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JCEHP Instructions for Authors

Note: Authors should also refer to the pre-submission checklist found at the end of this document.

Scope and Mission

The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions serves as a peer-reviewed forum for scholarly works addressing all aspects of continuing professional development (CPD) for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals.  Closely allied fields such as knowledge translation, patient safety and quality improvement are also of interest.

The journal serves three major audiences:

  • Practitioners: those who administer, design, implement, and/or evaluate educational programs and other types of interventions aimed at facilitating learning, improving professional practice, and ultimately improving the quality of healthcare
  • Researchers: those who engage in systematic inquiry to enhance theory and practice in CPD and allied fields
  • Policymakers: those who advocate for and create policies affecting CPD and allied fields

It is expected that manuscripts will address one or more major topics of concern to theory and practice in the field of continuing education, including, but not limited to:

  • Goals and purposes of CPD
  • Innovative educational programs and interventions
  • Educational program planning, development and administration
  • Instructional design and techniques (including instructional technology)
  • Learning and behavior change (individual, team, organizational)
  • Quality improvement/performance improvement
  • Outcomes assessment and evaluation
  • Educational research methods
  • Trends and issues affecting the field of CPD
  • Professionalism/ethics
  • Educational policy and law

Authors who are uncertain about whether their manuscript falls within JCEHP's scope are encouraged to contact the Editor-in-Chief for more information at [email protected].

Editorial Policy

Manuscripts are considered for publication if they are submitted only to this journal and the author has not published similar topics elsewhere. One author should be the primary contact. The journal is not responsible if a manuscript is lost. Authors should keep a copy of their manuscript.

Authorship

JCEHP employs the authorship criteria recommended in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org).

Individual authors: To be considered an author, contributors must meet all of the following conditions:  1) substantial contributions to conception and design of the study, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) final approval of the version to be published.  Corresponding authors must attest that all authors listed on the manuscript meet these conditions.

Multicenter groups: When a large, multicenter group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship defined above and will be asked to complete an author and conflict-of-interest disclosure form. When submitting a manuscript authored by a group, the corresponding author should clearly indicate the preferred citation and identify all individual authors as well as the group name.  Other members of the group should be listed in the Acknowledgments.

Other considerations:

  • The acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship.
  • All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed.
  • Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.

Presubmission Enquiries

All enquiries regarding suitability should be submitted to the submission site at http://www.editorialmanager.com/jcehp/default.aspx. They should be submitted as a "Presubmission Enquiry" article type and include a cover letter and the intended manuscript's abstract. Presubmission Enquiries will either receive an encouragement or discouragement of submission of the full manuscript.

Submission Types

Types of manuscripts suitable for publication in JCEHP include the following. All submissions other than book reviews are double-blind peer-reviewed.

    1. Original research. Quantitative, qualitative, mixed method. CPD research articles must include an outcomes assessment component that includes an objective measure of competency or clinical practice. Up to 4,500 words.

    Original Research Article Structure:

    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Lessons for Practice (limited to 3)

    2.    Reviews.  Systematic reviews, realist reviews, critical assessments of the research literature. Up to 4,500 words.

    3.    Innovations.  Practical applications of new approaches to continuing education or novel applications of existing approaches. Reports of educational interventions must include a program evaluation component that includes an objective measure of competency or clinical practice i.e Moore's Outcomes framework (29(1):1-15, 2009, JCEHP). Up to 3,000 words.

    Innovation Article Structure:

    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Evaluation Methodology
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Lessons for Practice (limited to 3)

    4.    Short Reports should be manuscripts that detail intended research plans, studies or evaluations of continuing professional development interventions that are currently in progress or have been recently finished. Consider writing a short report if:

    • Research has been undertaken but either the data is not the main takeaway of the manuscript or it is still in preliminary stages.
    • The main topic of your manuscript is of general concern to the wider continuing professional development community.
    • You intend to detail an innovation or present your own thoughts and ideas as a scholarly argument.
    • You are going to propose and describe a new hypothesis or research question or intend to detail a view about an issue in continuing professional development.
    • You intend to theorize the implications of implementing new programs and/or innovations

    Manuscript Parameters:

    • 1,500 word limit
    • 15 reference limit
    • 1 table/figure
    • Structured abstract of no more than 200 words
    • Text structured with the following headings: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion

    5.    Forum. Issues, problems, and/or proposed solutions as they relate to the CPD field. Up to 3,000 words.

    Forum Article (structure)
    PROBLEM STATEMENT

    • Clear outline of the problem as related to the CPD healthcare field.

    SOLUTION

    • Clear discussion of proposed solution(s) that can be conceptual, practical or evidence-based from appropriate literature to the problem.
    • The discussion should address potential implications for design, implementation, and evaluation/assessment of future CPD interventions.

    CONCLUSION

    • A summary of key problem and solution points
    • A clear take-home message concerning development of future CPD interventions
    • Lessons for Practice

    5.    Foundations.  Theoretical, philosophical, or historical analyses. Of particular interest is the description, exploration, and/or evaluation of theoretical frameworks and methods from other fields for their applicability to CPD. Up to 3,000 words.

    6.    Methodology.  Research and evaluation approaches, new developments, critical issues. Up to 2,000 words.

    7.    Book reviews. (only by invitation or prior approval of Book Review Editor). Up to 1,000 words and 3 citations.

    8.    Rapid Communications. Concise research or report findings related to continuing professional development of high priority. Communication structure should include headings "Introduction", "Discussion" and "Conclusion". Communications will have expedited review and revision times.

    • Title: Maximum of 20 words
    • Format: Maximum of 1000 words (no abstract)
    • References: No more than 5 references
    • Maximum 1 Table OR Figure

Submission of Manuscript
Online manuscript submission: All manuscripts must be submitted online through the new Web site
http://edmgr.ovid.com/jcehp/accounts/ifauth.htm. A checklist of submission requirements may be found at the end of this document. First-time users: Please click the Register button from the menu near the top of the page and enter the requested information. On successful registration, you will be sent an e-mail indicating your username and password. Note: If you have received an e-mail from us with an assigned user ID and password, or if you are a repeat user, do not register again. Just log into Editorial Manager. Once you have an assigned ID and password, you do not have to re-register, even if your status changes (that is, author, reviewer, or editor). Authors: Please click the log-in button from the menu at the top of the page and log in to the system as an Author. Submit your manuscript according to the author instructions. You will be able to track the progress of your manuscript through the system. If you experience any problems, please contact us through the "Contact Us" tab along the top of every page of the submission site.

Manuscript Preparation
Number the pages at the upper right from the first page of the text to the end of the references. Most submissions may be up to 3000 words (approximately 15 text pages) excluding references, tables, and figures. In addition, most submissions limit tables/figures to 5 tables/figures total (see Submission Types for alternative limits for specific article types.) As indicated under Submission Types above, Book Reviews and Short Reports have a limit of 1,500 words. Under exceptional consideration, longer articles may be published. Approval to exceed word limits should be obtained prior to submission (contact the Editor at [email protected]).

Cover Letter: Submit a cover letter to the Editor addressing the following points: a. The authors’ intent to submit solely to The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. b. Verification that the manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere, and c. indication from the authors that it will not be submitted elsewhere until a final decision is made by the Editor of The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions.

Manuscript Structure:  All manuscripts must be submitted as Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) files. All manuscript pages (including references, tables, and figure legends) must be double-spaced. Use a standard, 12-point typeface such as Times New Roman or Arial. Top, bottom, and side margins should be set at 1 inch. Each page and line must be numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page. The use of subheadings is discouraged in all but the most complex of papers. Footnotes are not allowed except in tables or figures. For direct quotations, acknowledge the author and source. Authors must include the following items in the manuscript file.

Abstract: Original Research, Reviews, and Innovations should be summarized in a structured abstract of not more than 250 words. The structured abstract should include four components: 1) the introduction, including the problem statement and purpose, 2) a statement of methods, describing how data were collected and managed, 3) a synopsis of results, and 4) a short discussion of the findings, including implications for practice. Submissions for Forum, Foundations, and Methodology sections should be summarized in an unstructured abstract of 250 words or less. Do not cite references in abstracts. Spell out abbreviations and acronyms.

At the end of the abstract, authors must supply from three to eight key words or phrases that identify the most important subjects covered by the paper. Key words are used to match manuscripts with peer reviewers, so care should be taken in their selection. Authors are encouraged to give careful consideration to the content of titles and abstracts and their choice of key words.  Electronic searches often rely on them.

Title Page: Submit this page as a separate file when you are instructed to attach files to your submission. Include the title of the article and the corresponding author’s name, preferred address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. Also include full names of all authors, degrees, and other credentials such a fellowships and certifications; academic and/or other professional affiliations, as well as academic or professional titles. Author identification should appear only on the title page of the manuscript. All titles must no more than 20 words. Authors should supply a short version of the title, suitable for the running head and not exceeding 50-character spaces. The total word count of the manuscript (not including references) should be listed on the title page. All relevant conflicts of interest and sources of funding should be included on the title page of the manuscript with the heading “Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding.”  See Conflicts of Interest section below for more information.

Acknowledgments: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section.  Because readers may infer their endorsement of the data and conclusions, these persons must give their permission to be acknowledged.  Corresponding authors are responsible for obtaining permissions.  Acknowledgements should be noted on the title page.

Lessons for Practice: Every manuscript must include lessons learned for planning, evaluation, or policy development. Each lesson is a single sentence summary of a finding.  Lessons for Practice should be placed on their own page at the end of the main document in bullet point format (limit 3 total bullet points) and may not exceed a total of 100 words.  At publication, all lessons appear in a text box within the printed article. 

References: JCEHP uses AMA style for references.  Basic examples are provided below.  For other types of references, please consult the AMA Manual of Style, 10th Edition.  All references are to be numbered consecutively in the order of first mention and listed at the end of every paper. In the text, references should be cited consecutively by the corresponding superscript number. For direct quotations, page numbers should be included following the superscript number. All papers that are published, in press, personal communications, and unpublished observations must be included. Abbreviations for journal titles should conform to those used in PubMed. Up to eight author names with initials should be provided in the reference listing.

Journal articles: Fox RD. Using theory and research to shape the practice of continuing professional development. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2000;20(4):238-246.

Books: Dennett DC. Freedom evolves. New York, NY: Penguin Group; 2003.

Book Section:  Todd Z, Harrison SJ.  Metaphor analysis.  In: Hesse-Biber SN, Leavy P, eds. Handbook of Emergent Methods. New York, NY: The Guilford Press; 2008:479-493.

Internet Source (specific article): National Library of Medicine. Fact Sheet: Medline. Available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/medline.html. Accessed January 7, 2005.

Internet Source (site): American Board of Medical Specialties. Available at: http://www.abms.org. Accessed January 7, 2005.

Figures: All figures must be discussed or mentioned in the text and numbered in order of mention. Each figure must be provided with a brief, descriptive legend.  Legends for all figures must appear at the end of the main manuscript document.  Explanatory material for abbreviations in the figure should be explained in the legend for the figure. Every figure should be fully understandable even without narrative in the text.

If the submission includes figures, art saved in digital format should be submitted. Figures must be submitted as individual files separate from the document file in Editorial Manager.

A) Creating Digital Artwork

  1. Learn about the publication requirements for Digital Artwork: http://links.lww.com/ES/A42
  2. Create, Scan and Save your artwork and compare your final figure to the Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist (below).
  3. Upload each figure to Editorial Manager in conjunction with your manuscript text and tables.

B) Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist
Here are the basics to have in place before submitting your digital artwork:

  • Artwork should be saved as TIFF, EPS, or MS Office (DOC, PPT, XLS) files. High resolution PDF files are also acceptable.
  • Crop out any white or black space surrounding the image.
  • Diagrams, drawings, graphs, and other line art must be vector or saved at a resolution of at least 1200 dpi. If created in an MS Office program, send the native (DOC, PPT, XLS) file.
  • Photographs, radiographs and other halftone images must be saved at a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
  • Photographs and radiographs with text must be saved as postscript or at a resolution of at least 600 dpi.
  • Each figure must be saved and submitted as a separate file. Figures should not be embedded in the manuscript text file.

Remember:

  • Cite figures consecutively in your manuscript.
  • Number figures in the figure legend in the order in which they are discussed.
  • Upload figures consecutively to the Editorial Manager web site and enter figure numbers consecutively in the Description field when uploading the files.

Tables: Tables must be discussed or mentioned in the text and numbered in order of mention. Each table should have a brief descriptive title. Do not include explanatory material in the title: use footnotes, keyed to the table with superior lower-case letters. Place all footnotes to a table at the end of the table. Define all data in the column heads and provide a key explaining all abbreviations that are not widely understood. Every table should be fully understandable even without references to the text. Authors are strongly encouraged to become familiar with the format of tables published in The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions by reviewing recently published tables. Tables should be provided in a separate file from the main document.

Supplemental Digital Content:  Authors may submit supplemental digital content to enhance their article’s text and to be considered for online-only posting. Supplemental digital content may include the following types of content: text documents, graphs, tables, figures, graphics, illustrations, audio, and video.

Permissions
The author must request permission for the use of material owned by others such as any copyrighted material: tables, charts, forms, and figures. All letters of permission should be submitted with the manuscript.

Ethical Approval of Studies/Informed Consent

Authors of manuscripts that describe experimental studies on either humans or animals must supply to the Editor a statement that the study was approved by an institutional review committee or ethics committee and that the subjects gave informed consent. Such approval should be described in the Methods section of the manuscript. In addition, for studies conducted with human subjects, the method by which informed consent was obtained from the participants (i.e., verbal or written) also needs to be stated in the Methods section. Your institutional approval/exemption letter MUST be uploaded with your submission as a supplemental file.

In those situations where a formal institutional review board process is not available, the authors must indicate that the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki have been followed. More information regarding the Declaration of Helsinki can be found at https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/ 

The editors of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions understand that ethics approval for Quality Improvement (QI) papers can be challenging, but the journal feels that potential conflicts of interest or ethical issues should be fully addressed and investigated by authors. The editors do recognize that there is no widely accepted consensus statement for identifying quality improvement projects that may be qualified as exempt from traditional ethics review for research on human subjects. The journal also acknowledges that requirements for monitoring these projects can vary by institution and country. Due to the variation in standards, JCEHP has adopted the below statement regarding the requirement of ethics review in manuscripts submitted to the journal.

The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions requires authors of Original Research, Innovations and Short Reports to have received Institutional Review Board ethical approval for their study. If a study received Institutional Review Board exemption, the journal reserves the right to request additional information from the authors regarding any potential conflicts of interest or ethical issues around their study and how these conflicts or concerns were ameliorated.

 “All authors should seek approval to conduct research from an independent local, regional or national review body (e.g., ethics committee, institutional review board). If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach and demonstrate that the local, regional or national review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study. Approval by a responsible review body does not preclude editors from forming their own judgment whether the conduct of the research was appropriate.”

Protection of Research Participants-International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Authors of the above paper types who received Institutional Review Board exemption should be prepared to address some or all of the below questions, drawn from the “Ethical Considerations” section of the SQUIRE Checklist.

  • How did you address any potential harms, specifically connected with efforts to improve the quality, safety, and value of healthcare services including opportunity costs, invasion of privacy, and staff distress resulting from disclosure of poor performance?
  • How does your study demonstrate credible evidence for efficacy resulting from the introduction of your specific intervention?
  • Did your study introduce meaningful disruption, failure, distress, confusion or other dysfunction into a healthcare delivery system? Did this adversely affect any patient or staff in a way that prevented care from reaching its full potential?
  • Did your study result in the loss of ability to perform other tasks or responsibilities resulting from the diversion of resources required to introduce, test or maintain an improvement initiative?

Above the “Submission of Manuscript” section and below the “Submission Type” section, please add a new section:

Reporting Study Design: The purpose of reporting the research design of any study is to provide readers with sufficient information to understand the basic components of how the study was constructed in order to address the research question or hypothesis. The description of a study design typically includes details about the selection and assignment of participants, procedures, measures, data collection, and intended analyses.

  • If your study has a control group, ensure you describe what the participants in the control group are doing to help the reader compare groups.
  • If your study uses a satisfaction survey, explain how it will help you answer your research question. These types of surveys only tell you if participants enjoyed an educational intervention and may need to be partnered with other outcome measures to fully address your question.
  • If you are designing your own rating instrument, describe how it was developed. If there are other similar rating instruments in the literature describe why your scale addresses an issue that the other instruments do not.

Different types of studies (eg., experimental, observational, systematic reviews, and qualitative) each have unique design features and should follow accepted reporting conventions. The EQUATOR Network website has a compendium of design guidelines for different types of research studies (eg., CONSORT, TREND, STROBE).

Reporting Results and Statistical Analyses: The purpose of the Results section of a manuscript is to provide a concise, objective reporting of analyses of the data from a study. Sufficient detail should be provided so that a knowledgeable reader can understand how data were processed, what statistical/analytic procedures were used, and what the results were of these procedures. The Results section should not include interpretations of the analyses or any other editorial comments regarding the data.

Preliminary Analyses

  • Describe any manipulation or alteration of the data that was done prior to analysis.  This might include: eliminating cases, handling of missing data, recoding of data, aggregation of categories or response sets, calculation of scales or multi-item measures.

Analysis:  

  • All analyses should be directly linked to one or more research hypotheses.
  • Describe the rationale for selecting a specific analytic technique or statistical test. The data being analyzed should meet the assumptions of the statistical test being used (eg., normally distributed underlying data structure, independent measures).
  • Complete test statistics should be stated. This includes test statistic values, degrees of freedom, and values.
  • P-values can be reported as exceeding previously stated criteria (eg., p<.05, p<.01) or exact p-values can be reported (eg., p=.03, p=.46).  P-values should be reported to at least two digits.
  • P-values are influenced by the number of participants (i.e., the more participants, the more likely a significant effect will be found). To understand the meaningfulness of a p-value it is best practice to report an effect size measure or a 95% confidence interval around your means in addition to a p-value.  Confidence intervals are not typically symmetrical. Reporting a point estimate or effective size and confidence interval can be reported as an alternative to reporting values [eg., odds ratio:  2.5 (CI 0.95 – 4.7)  would indicate that this point estimate is not statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
  • The more tests you apply on the same data set, the more likely you will find a significant result. If you are conducting more than two or three statistical tests on the same set of data, then you should apply a correction like a Bonferroni procedure to adjust the p-value for statistical significance.
  • Standard deviations should be reported with measures of central tendency that are approximately normally distributed and should be reported to two digits. Standard deviations should not be reported as (±SD).
  • For reporting correlational analyses, indicate the specific type of test that was used (eg., Pearson’s, Spearman’s).
  • For regression analysis, indicate the type of regression model/formula that was used (eg., forward-stepwise, backward-stepwise, best subset). Report regression coefficients as standardized weights. Report all regression model outcomes as r2 values.
  • For factor analyses, indicate the model that was used (eg., principle components, rotated).
  • When reporting Cronbach’s Alpha as a reliability coefficient, be aware that it can only be used if all of the items on your instrument have the same weight (ie., each item counted the same in a final score).
  • If you are reporting multiple types of reliability coefficients on the same data set (e.g., Cronbach’s Alpha, inter-rater reliability, and/or test-retest reliability) then consider using a generalizability analysis.
  • Figures and tables are used to help a reader understand the data but the text should refer the reader to important patterns and the figure or table should be defined in enough detail that the reader will understand what is presented.

In general, all statistics should report the exact statistic used and any modification to the analysis or models. The results of all calculated statistics should be reported, including non-statistically significant results. 

For more detailed information about the above guidelines please review the recommendations in JCEHP 38(2), 82-85  and 38(3), 154-157 .

Manuscripts reporting on clinical trials (as defined above) should indicate that the trials are registered and include the registry information on a separate page, immediately following the authors’ financial disclosure information. Required registry information includes trial registry name, registration identification number, and the URL for the registry.

Trials should be registered in one of the following trial registries:

Manuscripts containing original material are accepted for consideration if neither the article nor any part of its essential substance, tables, or figures has been or will be published or submitted elsewhere before appearing in the Journal (in part or in full, in other words or in the same words, in English or in another language), and will not be submitted elsewhere unless rejected by the The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions or withdrawn by the author. If an author violates this requirement or engages in similar misconduct, The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions Editorial Board may reject the manuscript or impose a moratorium on acceptance of new manuscripts from the author. If it deems the misconduct sufficiently serious, the Editorial Board can refer the matter for investigation to the author’s academic institution or hospital, and to the appropriate state or local disciplinary body.

Manuscript Review
Manuscripts are initially reviewed by the Editor in Chief and depending on subject area/article type an Associate Editor. Manuscripts are usually assessed by at least two peer reviewers in a double-blind process. Acceptance of manuscript is based on the reviews and the Editor's decision. Accepted manuscripts will be edited to conform to the standards of the journal.

Publication of Accepted Manuscripts
Editing changes are subject to author approval before publication. Authors will be notified in advance of the issue in which their article will appear.

Electronic page proofs and corrections
Corresponding authors will receive electronic page proofs to check the copyedited and typeset article before publication. Portable document format (PDF) files of the typeset pages and support documents (e.g., reprint order form) will be sent to the corresponding author via e-mail. Complete instructions will be provided with the e-mail for downloading and marking the electronic page proofs. Corresponding author must provide an email address. The proof/correction process is done electronically.

It is the author's responsibility to ensure that there are no errors in the proofs. Authors who are not native English speakers are strongly encouraged to have their manuscript carefully edited by a native English-speaking colleague. Changes that have been made to conform to journal style will stand if they do not alter the authors' meaning. Only the most critical changes to the accuracy of the content will be made. Changes that are stylistic or are a reworking of previously accepted material will be disallowed. The publisher reserves the right to deny any changes that do not affect the accuracy of the content. Authors may be charged for alterations to the proofs beyond those required to correct errors or to answer queries. Electronic proofs must be checked carefully, and corrections returned within 24 to 48 hours of receipt, as requested in the cover letter accompanying the page proofs.

Reprints
Authors will receive an email notification with a link to the order form soon after their article publishes in the journal (https://shop.lww.com/author-reprint). Reprints are normally shipped 6 to 8 weeks after publication of the issue in which the item appears. Contact the Reprint Department, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 351 W. Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201; Fax: 410.558.6234; E-mail: [email protected] with any questions.

Conflicts of Interest
Authors must state all possible conflicts of interest in the manuscript, including financial, consultant, institutional and other relationships that might lead to bias or a conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, this should also be explicitly stated as none declared. All sources of funding should be acknowledged in the manuscript. All relevant conflicts of interest and sources of funding should be included on the title page of the manuscript with the heading “Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding:” For example:

Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: A has received honoraria from Company Z. B is currently receiving a grant (#12345) from Organization Y, and is on the speaker’s bureau for Organization X – the CME organizers for Company A. For the remaining authors none were declared.

Copyright
In addition, each author must complete and submit the journal’s copyright transfer agreement, which includes a section on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest based on the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” (http://www.icmje.org). A copy of the form is made available to the submitting author within the Editorial Manager submission process.  Co-authors will automatically receive an Email with instructions on completing the form upon submission.

Compliance with NIH and Other Research Funding Agency Accessibility Requirements
A number of research funding agencies now require or request authors to submit the post-print (the article after peer review and acceptance but not the final published article) to a repository that is accessible online by all without charge. As a service to our authors, LWW will identify to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) articles that require deposit and will transmit the post-print of an article based on research funded in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or other funding agencies to PubMed Central. The copyright transfer agreement provides the mechanism.

Open access
Authors of accepted peer-reviewed articles have the choice to pay a fee to allow perpetual unrestricted online access to their published article to readers globally, immediately upon publication. Authors may take advantage of the open access option at the point of submission. Please note that this choice has no influence on the peer review and acceptance process. These articles are subject to the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.

The article processing charge (APC) is charged on acceptance of the article and should be paid within 30 days by the author, funding agency or institution. Payment must be processed for the article to be published open access. For a list of journals and pricing please visit our Wolters Kluwer Hybrid Open Access Journals page.

Authors retain copyright
Authors retain their copyright for all articles they opt to publish open access. Authors grant Wolters Kluwer an exclusive license to publish the article and the article is made available under the terms of a Creative Commons user license. Please visit our Open Access Publication Process page for more information.

Creative Commons license
Open access articles are freely available to read, download and share from the time of publication under the terms of the Creative Commons License Attribution-Non Commercial No Derivative (CC BY-NC-ND) license. This license does not permit reuse for any commercial purposes, nor does it cover the reuse or modification of individual elements of the work (such as figures, tables, etc.) in the creation of derivative works without specific permission.

Compliance with funder mandated open access policies
An author whose work is funded by an organization that mandates the use of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license is able to meet that requirement through the available open access license for approved funders. Information about the approved funders can be found here.

Read and Publish Agreements

Wolters Kluwer currently has read-and-publish agreements with institutional consortia listed here.

Corresponding authors who are affiliated with the participating institution and who qualify as eligible authors* can publish their eligible articles open access in the eligible LWW journals at no direct cost to them. Please see your institution’s individual policy for guidance on eligible article types and license choice. To qualify for the APC waiver, the corresponding author must provide their participating institution’s name and institutional email address in the journal’s submission system. On acceptance, the corresponding author will be asked to place an open access order in the publisher’s payment portal where they will be able to request the APC be funded in accordance with this agreement. A $0.00 APC will then be applied.

*Eligible authors: Corresponding authors who are teaching and research staff employed by or otherwise accredited to one of the participating institutions as well as students enrolled or accredited to one of the institutions and who want to publish open access articles.

Compliance with National Institutes of Health Accessibility Requirements
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires authors to submit the “post-print” (the final manuscript, in Word format, after peer-review and acceptance for publication but prior to the publisher’s copyediting, design, formatting, and other services) of research the NIH funds to a repository that is accessible online by all without charge. As a service to our authors, LWW will identify to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) articles that require deposit and will transmit the post-print of an article based on research funded in whole or in part by the NIH to PubMed Central.

FAQ for open access
https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/lippincott-journals/lippincott-open-access/faq

JCEHP Pre-Submission Checklist

The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions uses the Editorial Manager online manuscript submission system, which can be accessed at https://www.editorialmanager.com/jcehp/default.aspx.  This checklist will help you prepare for the submission process.  Submissions that fail to meet these guidelines may be returned to the authors.

Files ready for uploading:

  • Cover Letter: addressing the following points:
    • The authors’ intent to submit solely to The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
    • Verification that the manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere, and indication from the authors that it will not be submitted elsewhere until a final decision is made by the Editor of The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
  • Title Page: including
    • names of authors as they are to appear in the published article (author names and sequence MUST match information entered during the online submission process)
    • name and contact information for the corresponding author
    • degrees and other credentials such as fellowships and certifications for all authors
    • academic and/or other professional affiliations for all authors
    • academic or professional titles for all authors
    • titles that are fewer than 20 words
    • short version of the title that is suitable for the running head and does not exceed 50-character spaces
    • all relevant conflicts of interest and sources of funding under the heading “Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding”
    • acknowledgments
    • Original Research and Innovations papers must have the institutional ethics approval on the title page.
  • Main Document: including
    • title
    • abstract
    • keywords
    • main body of the manuscript
    • references
    • lessons for practice
    • legends for figures
    • All authors should provide a statement indicating Institutional Review Board approval or exemption in the Methods section of the manuscript.

Note: No information that would identify the authors included in the main document

  • Tables (in a separate file from main document)
  • Figures (each in a separate file)

All authors meet all of the following conditions:

  • Made substantial contributions to conception and design of the study, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data
  • Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content
  • Gave their approval of the version being submitted

Titles:

  • Main title is no more than 20 words
  • Short title (running head) does not exceed 50-character spaces

Abstract: 

  • Included for original research, review, innovation, foundations, and methodology submissions
  • Not more than 250 words
  • If original research, review, or innovation submission, abstract structured in IMRaD format (introduction, methods, results, and discussion)
  • If forum, foundations, or methodology submission, an unstructured abstract provided

Document Formatting:

  • Main document is in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) file format
  • All parts of the main manuscript document including tables, references, legends, and lessons for practice are double spaced
  • All page margins set at one inch (3 cm)
  • Page size set to US Letter
  • Standard, 12-point typeface such as Times New Roman or Arial
  • All pages and lines are numbered consecutively, beginning with title page
  • Word count is no more than 3000 (approximately 15 text pages) excluding references, tables, and figures (except as otherwise indicated in JCEHP Instructions for Authors)

References:

  • Formatted in AMA style
  • References are complete and accurate
  • Abbreviations for journal titles conform to those used in PubMed

Tables:

  • All tables discussed or mentioned in the text and numbered in order of mention
  • Each table has a brief descriptive title
  • Explanatory material placed in footnotes, keyed to the table with superior lower-case letter
  • All footnotes to a table placed at the end of the table.
  • All data in the column heads defined or self-explanatory

Figures:

  • All figures discussed in the text and numbered in order of mention
  • A brief, descriptive legend for each is included in the main document
  • All abbreviations in figures explained in the legend for the figure
  • Figures meet technical requirements identified in Instructions for Authors

Lessons for Practice:

  • Each lesson a single sentence summary of a finding
  • Not more than 100 words total

Acknowledgments:

  • Include major contributors who did not meet the criteria for authorship
  • All persons mentioned have given their permission to be acknowledged

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Simon Kitto, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
[email protected]