Dear colleagues,
We are currently in the process of putting together a book entitled Technical Tips in General Surgery, containing useful tips and techniques for surgical trainees.
Much akin to the ‘technical tips’ section of the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons, we are looking for short chapters detailing technical tips which would be of use to surgical registrars and SHOs – neither too basic nor too technical. Most, if not all, would be best served with an illustration of some kind (photo/drawing etc).
The best tips will be those that are of use in a variety of surgical operations i.e. not highly specialised.
We are looking for around 100 techniques in total. With the funding for the book already approved, once accepted, your technique will be published as a book chapter.
We welcome pre-submission enquiries to minimise duplication and ensure chapters are relevant and topical.
Guidelines
Please note that the techniques should be relevant to general surgery.
Format
Title
Authors (maximum of 3 authors)
Institution
Contact details of corresponding author
Background
Technique
Discussion
Reference - Vancouver style (as per BJS)
Illustrations as required – please supply as a tiff. or jpeg.
500 words or less, size 12 Arial font with 1.5 line spacing
Also, please state if the technique has been published previously e.g. annals technical tips section.
Please send pre-submission enquiries and submit chapters to jzm3jsc@doctors.org.uk
Technical tips submitted by 31/03/2012 will be given priority for publication.
Best wishes,
Jun Cho
David Bosanquet
Jolene Witherspoon
Mike Lewis