New Opportunities For Research Publication


New	
  Opportunities	
  For	
  Research	
  
Publication	
  
	
  
Ronald	
  McGinnis,	
  M.D.	
  
Interim	
  Dean	
  
College	
  of	
  Medicine	
  &	
  Life	
  Sciences	
  
	
  
Just	
  as	
  the	
  Internet	
  is	
  transforming	
  traditional	
  
teaching	
  models	
  in	
  medical	
  education,	
  it	
  also	
  is	
  
changing	
  the	
  publication	
  model	
  for	
  scholarly	
  work	
  as	
  
evidenced	
  by	
  the	
  growth	
  in	
  open	
  access	
  journals	
  no	
  
longer	
  tied	
  to	
  the	
  volume/issue	
  cycles	
  of	
  traditional	
  
printing.	
  	
  Medical	
  schools	
  around	
  the	
  world	
  are	
  
adopting	
  this	
  concept	
  to	
  facilitate	
  publication	
  
resulting	
  from	
  early	
  research	
  involvement	
  of	
  students	
  
and	
  the	
  transition	
  to	
  academic	
  medicine	
  of	
  residents	
  
and	
  fellows.	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
	
  
I	
  would	
  like	
  to	
  congratulate	
  the	
  Editorial	
  Staff	
  for	
  

launch	
  of	
  UT’s	
  new	
  online	
  journal,	
  Translation:	
  The	
  University	
  of	
  Toledo	
  Journal	
  of	
  Medical	
  
Sciences.	
  	
  The	
  Journal	
  will	
  welcome	
  original	
  articles	
  describing	
  novel	
  results	
  of	
  basic	
  and	
  
clinical	
  research,	
  case	
  reports,	
  and	
  reviews.	
  	
  The	
  review	
  process	
  will	
  be	
  rapid	
  and	
  will	
  be	
  
applied	
  uniformly,	
  while	
  recognizing	
  the	
  restrictions	
  imposed	
  by	
  clinical	
  training	
  and	
  
curricular	
  scheduling	
  on	
  early	
  career	
  stage	
  investigators,	
  where	
  the	
  flexibility	
  to	
  complete	
  
additional	
  experiments	
  is	
  not	
  available.	
  	
  Support	
  from	
  the	
  faculty	
  both	
  within	
  and	
  outside	
  
of	
  the	
  institution	
  is	
  essential	
  as	
  a	
  source	
  of	
  expert	
  peer	
  review	
  through	
  critique	
  of	
  the	
  
design,	
  conduct,	
  analysis	
  and	
  communication	
  of	
  results	
  while	
  upholding	
  excellence	
  in	
  early	
  
stage	
  work.	
  	
  	
  
	
  
Translation	
  will	
  serve	
  to	
  highlight	
  the	
  growing	
  momentum	
  of	
  clinical	
  and	
  translation	
  
research	
  within	
  professional	
  and	
  graduate	
  programs.	
  	
  In	
  2013	
  52%	
  of	
  residents	
  and	
  fellows	
  
participated	
  in	
  clinical	
  research	
  resulting	
  in	
  51	
  conference	
  presentations.	
  	
  In	
  2012	
  we	
  
experienced	
  a	
  40%	
  increase	
  in	
  the	
  number	
  of	
  1st	
  year	
  medical	
  students	
  involved	
  in	
  the	
  
summer	
  research	
  program.	
  	
  As	
  a	
  final	
  part	
  of	
  the	
  experience,	
  all	
  these	
  students	
  present	
  
their	
  work	
  at	
  the	
  Summer	
  Research	
  Forum,	
  with	
  many	
  of	
  these	
  progressing	
  to	
  presentation	
  
at	
  national	
  meetings.	
  	
  Approximately	
  50	
  students	
  per	
  year	
  choose	
  the	
  MSBS	
  program	
  as	
  an	
  
entry	
  path	
  to	
  medical	
  school.	
  	
  All	
  are	
  required	
  to	
  complete	
  scholarly	
  projects	
  during	
  the	
  
summer	
  following	
  their	
  didactic	
  work.	
  	
  For	
  many	
  of	
  these	
  projects,	
  preparation	
  of	
  a	
  
manuscript	
  for	
  faculty	
  review	
  and	
  publication	
  in	
  Translation	
  can	
  be	
  an	
  appropriate	
  
milestone	
  in	
  their	
  scholarly	
  development.	
  	
  	
  
	
  
I	
  would	
  urge	
  all	
  faculty	
  in	
  research	
  mentoring	
  roles	
  to	
  encourage	
  manuscript	
  submission	
  to	
  
further	
  showcase	
  the	
  excellent	
  accomplishments	
  within	
  our	
  institution.