbara Zeiger, Editor, at (800) 237-7285, ext. 244, or email bzeiger@hmpcommunications.com.
