Global Pulse has become one of AMSA's most popular national projects, gaining the attention of tens-of-thousands of readers and medical institutions. Publication of your work in the journal is a great way to demonstrate your merit, as well as your commitment to molding the future of medicine.

Moreover, many of you have engaged in eye-opening experiences abroad which have changed your perception of health conditions around the world. This journal affords you the opportunity to share these insights and to help influence others' decisions about global health issues. Our team of editors is committed to helping you share your viewpoints and discoveries with an international audience.

Finally, this journal makes the statement that medical students are concerned about health issues of people all around the world. Our journal is distributed nationally and internationally. Please, help us demonstrate that American medical students are concerned with the health of the international community.

Subject matter accepted:

Global Pulse Journal (GPJ) publishes content related to global health that is relevant to health professionals in training. We adopt the definition set out by the Consortium of Universities for Global Health:

“Global health is an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global health emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions; involves many disciplines within and beyond the health sciences and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration; and is a synthesis of population based prevention with individual-level clinical care.”¹

Submissions to Global Pulse Journal should be engaging and readily understood by medical students unfamiliar with topic material.

Who can submit:

GPJ publishes material written by medical and pre-medical students, residents, and other health professionals in training.

When we accept submissions:

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and chosen to fit a specific issue’s theme. GPJ publishes 2–3 issues per year.

Criteria for submission:

1. Submissions must be original content. They cannot have been previously published, and they cannot be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2. Submissions referencing other work must include citations (see “Works Cited Format”).
3. We encourage authors to include images and captions with their written submissions, in a separate file.
4. Coauthorship is allowed, but please designate one person as a corresponding author.

Format for submissions:

GPJ publishes first-person narratives, commentary, and research on social, cultural, and economic aspects of global health, as well as poetry, essays, fiction, and photography highlighting global health issues. GPJ also periodically publishes book and film reviews on global health topics.

Length of written submissions:

Submissions to GPJ are generally less than 2,500 words.

How to submit written work:

1. Submit a *.doc or *.rtf file.
2. Include a cover page with your name, contact information, abstract, and affiliation.
3. Send all materials for consideration to submissions@globalpulsejournal.com.

Submitting photos and artwork:

We invite submissions in all types of media. Please scan in all photos or artwork and send to submissions@globalpulsejournal.com.

1. Images must not be less than 144 dpi in resolution. 300 dpi and higher are preferred.
2. Images must be larger than 1024 pixels by 768 pixels.
3. Images may be submitted in *.gif, *.jpg or *.raw formats. They should be sent as separate files and not embedded in a document.
4. Captions and other relevant information (e.g. location, description, and photographer) should be included in a separate *.doc or *.rtf file.

How the editing process works:

The editing process varies depending on the type and quality of a submission. All submissions are edited by the GPJ editorial board. In select cases, submissions may be sent for outside review by content experts.

An editor assigned to a submission will correspond with the submission’s author. The author is expected to return necessary revisions by the deadline set by the editor and will have the opportunity to check a final proof prior to publication.

WORKS CITED FORMAT

Citations in text should use superscript footnote notation (e.g. ¹) to reference numbered works cited. Works cited should be listed in the order that they appear.

Book

Getzen TE. Health Economics: Fundamentals of Funds. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 1997.

Book – Multiple Authors

Fauci AS, et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 14th ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 1998.

Journal

Russell FD. In vitro enzymatic processing of radiolabelled big ET-1 in human kidney as a food ingredient. Biochemical Pharmacology. 1998 Mar 1;55(5):697-701.

Newspaper Article

Lee G. Hospitalizations tied to ozone pollution: study estimates 50,000 admissions annually. The Washington Post. 1996 Jun 21;Section A3.

Webpage

Royal College of General Practitioners. The primary health care team. [Internet]. Updated 1999 Aug 22. Available from: http://ww.rcgp.org.uk/informat/publicat/rcf0021.htm

(Note: If update date is unavailable, change to accessed date, e.g. “Accessed 1999 Aug 22”)

Personal communications (conversations, e-mails, letters) should be included in the text of the document, not in the reference list.

In a conversation with a colleague from the College of Medicine (Peterson P, oral communication, 2002 Aug 4)…