Publishing Opportunity

[gillammi]

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Dear Forum members,

Congratulations for making it into medical school! You are embarking on what for me has been one of the most exciting and rewarding journeys of my life. Tough times are ahead but there is a light at the end of the tunnel - and, contrary to popular belief, it is not a train.

The National Institute for Medical Informatics in Washington D.C. is looking for students who are interested in getting their name on some publications. NIMI is looking for students familiar with PubMed (or are willing to learn) who can help us data-mine the literature for previous work and participate in article writing.

This is not scut work!

We have already collected all of the data, done all of the statistics, plotted all of the graphs, and written all of that into the article. We are looking for students who will assist with the authorship portions of the introduction, background and discussion. The task will be to become a mini-expert in the area of interest (like the seasonality of visits to the emergency department for chest pain) by finding and citing literature from PubMed.

This is often the most interesting part of writing articles. We would do it ourselves if not for the fact that we have more than enough work to do writing grants to support our research.

The primary benefit to you will be having a peer-reviewed publication on your resume/CV and also being able to add you were a research assistant with the National Institute for Medical Informatics (www.imedi.org). Your name will appear after the physicians who have done all the other core work on the article (data collection, statistics, graphs etc. which means usually 4th or 5th).

The secondary benefits will include (1) you will become a mini-expert in several different areas of medicine which will help you look great on your clinical rotations (2) you will gain familiarity with the complex statistics used in articles (3) you will gain experience writing articles (4) your CV will look better when you apply for residency positions (5) you will gain experience seeing how articles are submitted to journals without having to do the work of submission yourself (6) you will have contact with one of the most innovative research labs in the country (www.imedi.org)

If you are interested, please send your CV and a letter of interest to me.

Look forward to hearing from you! Best wishes on your medical career!

-Mike
([email protected])
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Michael Gillam, MD
Director, Medical Media Lab (www.imedi.org)
Research Director, National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics (www.ncemi.org)
National Institute for Medical Informatics
Washington D.C.

Instructor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School

Chair, Medical Informatics Interest Group
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

 

[Flobber]

Sounds great. Can I research the correlation between UFO sightings and anal trauma?

 

[Med Phred]

writing and editing the published paper are considered "meaningful" contributions for authorship recognition.

 

[Flobber]

Also, this is a fake thread. No way this is real.

 

[wiboy]

writing and editing the published paper are considered "meaningful" contributions for authorship recognition.

Very true.

Why would it be fake -- this guy is using a reputable and high traffic site to recruit. There are probably big time penalties for committing fraud in the name of a government employee.

 

[Flobber]

Very true.

Why would it be fake -- this guy is using a reputable and high traffic site to recruit. There are probably big time penalties for committing fraud in the name of a government employee.

Let's see... he's a professor at a med school and heads up some medical organization, yet can't find a couple of med students at his school that would like to get their names published with minimal work. So, what does he do? Posts on an anonymous web site. I know at my school, if someone was literally handing out publications, I don't think there would be ANY interest in that. Yep, makes perfect sense to me!

Not to mention the fact that the premise he used of the authors being too busy is pure gold. Would a group of scientists perform an entire study, write it up, only to find out that they didn't actually know anything about what they were researching? "Gee, now that we have all this data and a manuscript, I think we should turn over the brain power to some anonymous web site users, sound good?".

You should contact them immediately and get your name published!

 

[Doc Ivy]

I believe it's legit.
The fact is, some physician-researchers may be too busy with their actual lab and clinical duties that they can't be bothered to actually construct the introduction or discussion. Having done extensive research myself, I can say that it's one thing to know the literature, the actual "scutwork" of writing is a whole other issue and may not be what they are most passionate about.

 

[Flobber]

I believe it's legit.
The fact is, some physician-researchers may be too busy with their actual lab and clinical duties that they can't be bothered to actually construct the introduction or discussion. Having done extensive research myself, I can say that it's one thing to know the literature, the actual "scutwork" of writing is a whole other issue and may not be what they are most passionate about.

OK, last effort and then I'm stopping 🙂

Check out the use of the totally generic and unofficial email address with no other contact information. Personally, I strongly recommend that NO ONE submit anything with personally identifiable information to this guy. I can't quite figure out what he would want with a bunch of CV's, but it isn't good. My two cents.

 

[HiddenTruth]

Actually, for all those interested, this guy is legit.
I did a google search on him, and found a page on the actual IMEDI site. And he is listed with the SAME generic email address along with tons of other professors. So, yea, he is legit.

http://www.imedi.org/docs/background/Faculty Staff and Students.htm

 

[Doc Ivy]

I don't care one way or the other. 😉 But all you have to do is Google this guy to know he's not some nut job. Unless you think someone is impersonating this guy.

 

[Flobber]

Actually, for all those interested, this guy is legit.
I did a google search on him, and found a page on the actual IMEDI site. And he is listed with the SAME generic email address along with tons of other professors. So, yea, he is legit.

http://www.imedi.org/docs/background/Faculty Staff and Students.htm

Fine, I give up. Everybody go get you some free publishin'! Also, I saw an infomercial last night about a real estate system where you don't spend any of your OWN money, you spend the banks! The people who were talking about it were sitting on a beach! It must work!

 

[Flobber]

I don't care one way or the other. 😉 But all you have to do is Google this guy to know he's not some nut job. Unless you think someone is impersonating this guy.

I really can't figure why I DO care so much about this, maybe its the studying. But... the fact that you googled him and got his info means that its possible, just possible, that someone else did that and used his contact info. Maybe a hateful med student whom he failed who wants to inundate his email box with useless pleas for publications... or a crazy web designer who fabricated the entire site in a plot to dupe medical students into sending him their CV's so he can use their information to ruin all of their reputations one by one, contacting every important person on their resume and making obscene calls in their name. Oh yes, its possible.

 

[Doc Ivy]

Hey Flobber,
I respect that you're a cynic. I probably need a little cynicism myself. But I think you're troll radar is a little too sensitive. Come, join the ranks of the naive, ignorance is bliss. 😀

 

[Flobber]

Hey Flobber,
I respect that you're a cynic. I probably need a little cynicism myself. But I think you're troll radar is a little too sensitive. Come, join the ranks of the naive, ignorance is bliss. 😀

Agreed. Ahhhh, its much better over here.

 

[wiboy]

Check out the use of the totally generic and unofficial email address

I wouldn't post my usual email address on a website, its a spam magnet.

 

[Flobber]

I wouldn't post my usual email address on a website, its a spam magnet.

Yes, but posting a GOLDEN job opportunity on a website full of salivating med students isn't a "spam magnet". Anyways, according to your website, this IS your official email...

 

[wolfvgang22]

What good would being author number 15 do anyone? I'm only interested in first authorship, or at least second. Anything else is just fluff.

 

[Al Pacino]

What good would being author number 15 do anyone? I'm only interested in first authorship, or at least second. Anything else is just fluff.

I agree. If you really want to spice up your CV, do some outstanding research with someone in your school and get a first or second author paper. One of those will be worth more than 10 4th and 5th authorships.

A first author paper shows initiative, originality, and hard work. It says that you were the "big man" on the research project. A 4th or 5th author implies that you were a sidekick on the project or someone whose name was thrown in as a formality.