Confidence of trainee doctors in the management of diabetes

Abstract

As editor of QJM I am required to make a presentation at each Annual General Meeting of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland. This I was pleased to do recently when I was able to document that the journal was doing relatively well in terms of impact factor, rate of electronic downloads and income. During the subsequent question time I was challenged by a member of the audience who was concerned regarding an apparent change in editorial policy. He queried the appropriateness of publishing papers that had a focus on educational themes rather than primary biomedical research. I very much welcomed this question as it raises an important issue. My immediate response was that the papers that are eventually published in QJM are a reflection upon what is submitted by authors. A number of papers with a broad educational or training theme are received, some of which are sent on for peer review. I would argue that while the journal must maintain an academic …