From the Editor-in-Chief

Women and racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented in senior faculty roles and academic leadership positions.¹ Participation in peer review and publication in medical journals are important components of academic advancement that are emphasized in the promotion process. These efforts offer recognition of expertise and increase visibility in the scientific community, which may enhance opportunities for networking and collaboration, and provide other opportunities for career advancement. In addition, abundant evidence shows that organizations benefit from diverse teams, with better quality decisions and increased productivity resulting from diverse ideas and perspectives.²

Numerous studies have highlighted the prevalence and persistence of disparities in peer review and authorship.^3,4 Much of this work has focused on gender though gaps in these measures likely exist for racial and ethnic minorities. Yet, there are few examples of journals implementing strategies to address disparities and track results of such efforts.⁵ While institutional barriers to advancement must be addressed, we believe that medical journals have an obligation to address unequal opportunities.

At the Journal of Hospital Medicine, we are committed to leading by example and developing approaches to create equity in all facets of journal leadership and authorship.⁶ The first step towards progress is to assess the current representation of women and racial and ethnic minorities in our journal community, including first and senior authors, invited expert contributors, reviewers, and editorial team members. Like most journals, we have not collected demographic information from authors or reviewers. But now, as part of the journal’s commitment to this cause, we request that everyone in the journal community (author, reviewer, editor) update their journal account (accessible at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jhm) with demographic data, including gender, race, and ethnicity.

Inclusion of these data is voluntary. While each individual will be able to access and edit their personal demographic data, the individual data will remain private and unviewable to others. As such, it will not be available for nor will it be used in the manuscript review or decision process but rather for assessing our own inclusiveness. We will review these data in aggregate to broadly inform outreach efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in our author, invited expert contributor, reviewer, and journal leadership pools. We will report on the progress of these efforts in upcoming years.

We are committed to equity in providing opportunities for academic advancement across the journal community. Diversity and inclusion are important in raising the quality of the work that we publish. Different perspectives strengthen our journal and will help us continue to advance the field of Hospital Medicine.

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Women and racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented in senior faculty roles and academic leadership positions.¹ Participation in peer review and publication in medical journals are important components of academic advancement that are emphasized in the promotion process. These efforts offer recognition of expertise and increase visibility in the scientific community, which may enhance opportunities for networking and collaboration, and provide other opportunities for career advancement. In addition, abundant evidence shows that organizations benefit from diverse teams, with better quality decisions and increased productivity resulting from diverse ideas and perspectives.²

Numerous studies have highlighted the prevalence and persistence of disparities in peer review and authorship.^3,4 Much of this work has focused on gender though gaps in these measures likely exist for racial and ethnic minorities. Yet, there are few examples of journals implementing strategies to address disparities and track results of such efforts.⁵ While institutional barriers to advancement must be addressed, we believe that medical journals have an obligation to address unequal opportunities.

At the Journal of Hospital Medicine, we are committed to leading by example and developing approaches to create equity in all facets of journal leadership and authorship.⁶ The first step towards progress is to assess the current representation of women and racial and ethnic minorities in our journal community, including first and senior authors, invited expert contributors, reviewers, and editorial team members. Like most journals, we have not collected demographic information from authors or reviewers. But now, as part of the journal’s commitment to this cause, we request that everyone in the journal community (author, reviewer, editor) update their journal account (accessible at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jhm) with demographic data, including gender, race, and ethnicity.

Inclusion of these data is voluntary. While each individual will be able to access and edit their personal demographic data, the individual data will remain private and unviewable to others. As such, it will not be available for nor will it be used in the manuscript review or decision process but rather for assessing our own inclusiveness. We will review these data in aggregate to broadly inform outreach efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in our author, invited expert contributor, reviewer, and journal leadership pools. We will report on the progress of these efforts in upcoming years.

We are committed to equity in providing opportunities for academic advancement across the journal community. Diversity and inclusion are important in raising the quality of the work that we publish. Different perspectives strengthen our journal and will help us continue to advance the field of Hospital Medicine.

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Women and racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented in senior faculty roles and academic leadership positions.¹ Participation in peer review and publication in medical journals are important components of academic advancement that are emphasized in the promotion process. These efforts offer recognition of expertise and increase visibility in the scientific community, which may enhance opportunities for networking and collaboration, and provide other opportunities for career advancement. In addition, abundant evidence shows that organizations benefit from diverse teams, with better quality decisions and increased productivity resulting from diverse ideas and perspectives.²

Numerous studies have highlighted the prevalence and persistence of disparities in peer review and authorship.^3,4 Much of this work has focused on gender though gaps in these measures likely exist for racial and ethnic minorities. Yet, there are few examples of journals implementing strategies to address disparities and track results of such efforts.⁵ While institutional barriers to advancement must be addressed, we believe that medical journals have an obligation to address unequal opportunities.

At the Journal of Hospital Medicine, we are committed to leading by example and developing approaches to create equity in all facets of journal leadership and authorship.⁶ The first step towards progress is to assess the current representation of women and racial and ethnic minorities in our journal community, including first and senior authors, invited expert contributors, reviewers, and editorial team members. Like most journals, we have not collected demographic information from authors or reviewers. But now, as part of the journal’s commitment to this cause, we request that everyone in the journal community (author, reviewer, editor) update their journal account (accessible at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jhm) with demographic data, including gender, race, and ethnicity.

Inclusion of these data is voluntary. While each individual will be able to access and edit their personal demographic data, the individual data will remain private and unviewable to others. As such, it will not be available for nor will it be used in the manuscript review or decision process but rather for assessing our own inclusiveness. We will review these data in aggregate to broadly inform outreach efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in our author, invited expert contributor, reviewer, and journal leadership pools. We will report on the progress of these efforts in upcoming years.

We are committed to equity in providing opportunities for academic advancement across the journal community. Diversity and inclusion are important in raising the quality of the work that we publish. Different perspectives strengthen our journal and will help us continue to advance the field of Hospital Medicine.

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

The Journal of Hospital Medicine^® is committed to continually improving the author experience. Our goal is to allow authors to focus more time on communicating their message and less time on navigating the submission and publication process. We commit to three initial areas of emphasis: (1) Make it easy for authors to submit their work; (2) Make timely disposition decisions; and (3) Facilitate dissemination of work that we publish.

We are pleased to introduce a new “No hassle” process for initial original research and brief report manuscript submissions. There is no universally followed format for manuscript submission to medical journals.^1-3 As a result, authors spend considerable time reformatting manuscripts for submission to meet each journal’s unique requirements before knowing whether or not their manuscript will be accepted for publication—or even sent for peer review. To streamline the submission process and eliminate unnecessary and burdensome reformatting, we have eased formatting requirements for initial manuscript submissions. We will even accept all manuscript elements in a single PDF (portable document format) file in another journal’s format if your manuscript was submitted elsewhere first but not accepted for publication. Tables and figures can be included in the single document or uploaded separately, depending on your preference. Of course, common elements necessary to assess a manuscript, including declaration of funding sources and conflicts of interest, are required on the title page.¹ Journal-specific formatting and signed disclosure and copyright forms will be deferred until a revision request.

We also seek to make timely decisions. Our rapid turnaround allows authors to submit elsewhere expeditiously if not accepted by the Journal of Hospital Medicine. We reject approximately 50% of original research and brief report manuscripts without formal peer review. The rationale for this approach is two-fold. We want to be respectful of how we engage our peer reviewers and we would rather not have them spend time reviewing manuscripts that we are unlikely to publish. We also want to be respectful of our authors’ time. If we are unlikely to publish a manuscript based on lower priority scores assigned by the Editor-in-Chief and other journal editors, we prefer to return the manuscript to authors for timely submission elsewhere. Our average time from submission to rejection without formal peer review is 1.3 days (median, <1 day). If we send a manuscript out for peer review, our time from submission to first decision is 23 days. Further, if we request a manuscript revision, we sincerely hope to publish the manuscript. Thus, most manuscripts for which we request a revision are ultimately accepted for publication. We are also tracking how quickly we can publish accepted manuscripts with a goal of 120 or fewer days from submission to publication and 60 or fewer days from acceptance to publication.

We highlight our published research in many ways to facilitate dissemination. We promote articles through formal press releases, tweets, visual abstracts, and, more recently, graphic medicine abstracts or comics. Select articles are discussed through our online journal club (#JHMChat).⁴ Other synergistic methods of dissemination are being planned and we’ll share these ideas with you in the coming year.

We are grateful to receive a large number of submissions and are honored that authors view the Journal of Hospital Medicine as an important venue to showcase their work. We continually strive to improve the author experience and welcome your input.

The Journal of Hospital Medicine^® is committed to continually improving the author experience. Our goal is to allow authors to focus more time on communicating their message and less time on navigating the submission and publication process. We commit to three initial areas of emphasis: (1) Make it easy for authors to submit their work; (2) Make timely disposition decisions; and (3) Facilitate dissemination of work that we publish.

We are pleased to introduce a new “No hassle” process for initial original research and brief report manuscript submissions. There is no universally followed format for manuscript submission to medical journals.^1-3 As a result, authors spend considerable time reformatting manuscripts for submission to meet each journal’s unique requirements before knowing whether or not their manuscript will be accepted for publication—or even sent for peer review. To streamline the submission process and eliminate unnecessary and burdensome reformatting, we have eased formatting requirements for initial manuscript submissions. We will even accept all manuscript elements in a single PDF (portable document format) file in another journal’s format if your manuscript was submitted elsewhere first but not accepted for publication. Tables and figures can be included in the single document or uploaded separately, depending on your preference. Of course, common elements necessary to assess a manuscript, including declaration of funding sources and conflicts of interest, are required on the title page.¹ Journal-specific formatting and signed disclosure and copyright forms will be deferred until a revision request.

We also seek to make timely decisions. Our rapid turnaround allows authors to submit elsewhere expeditiously if not accepted by the Journal of Hospital Medicine. We reject approximately 50% of original research and brief report manuscripts without formal peer review. The rationale for this approach is two-fold. We want to be respectful of how we engage our peer reviewers and we would rather not have them spend time reviewing manuscripts that we are unlikely to publish. We also want to be respectful of our authors’ time. If we are unlikely to publish a manuscript based on lower priority scores assigned by the Editor-in-Chief and other journal editors, we prefer to return the manuscript to authors for timely submission elsewhere. Our average time from submission to rejection without formal peer review is 1.3 days (median, <1 day). If we send a manuscript out for peer review, our time from submission to first decision is 23 days. Further, if we request a manuscript revision, we sincerely hope to publish the manuscript. Thus, most manuscripts for which we request a revision are ultimately accepted for publication. We are also tracking how quickly we can publish accepted manuscripts with a goal of 120 or fewer days from submission to publication and 60 or fewer days from acceptance to publication.

We highlight our published research in many ways to facilitate dissemination. We promote articles through formal press releases, tweets, visual abstracts, and, more recently, graphic medicine abstracts or comics. Select articles are discussed through our online journal club (#JHMChat).⁴ Other synergistic methods of dissemination are being planned and we’ll share these ideas with you in the coming year.

We are grateful to receive a large number of submissions and are honored that authors view the Journal of Hospital Medicine as an important venue to showcase their work. We continually strive to improve the author experience and welcome your input.

The Journal of Hospital Medicine^® is committed to continually improving the author experience. Our goal is to allow authors to focus more time on communicating their message and less time on navigating the submission and publication process. We commit to three initial areas of emphasis: (1) Make it easy for authors to submit their work; (2) Make timely disposition decisions; and (3) Facilitate dissemination of work that we publish.

We are pleased to introduce a new “No hassle” process for initial original research and brief report manuscript submissions. There is no universally followed format for manuscript submission to medical journals.^1-3 As a result, authors spend considerable time reformatting manuscripts for submission to meet each journal’s unique requirements before knowing whether or not their manuscript will be accepted for publication—or even sent for peer review. To streamline the submission process and eliminate unnecessary and burdensome reformatting, we have eased formatting requirements for initial manuscript submissions. We will even accept all manuscript elements in a single PDF (portable document format) file in another journal’s format if your manuscript was submitted elsewhere first but not accepted for publication. Tables and figures can be included in the single document or uploaded separately, depending on your preference. Of course, common elements necessary to assess a manuscript, including declaration of funding sources and conflicts of interest, are required on the title page.¹ Journal-specific formatting and signed disclosure and copyright forms will be deferred until a revision request.

We also seek to make timely decisions. Our rapid turnaround allows authors to submit elsewhere expeditiously if not accepted by the Journal of Hospital Medicine. We reject approximately 50% of original research and brief report manuscripts without formal peer review. The rationale for this approach is two-fold. We want to be respectful of how we engage our peer reviewers and we would rather not have them spend time reviewing manuscripts that we are unlikely to publish. We also want to be respectful of our authors’ time. If we are unlikely to publish a manuscript based on lower priority scores assigned by the Editor-in-Chief and other journal editors, we prefer to return the manuscript to authors for timely submission elsewhere. Our average time from submission to rejection without formal peer review is 1.3 days (median, <1 day). If we send a manuscript out for peer review, our time from submission to first decision is 23 days. Further, if we request a manuscript revision, we sincerely hope to publish the manuscript. Thus, most manuscripts for which we request a revision are ultimately accepted for publication. We are also tracking how quickly we can publish accepted manuscripts with a goal of 120 or fewer days from submission to publication and 60 or fewer days from acceptance to publication.

We highlight our published research in many ways to facilitate dissemination. We promote articles through formal press releases, tweets, visual abstracts, and, more recently, graphic medicine abstracts or comics. Select articles are discussed through our online journal club (#JHMChat).⁴ Other synergistic methods of dissemination are being planned and we’ll share these ideas with you in the coming year.

We are grateful to receive a large number of submissions and are honored that authors view the Journal of Hospital Medicine as an important venue to showcase their work. We continually strive to improve the author experience and welcome your input.

With this issue, I officially assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine. I am honored and humbled to serve as the third editor for this journal and thankful to my predecessors, Drs. Mark V. Williams and Andrew D. Auerbach, for establishing it as the premier forum for publication of research in hospital medicine.

The journal has always taken a broad view of its mission. Our focus on improving value and quality of healthcare for children and adults will continue. We are also well-positioned to expand our scope and publish the highest quality research and commentary on the evolving healthcare system, including adoption of new technology, population health management, and regionalization in healthcare, and our role within it. There is also increasing recognition that these trends have implications for patient experience and outcomes, healthcare professional well-being, and the learning environment. We welcome qualitative and quantitative research that provides insight into understanding and addressing these new challenges. We also seek your Perspectives in Hospital Medicine to highlight innovations or controversies in healthcare delivery or policy.

The journal landscape has evolved. We consume medical information in many different formats with a rapidly diminishing reliance on paper and ink. Rather than perusing a journal at the end of a busy workday, we now capitalize on small increments of time in between meetings or other activities. The journal has taken a leading role in engaging readers through social media (@JHospMedicine) with Twitter-based features such as journal clubs (#JHMChat) to discuss recently published research as well as visual abstracts to efficiently share scientific advances.¹ We will extend these efforts to include “tweetorials,” video abstracts, and a redesigned web presence, allowing us to transcend the constraints of traditional written articles. Our goals are to increase the visibility of authors and accessibility of their research, allow readers to engage with the journal in formats that best meet their needs, and enhance knowledge retention and knowledge translation to improve healthcare systems and patient outcomes.

The Journal of Hospital Medicine also strives to remain relevant to clinical practice through columns that seek to improve diagnostic reasoning (Clinical Care Conundrums), value and innovation in healthcare (Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason, Choosing Wisely: Next Steps in Improving Healthcare Value), and, through our long-form reviews, core medical knowledge. While in-depth reviews provide an important synthesis of a topic, our work environment and schedules are not always conducive to reading in this manner; busy clinicians may benefit from focused updates. We will introduce new shorter format reviews addressing clinical content, including practice guidelines, and research methodology.

Finally, we are invested in developing a leadership pipeline for academic medicine. Our Editorial Fellowship will provide educational experiences, professional development, and academic and networking opportunities for a cadre of young physicians.² A new column will highlight leadership and professional development lessons from renowned leaders from a broad range of disciplines. We also value diversity and inclusion. Disparities in academic medical leadership, though well-recognized, persist. For example, women now comprise more than half of all incoming medical students³ and 41% of faculty, yet only 24% of full professors, 18% of department chairs, and 17% of deans.⁴ This journal will play an important role in creating a diverse pipeline of academic leaders. We will lead by example and, in the coming year, develop approaches to create equity in all facets of journal leadership and authorship.

I am grateful to Dr. Auerbach for his visionary stewardship of the journal. As I take the helm, the journal will continue to evolve with the changing landscape of healthcare. I am fortunate to work with an exceptionally talented team, and I look forward to serving the journal and the field together to accomplish these goals.

Disclosures

The author has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose

With this issue, I officially assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine. I am honored and humbled to serve as the third editor for this journal and thankful to my predecessors, Drs. Mark V. Williams and Andrew D. Auerbach, for establishing it as the premier forum for publication of research in hospital medicine.

The journal has always taken a broad view of its mission. Our focus on improving value and quality of healthcare for children and adults will continue. We are also well-positioned to expand our scope and publish the highest quality research and commentary on the evolving healthcare system, including adoption of new technology, population health management, and regionalization in healthcare, and our role within it. There is also increasing recognition that these trends have implications for patient experience and outcomes, healthcare professional well-being, and the learning environment. We welcome qualitative and quantitative research that provides insight into understanding and addressing these new challenges. We also seek your Perspectives in Hospital Medicine to highlight innovations or controversies in healthcare delivery or policy.

The journal landscape has evolved. We consume medical information in many different formats with a rapidly diminishing reliance on paper and ink. Rather than perusing a journal at the end of a busy workday, we now capitalize on small increments of time in between meetings or other activities. The journal has taken a leading role in engaging readers through social media (@JHospMedicine) with Twitter-based features such as journal clubs (#JHMChat) to discuss recently published research as well as visual abstracts to efficiently share scientific advances.¹ We will extend these efforts to include “tweetorials,” video abstracts, and a redesigned web presence, allowing us to transcend the constraints of traditional written articles. Our goals are to increase the visibility of authors and accessibility of their research, allow readers to engage with the journal in formats that best meet their needs, and enhance knowledge retention and knowledge translation to improve healthcare systems and patient outcomes.

The Journal of Hospital Medicine also strives to remain relevant to clinical practice through columns that seek to improve diagnostic reasoning (Clinical Care Conundrums), value and innovation in healthcare (Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason, Choosing Wisely: Next Steps in Improving Healthcare Value), and, through our long-form reviews, core medical knowledge. While in-depth reviews provide an important synthesis of a topic, our work environment and schedules are not always conducive to reading in this manner; busy clinicians may benefit from focused updates. We will introduce new shorter format reviews addressing clinical content, including practice guidelines, and research methodology.

Finally, we are invested in developing a leadership pipeline for academic medicine. Our Editorial Fellowship will provide educational experiences, professional development, and academic and networking opportunities for a cadre of young physicians.² A new column will highlight leadership and professional development lessons from renowned leaders from a broad range of disciplines. We also value diversity and inclusion. Disparities in academic medical leadership, though well-recognized, persist. For example, women now comprise more than half of all incoming medical students³ and 41% of faculty, yet only 24% of full professors, 18% of department chairs, and 17% of deans.⁴ This journal will play an important role in creating a diverse pipeline of academic leaders. We will lead by example and, in the coming year, develop approaches to create equity in all facets of journal leadership and authorship.

I am grateful to Dr. Auerbach for his visionary stewardship of the journal. As I take the helm, the journal will continue to evolve with the changing landscape of healthcare. I am fortunate to work with an exceptionally talented team, and I look forward to serving the journal and the field together to accomplish these goals.

Disclosures

The author has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose

With this issue, I officially assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine. I am honored and humbled to serve as the third editor for this journal and thankful to my predecessors, Drs. Mark V. Williams and Andrew D. Auerbach, for establishing it as the premier forum for publication of research in hospital medicine.

The journal has always taken a broad view of its mission. Our focus on improving value and quality of healthcare for children and adults will continue. We are also well-positioned to expand our scope and publish the highest quality research and commentary on the evolving healthcare system, including adoption of new technology, population health management, and regionalization in healthcare, and our role within it. There is also increasing recognition that these trends have implications for patient experience and outcomes, healthcare professional well-being, and the learning environment. We welcome qualitative and quantitative research that provides insight into understanding and addressing these new challenges. We also seek your Perspectives in Hospital Medicine to highlight innovations or controversies in healthcare delivery or policy.

The journal landscape has evolved. We consume medical information in many different formats with a rapidly diminishing reliance on paper and ink. Rather than perusing a journal at the end of a busy workday, we now capitalize on small increments of time in between meetings or other activities. The journal has taken a leading role in engaging readers through social media (@JHospMedicine) with Twitter-based features such as journal clubs (#JHMChat) to discuss recently published research as well as visual abstracts to efficiently share scientific advances.¹ We will extend these efforts to include “tweetorials,” video abstracts, and a redesigned web presence, allowing us to transcend the constraints of traditional written articles. Our goals are to increase the visibility of authors and accessibility of their research, allow readers to engage with the journal in formats that best meet their needs, and enhance knowledge retention and knowledge translation to improve healthcare systems and patient outcomes.

The Journal of Hospital Medicine also strives to remain relevant to clinical practice through columns that seek to improve diagnostic reasoning (Clinical Care Conundrums), value and innovation in healthcare (Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason, Choosing Wisely: Next Steps in Improving Healthcare Value), and, through our long-form reviews, core medical knowledge. While in-depth reviews provide an important synthesis of a topic, our work environment and schedules are not always conducive to reading in this manner; busy clinicians may benefit from focused updates. We will introduce new shorter format reviews addressing clinical content, including practice guidelines, and research methodology.

Finally, we are invested in developing a leadership pipeline for academic medicine. Our Editorial Fellowship will provide educational experiences, professional development, and academic and networking opportunities for a cadre of young physicians.² A new column will highlight leadership and professional development lessons from renowned leaders from a broad range of disciplines. We also value diversity and inclusion. Disparities in academic medical leadership, though well-recognized, persist. For example, women now comprise more than half of all incoming medical students³ and 41% of faculty, yet only 24% of full professors, 18% of department chairs, and 17% of deans.⁴ This journal will play an important role in creating a diverse pipeline of academic leaders. We will lead by example and, in the coming year, develop approaches to create equity in all facets of journal leadership and authorship.

I am grateful to Dr. Auerbach for his visionary stewardship of the journal. As I take the helm, the journal will continue to evolve with the changing landscape of healthcare. I am fortunate to work with an exceptionally talented team, and I look forward to serving the journal and the field together to accomplish these goals.

Disclosures

The author has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose

The peer review and editorial processes are integral activities in academic medicine that provide ethical, independent, and unbiased critical assessment of submitted manuscripts to academic journals. Recognizing that few trainees or junior faculty are formally exposed to these processes,¹ the Journal of Hospital Medicine aims to fill this opportunity gap through the launch of a one-year Editorial Fellowship.

The Fellowship is open to chief residents, hospital medicine fellows, and junior faculty (eg, Assistant Professor or Clinical Instructor). Starting in July of each year, a group of four to six applicants are paired with editorial mentors who are current JHM Deputy or Associate Editors. Structured as a distance-learning program, this program aims to allow Fellows the ability to continue in their full time professional roles while also allowing the opportunity to engage with national leaders in hospital medicine. Regular communication and interactions take place through both synchronous and asynchronous means. Fellows’ responsibilities during the 12-month experience include: completion of six guided peer reviews, preparation of one or two editorials, participation in monthly editorial meetings, and quarterly educational videoconferences. Interested Fellows may also have an opportunity to co-lead the journal’s online journal club, #JHMChat.² Fellows are expected to attend the editorial staff meeting at the annual Society of Hospital Medicine Conference.

With this program, JHM aims to accomplish several tasks. First, we hope to offer a unique educational experience that allows for further growth, development, inspiration, and experience in academic medicine—specifically around the manuscript review and editorial processes. Second, recognizing that a journal’s quality is frequently a product of its reviewers, JHM hopes to build a cadre of well-trained and experienced reviewers and, hopefully, future members of the JHM editorial leadership team. Third, the program hopes to act as a networking experience, allowing editorial Fellows to learn from, collaborate with, and become academic leaders in the field. Finally, we hope to provide an opportunity for Fellows to be academically productive in their composition of editorial content—an output that will help catalyze their professional development.

We believe that in working closely with the JHM editorial staff, this program will help develop the next generation of leaders in academic hospital medicine. We strongly encourage applications from physicians who have been historically under-represented in leadership in academic medicine. Further details and the application can be found in the appendix and on the JHM website (www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com). It will be announced annually through the @JHospMedicine twitter handle.

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

The peer review and editorial processes are integral activities in academic medicine that provide ethical, independent, and unbiased critical assessment of submitted manuscripts to academic journals. Recognizing that few trainees or junior faculty are formally exposed to these processes,¹ the Journal of Hospital Medicine aims to fill this opportunity gap through the launch of a one-year Editorial Fellowship.

The Fellowship is open to chief residents, hospital medicine fellows, and junior faculty (eg, Assistant Professor or Clinical Instructor). Starting in July of each year, a group of four to six applicants are paired with editorial mentors who are current JHM Deputy or Associate Editors. Structured as a distance-learning program, this program aims to allow Fellows the ability to continue in their full time professional roles while also allowing the opportunity to engage with national leaders in hospital medicine. Regular communication and interactions take place through both synchronous and asynchronous means. Fellows’ responsibilities during the 12-month experience include: completion of six guided peer reviews, preparation of one or two editorials, participation in monthly editorial meetings, and quarterly educational videoconferences. Interested Fellows may also have an opportunity to co-lead the journal’s online journal club, #JHMChat.² Fellows are expected to attend the editorial staff meeting at the annual Society of Hospital Medicine Conference.

With this program, JHM aims to accomplish several tasks. First, we hope to offer a unique educational experience that allows for further growth, development, inspiration, and experience in academic medicine—specifically around the manuscript review and editorial processes. Second, recognizing that a journal’s quality is frequently a product of its reviewers, JHM hopes to build a cadre of well-trained and experienced reviewers and, hopefully, future members of the JHM editorial leadership team. Third, the program hopes to act as a networking experience, allowing editorial Fellows to learn from, collaborate with, and become academic leaders in the field. Finally, we hope to provide an opportunity for Fellows to be academically productive in their composition of editorial content—an output that will help catalyze their professional development.

We believe that in working closely with the JHM editorial staff, this program will help develop the next generation of leaders in academic hospital medicine. We strongly encourage applications from physicians who have been historically under-represented in leadership in academic medicine. Further details and the application can be found in the appendix and on the JHM website (www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com). It will be announced annually through the @JHospMedicine twitter handle.

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

The peer review and editorial processes are integral activities in academic medicine that provide ethical, independent, and unbiased critical assessment of submitted manuscripts to academic journals. Recognizing that few trainees or junior faculty are formally exposed to these processes,¹ the Journal of Hospital Medicine aims to fill this opportunity gap through the launch of a one-year Editorial Fellowship.

The Fellowship is open to chief residents, hospital medicine fellows, and junior faculty (eg, Assistant Professor or Clinical Instructor). Starting in July of each year, a group of four to six applicants are paired with editorial mentors who are current JHM Deputy or Associate Editors. Structured as a distance-learning program, this program aims to allow Fellows the ability to continue in their full time professional roles while also allowing the opportunity to engage with national leaders in hospital medicine. Regular communication and interactions take place through both synchronous and asynchronous means. Fellows’ responsibilities during the 12-month experience include: completion of six guided peer reviews, preparation of one or two editorials, participation in monthly editorial meetings, and quarterly educational videoconferences. Interested Fellows may also have an opportunity to co-lead the journal’s online journal club, #JHMChat.² Fellows are expected to attend the editorial staff meeting at the annual Society of Hospital Medicine Conference.

With this program, JHM aims to accomplish several tasks. First, we hope to offer a unique educational experience that allows for further growth, development, inspiration, and experience in academic medicine—specifically around the manuscript review and editorial processes. Second, recognizing that a journal’s quality is frequently a product of its reviewers, JHM hopes to build a cadre of well-trained and experienced reviewers and, hopefully, future members of the JHM editorial leadership team. Third, the program hopes to act as a networking experience, allowing editorial Fellows to learn from, collaborate with, and become academic leaders in the field. Finally, we hope to provide an opportunity for Fellows to be academically productive in their composition of editorial content—an output that will help catalyze their professional development.

We believe that in working closely with the JHM editorial staff, this program will help develop the next generation of leaders in academic hospital medicine. We strongly encourage applications from physicians who have been historically under-represented in leadership in academic medicine. Further details and the application can be found in the appendix and on the JHM website (www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com). It will be announced annually through the @JHospMedicine twitter handle.

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.