What is the place of a student medical journal?

Schiller, Matt D

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03886.x

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To the Editor: “Student medical journals” are a very broad church, encompassing everything from pseudo-magazines to rigorously peer-reviewed publications. In April this year, a national journal of the latter variety was launched here in Australia: the Australian Medical Student Journal (AMSJ).1

Australian Medical Student Journal, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: matt@unsw.edu.au

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