e447 | SQU Medical Journal, May 2015, Volume 15, Issue 2

إشعار بنشر مزدوج
الفوائد املتصورة من التدريب باحملاكاة يف ما قبل املرحلة السريرية على حصيلة التدريب السريري عند طالب 

التمريض العمانيني

Notice of duplicate publicatioN

Notice of Duplicate Publication 
Perceived benefits of pre-clinical simulation-based training on clinical learning 

outcomes among Omani undergraduate nursing students

The Editors of Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (SQUMJ) have been informed that an article by 
Madhavanprabhakaran et al. in the February 2015 issue of SQUMJ overlaps significantly with the content of an 
article published by Madhavanprabhakaran et al. in Nurse Education in Practice in April 2015.1,2 The Editors of 
SQUMJ wish to notify the readers of both journals of this issue.

Upon examination of the above two articles, there was evidence of major duplication/overlap with neither 
article referencing the other. The levels of similarity and duplication between the articles contravened the policies 
of ethical publication as defined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the Committee 
on Publication Ethics.3,4 

For the reasons stated herein, the article by Madhavanprabhakaran et al. in Nurse Education in Practice has 
now been retracted.2 The article by Madhavanprabhakaran et al. will not be retracted from SQUMJ.1 The authors 
have agreed to the publication of this notice. The corresponding author takes sole responsibility for the duplicate 
publication and would like to apologise to the readers, reviewers and editors of Nurse Education in Practice and 
SQUMJ. Furthermore, the corresponding author would like to assure all concerned parties that the duplicate 
publication was unintentional. 

References
1. Madhavanprabhakaran G, Al-Khasawneh E, Wittmann L. Perceived benefits of pre-clinical simulation-based training on clinical learning 

outcomes among Omani undergraduate nursing students. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2015; 15:e105–11. 

2. Madhavanprabhakaran GK, Al-Khasawneh E, Ramasubramaniam S, Akintola AA. Students’ perceived benefits of pre-clinical simulation 
based training (PSBT) on enhancing patient safety and clinical learning outcomes. Nurse Educ Pract 2015; pii: S1471-5953(15)00055-4. 
doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2015.03.009.

3. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Overlapping publications. From: www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/
publishing-and-editorial-issues/overlapping-publications.html  Accessed: Jul 2015.

4. Committee on Publication Ethics. Flowcharts. From: www.publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts  Accessed: Jul 2015.

n o t i c e o f d u p l i c at e p u b l i c at i o n f o r: m a d h ava n p r a b h a k a r a n e t a l. 
p e r c e i v e d b e n e f i t s o f p r e-c l i n i c a l s i m u l at i o n-b a s e d t r a i n i n g o n 
c l i n i c a l l e a r n i n g o u t c o m e s a m o n g o m a n i u n d e r g r a d u at e n u r s i n g 
s t u d e n t s. s u lta n q a b o o s u n i v m e d j 2015; 15:e 105–11.

Sultan Qaboos University Med J, August 2015, Vol. 15, Iss. 3, p. e447, Epub. 24 Aug 15. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2015.15.03.028.

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