Written Journal Club
The goal of the Written Journal Club is to present relevant publications to readers in a simplified and abridged manner that provides one perspective and incorporates additional contributions from peers and faculty.
While articles can be submitted by people at any career level, we are starting this program to gain fellows’ valuable perspective on articles of interest. We hope to create a dialogue on what is relevant to them during their fellowships as they prepare for their post-fellowship careers in pain medicine.
Read articlesArticle Format
Each article should contain:
- The name of the Open Access article
- Background and overview
- Methods
- Results
- Reflections
- Comments
- References
Background, Overview, Methods, and Results will be an objective presentation of the study design and results of the trial.
Reflections are the author's comments on both the quality of the trial itself and how the results will affect the way we treat our patients.
The Comments section includes the perspective from peers and/or faculty and are submitted with the review.
Submission and Review Process
1. Submit an article using the button below.
2. A team of experts will review the submission to ensure accuracy of the work. ASRA Pain Medicine cannot reproduce images, charts, graphs, etc. without written permission/approval from the publisher. Links to these items should be provided in your review.
3. You will receive a notification email within 2-3 weeks of submission.
Q&A
1. Does the author need to be an ASRA Pain Medicine member to submit an article review? No; however, the person submitting the review must be a current member of ASRA Pain Medicine.
2. What types of articles should I review? Our journal club is different from other societies' journal clubs because it will be in a written format and reviews could be broad in scope. While there will be an opportunity to review journal articles, this could be an opportunity to extract what is most salient about the field of a subject (e.g., neuromodulation) to an audience that may or may not be particularly familiar with this field.
3. Can I review an older article? Yes, you can revisit an older article and review it from a historical sense to see how relevant it may have been then, and if it continues to hold relevance now.
4. How do I list my Written Journal Club authorship on my CV? For most medical school standardized formats for their students' and faculty's CVs under the section for "Other Scholarly Work in Print or Other Media."
5. Who can I contact for more information? Please click the button below to send an email.