WFSA 2023 Pilot Editorial Fellowship for Developing Countries

Eligibility Criteria

You must:

• Be a qualified medical doctor with a M.MED degree or equivalent in Anaesthesia
• Be working in a training position or be within 3 years of starting a substantive (fully trained) position
• Be based in sub-Saharan Africa

Offered Benefits

Objective:

• Review and handle one to two manuscripts a week submitted to Anaesthesia and Anaesthesia Reports under direct supervision. You will spend four months with three Editors and learn how to construct decision letters and subedit accepted manuscripts for style before publication;
• Undertake a project with supervision from one or more Editors to be presented at a major Association of Anaesthetists international meeting with an aim to submit for publication;
• Contribute to an editorial published in one of the journals;
• Contribute at least one Anaesthesia Digested for publication in Anaesthesia News;
• Attend editorial meetings held throughout the year (usually four) remotely
• Be involved with areas of special clinical interest as well as contributing to #TheAnaesthesiaBlog, live broadcasts and podcasts;
• Compile a report at the end of the Fellowship, to be submitted to the Editorial Board and the Fellow’s School of Anaesthesia/Deanery as appropriate (journal appraisal).

Benefits:

• Successful applicants will gain experience of working across both journals. There will be an honorarium of £2500 for the year with additional support for data costs and travel (for one in-person meeting per year).
• The successful applicant will also receive membership of the Association of Anaesthetists during this year with associated benefits and training opportunities.

Application Process

• Include a one-page CV and copies of medical and anaesthetic qualifications
• Include a 300-word outline of a project that you wish to undertake with an Editor which should be relevant to the journals, publishing or editorial work more generally [1–3].
• Be formatted in accordance with Anaesthesia journal style, which can be found in the ‘instructions to authors’ section of the journal website.

There is an option to extend the fellowship for a further 12 months if all parties are in agreement.

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