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Why the Journal of Regional Medical Campuses? Why now? 
Paula M. Termuhlen, MD, Alan Johns, MD, MEd 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jrmc.v1i1.1004  
Journal of Regional Medical Campuses, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (2018)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jrmc.v1i1.1004                                          Journal of Regional Medical Campuses, Vol. 1, Issue 1 
 

Volume 1, Issue 1 (2018)                    Journal of Regional Medical Campuses                           Perspectives 

Why the Journal of Regional Medical Campuses? 

Why now? 
Paula M. Termuhlen, MD and Alan Johns, MD, MEd 

Editors-in-Chief 

 

There has never been a better time for us to start a 

journal that reflects the innovation and flexibility of 

the regional medical campus.  For those of us who 

serve on regional campuses in the roles of faculty, 

staff, administrators, and students, we know why we 

came, who we are and what we do.  However, for 

many in the medical education community, little is 

known about the 115 regional campuses in the 

United States and Canada.  

 

The JRMC was born out of a need to tell our stories 

and share our unique perspectives and challenges.  

Over half of the medical schools in the United States 

and Canada have regional campuses that are often 

mission focused with various numbers of students at 

various stages of their medical school careers.  Just 

like our institutions where “when you’ve seen one 

medical school, you’ve seen one medical school”, our 

associated regional campuses each have their own 

unique culture and processes.  The JRMC is our 

opportunity to enhance the academic environments 

of our campuses by creating a home for the 

scholarship produced on our campuses.  The richness 

of our work is reflected in the thoughtful writing of 

our students and faculty.  Basic and translational 

research that emphasizes our locales and missions 

needs a place to be shared.  Discussions of 

operational challenges such as those associated with 

admissions processes and faculty development 

across campuses also needs a place where others can 

learn of best practices and lessons learned. Our 

contributors deserve a quality open-access, on-line 

venue for their valuable scholarship that will be 

indexed in Medline. Our readers need to know 

published articles have been peer-reviewed by editors 

and reviewers from many regional medical campuses. 

 

In the spirit of open-access publishing, we offer to you 

our first issue of the JRMC which includes work from 

across the US and Canada.  We want to thank the 

University of Minnesota Libraries for providing the 

opportunity for us to lead this effort from the 

University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth 

Campus.  We want to thank our Editorial Board and 

Reviewers from across North America who are 

helping to shape the launch of this journal.  We also 

want to thank the AAMC Group on Regional Medical 

Campuses for providing support and sharing 

information to help our future readers learn about 

our journal.  Our goal is for the JRMC to become the 

preeminent place for scholarship produced on 

regional campuses.  Join us! 

 
 

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