The British Student Doctor is a high quality, open access, biannual, peer-reviewed, general medical journal, which publishes articles written primarily by medical students. In addition to publishing original research and systematic reviews, they also provide a platform to medical students to express original thought and reflections on clinical practice, student life and medical education.
All of the journal’s content is fully open access, available without subscription and with no authorship charges. All articles published in The British Student Doctor go through a rigorous peer-review process, led by our student editorial team. The governance of the journal is overseen by the journal’s faculty advisory board of senior academics, and the journal is published by Cardiff University Press and funded by Cardiff University School of Medicine.
Sections of the journal include Original Research, Discussion, Education, Reflections and Correspondence. Full author guidelines and requirements for each section can be found at https://www.bsdj.org.uk/author-guidelines.
They have now published four high quality issues of the journal, and are looking for submissions for the January 2019 issue. Previously published articles include “medical student attitudes to mental health and psychiatry: the use of a patient-experience short film” written by students at Cardiff University, and “the case of the vanishing medical student”, by students from King’s College London and the University of Oxford.
In addition, applications for medical student peer reviewers are always open. To date, more than 400 students from more than 30 UK medical students have enrolled and completed reviewer training. To apply, visit https://www.bsdj.org.uk/peer-review.
For more information please contact Dr James M. Kilgour, Editor-in-Chief, The British Student Doctor: editorinchief@bsdj.org.uk or see: www.bsdj.org.uk
