Student BMJ

Student BMJ is a monthly, international medical journal for medical students and junior doctors. It is published by the BMJ Group.

Student BMJ was launched as a print journal in 1992 with the aim of publishing articles for medical students, and is compiled by a full-time student editor, who takes a year out from medical school. International expert authors and students work together to explain how to read research papers, provide practical careers advice, and put theory into practice both in print and online.

The current student editor is Éabha Lynn who works together with the current senior editor of BMJ.

History

Student BMJ was launched in print format in 1992, becoming the first international journal written specifically for medical students.^[1]

Articles

Most of the articles are written by medical students and are submitted rather than commissioned. Student BMJ comprises News, Editorials, Life (a range of articles including debates, ethics, art, history, politics, and student experiences), Careers, Education, Picture quizzes, Research explained (a student friendly appraisal of a BMJ research paper), Views and reviews, and Eyespy (short, quirky medical stories).

Peer review

Although it is a student journal, it functions as any other medical journal. Articles are peer-reviewed by students from all over the world. The journal receives about 50 submissions each month. A decision is made to accept a manuscript or not within eight weeks on average. Only a handful of the submissions are finally accepted.^{[citation needed]}

Impact and awards

The journal has won the Guardian Student Media Award twice.^{[citation needed]}

Other services

The editorial team writes a monthly email alert called 5 Minutes for Students, with short summaries of articles and other services from the BMJ Group. The site also has a native iPhone app, which currently has five different categories in the main interface and allows bookmarking of articles.

Former student editors

The following persons have been student editor of the journal:

2022-2023 Charlotte Rose
2021–2022 Pat Lok
2020–2021 Nikki Nabavi
2019–2020 Anna Harvey
2018–2019 Laura Nunez-Mulder
2013–2014 Katherine Bettany
2012–2013 Isobel Weinberg
2011–2012 Neil Chanchlani
2010–2011 Oliver Ellis
2009–2010 Prizzi Zarsadias
2008–2009 Jessie Colquhoun
2007–2008 Hugh Ip
2006–2007 Balaji Ravichandran
2005–2006 Tiago Villanueva/Klaus Morales
2003–2005 Deborah Cohen
2002–2003 Anna Ellis
2001–2002 Navin Chohan
2000–2001 Jason O'Neale Roach
1999–2000 Siân Knight
1998–1999 Simon Kirwin
1997–1998 Jessica Buchan (Westall)
1996–1997 Pritpal Tamber
1992–1996 Luisa Dillner

References

^ Claxton, Richard (28 September 1996). "The Student BMJ". The BMJ. 313 (7060): 766. doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7060.766. PMC 2352171. PMID 8924844.

External links

Official website

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[1] Claxton, Richard (28 September 1996). "The Student BMJ". The BMJ. 313 (7060): 766. doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7060.766. PMC 2352171. PMID 8924844.

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