Research and Development in Medical Education (RDME) is an international open-access, peer-reviewed journal considers articles related to the training of healthcare professionals, including undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education. The journal specifically focuses on curriculum development, program evaluation, teaching methods, assessment, evidence-based practice and decision making, best evidence medical education, educational leadership and management, e-learning, educational research methodologies, educational scholarship reports. Advantages of publish in RDME for authors are:
- Free of charge publication for authors
- Fast and constructive peer review process
- Easy and quick online submission
- Rapid publication (25 working days)
- Worldwide free access to all readers (open access journal)
- Manuscript should be written in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these).
- All manuscripts must be typed double spaced, single column, in size 12 font and 3cm margins should be left.
- Submitted manuscripts to the RDME should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Types of manuscripts suitable for RDME include:
- Original
- Reviews
- Commentaries
- Reports( Educational experiences)
- Editorial
- Letter
- Protocols
- Educational Scholarship
- Short Communication
Title Page
Prepare the title page in the following way:
- Informative title of manuscript
- Name of authors (Full name: first, middle and last name)
- Affiliation
- Corresponding author (full postal and email address, telephone and fax number)
- Running title: A short title of manuscript
Abstract Page
Abstract: A factual concise abstract (up to 250 words) is required for every manuscript. The abstract should consist of following sections that each section should describe briefly:
- Background
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
- Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, at least 3 keywords should be
included using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms
and multiple concepts. Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) should be used in
selecting keywords.
References
- References should be presented using Vancouver style.
- Use abbreviates names of journals according to the journals list in PubMed.
Examples
Book
Gunderman RB. Achieving excellence in medical education. 2end ed. New York: Springer; 2011.
Book on internet
Contributions to Books
Sumner P, Mollon JD. Did primate trichromacy evolve for frugivorvy or folivory? In: Mollon JD, Pokorny J, editors. Normal and defective colour vision. New York: Oxford University Press;2003.
Translated book
Translate to English: Belitz HD, Grosch W, Scheberele. Food chemistery. 3rd ed. Burghagen MM, translator. Berlin: Springer;2004.
Translate to Persian: Spock B, Needlman R. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care. Fazilati M, translator. Tehran: Meyareh Andishe;2010.[Persian]
Journal article
Koonin EV, Altschul SF, Bork P. BRCA1 protein products: functional motifs. Nat Genet 1996; 13(3):266-67.
Dissertation
Kempner JL. Aching heads, making medicine: gender and legitimacy in headache [Master Thesis]. Philadelphia: University of pennsylvania;2004.
Web site (Home page)
Hooper JF. Pschiatry & the law: forensic psychiatric resource page [Internet]. Tuscaloosa(AL): University of Alabama, Department of Pscchiatry and Neurology;1991 Jan 1 [ updated 2006 Jul 8; cited 2007 Feb 23]. Available from:
http:// bama.ua.edu/jhooper/
Report
Page E, Harnecy JM. Health hazard evaluation report. cincinnati (OH): National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US);2011. Report NO: HETA2000-0139-2824.
Conference Publications
Pacak K, Aguilera G, Sabban E, Kvetnansky R, editors. Stress: current neuroendocrine and genetic approach. 8th Symposium on Catecholamines and other Neurotransmitters in stress; 2003 Jun 28- Jul 3; Smolenice Castle, Slovakia. New York: New York Academy of Sciences; 2004.
Dostrovsky JO, Carr DB, Koltzenburg M, editors. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Pain; 2002 Aug 17-22; San Diego, CA. Seattke: IASP Press; 2003.
Ethical Issues
Research and Development in Medical Education request all authors, editors and reviewers to consider
COPE,
ICMJE and
Equator Network’s reporting guidelines in medical ethics plus scientific writing.
Policy of RDME about Publication ethics and malpractice statement adhere
COPE guideline for journal editors,
peer reviewer and authors.
File formats are acceptable for the manuscripts in RDME:
• Microsoft Word (version 2007)
• Rich text format (RTF)
• Do NOT submit a manuscript in PDF form
Tables must be created in DOC or RTF format. Do not copy tables from other software (SPSS, Excel, …).
The figures must be submitted in TIF or EPS format according to the minimum resolution:
- 1200 dpi (dots per inch) for black and white line art (simple bar graphs, charts, etc.)
- 300 dpi for halftones (black and white photographs)
- 600 dpi for combination halftones (photographs that also contain line art such as labeling or thin lines), figures should be saved as individual files. Vector-based figures (e.g. figures created in Adobe Illustrator) should be submitted in EPS format.
- Color figures must be submitted in a CMYK color.
As part of the submission process, authors should check their submission's compliance with all of the following items. Submitted manuscripts that do not adhere to checklist and guidelines may be returned to authors.
- The submitted manuscript has not been previously published.
- The submission file must be in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Manuscript include: Title page, Abstract (introduction, methods, results, conclusion and keywords), Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgment, Competing interests, References.
- Tables and figures adhere formats mentioned in author guideline.
- References have written in Vancouver format in medicine.
- Submission form that has been completed by all authors, must send via email to Journal office (RDME.journal@tbzmed.ac.ir)
Authors should ensure that papers conform to the scientific and style instructions given above. In order to accelerate the publication process the Journal requires that manuscripts be submitted online using Online Submission facility of the journal.