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Got the new journal yesterday.

http://www.pmrjournal.org/current

Read it.
Actually read it.
I hated the old rag because it had no relevance to clinical practice, no integrity in the articles published, and no topics of interest.

So the new journal comes out and I go through the TOC and see things that make me want to read. Dreyfuss on immediate relief after spinal procedures (without the local anesthetic in the canal) and another article on how inexperienced injectionists cannot recognize contrast patterns- plus Smith on Msk US- I liked the Firescan article, but can tell there will never be a cost benefit ration making it feasible (too bad- unless we can harness the Predator's optics).

Bummers: Every a-hole in the world is getting their US machine and takinga weekend course in Msk US- and it is clear the drive is financial and not academic or for pt benefit. No mention of spinal US. Where is the link to the online quiz for contrast dispersion patterns?

Only little nitpicking. So we have a journal worth reading. It's about time.

Tip of the hat to:

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:
Stuart M. Weinstein, MD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA


Senior Editors:
Venu Akuthota, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
David Chen, MD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Michael Fredericson, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Jianan Li, MD, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
Heidi Prather, DO, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
M. Elizabeth Sandel, MD, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center and Hospital, Vallejo, CA
Gerold Stucki, MD, MS, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
Ross Zafonte, DO, Harvard/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
 
Wow, I'm really impressed! Clinically relevent articles! Useful information!

How did this happen and who can we blame? 😀
 
Wow, I'm really impressed! Clinically relevent articles! Useful information!

How did this happen and who can we blame? 😀

I agree it is light years better than the old red journal. Who in their right mind would even want to subscribe to the red journal at this point is beyond me.

I like the focus on ethical topics that is being brought in.. that is really nice.

They need to beef up their job search area eventually though; having a thriving job area would be good in keeping the young docs interested.
 
I agree it is light years better than the old red journal. Who in their right mind would even want to subscribe to the red journal at this point is beyond me.

I like the focus on ethical topics that is being brought in.. that is really nice.

They need to beef up their job search area eventually though; having a thriving job area would be good in keeping the young docs interested.

Agree with everyone above. A practical field should have a practical journal. This is a great start. Kudos to the editors and the Academy.

Give 'em a chance with the classifieds/job search stuff. It is the first issue after all.

Speaking of people in their right minds: I did experience something concerning the other day. Had a colleague ready to submit an article for publication. Tried to convince him to submit it to the purple journal. In his mind though, the red journal was thought to still be more prestigious outside of PM&R 😱
 
i am also impressed. i wonder if it was because the bar was set so low before. they obviously picked the best articles for the introductory issue. itll be interesting to see if they can keep up the pace, but the start is certainly pretty good.
 
Certainly a solid first issue. Like many changes these days, I have cautious optimism. Its great that the journal will encompase more MSK-related articles than Archives, but it has to include articles in neurorehab, edx and other physiatric fields to remain relevant. my fear is that it become a niche journal (like JAOA) for msk physicians to get published, while everyone else reverts to archives.
 
Certainly a solid first issue. Like many changes these days, I have cautious optimism. Its great that the journal will encompase more MSK-related articles than Archives, but it has to include articles in neurorehab, edx and other physiatric fields to remain relevant. my fear is that it become a niche journal (like JAOA) for msk physicians to get published, while everyone else reverts to archives.

I don't think it will be too skewed towards MSK. The editorial board appears balanced to me. If anything the red journal had too little practical MSK.. what we are seeing is probably a more normal balance of articles. Some stuff about stroke, TBI, neuropathy, pain, MSK, and the ethics stuff.
 
I just went through it. I liked it.

The article on the fellows not recognizing the vascular flow patterns is a little amusing in that they were fellows while I was in residency at Michigan 🙂
 
I just went through it. I liked it.

The article on the fellows not recognizing the vascular flow patterns is a little amusing in that they were fellows while I was in residency at Michigan 🙂

I found the one comment in that article to be quite interesting. It stated that the ACGME recommendation for fellowship training is 15 cervical epidurals and 25 lumbar epidurals. Seems like a pretty low recommendation.
 
I just liked the purty colors. heehee
 
I think major props need to go out to Stu Weinstein (the editor in chief) and the other senior editors for the quality of the journal. They have put in tremendous effort to solicit articles that would be more clinically useful, and provided guidance to the associate editors and reviewers to maintain a high quality standard.

So if you like the journal, I think Stu and the senior editors deserve the vast bulk of the credit.

And if you want to keep the journal quality high- submit! The best way to promote a journal that you find useful is to contribute to it.
 
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