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style="font-size:16px"><strong><<a href="https://wame.org/wamelmsv1/index.php" target="_blank">Log in or Sign up for the eLearning Program here</a>></strong> [When you sign up, your account will be approved in 24 hours or less and then you can access the eLP. Confirmation and approval emails are sent from <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fb9e969a92979e89bb8c9a969ed594899c" target="_blank"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57323a363e3b32251720363a3279382530">[email protected]</span></a>; please add this email address to your "approved" list.]</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#212529">Medical journal editors report that education is one of their greatest needs, but in-person training may not be available, affordable, or address their needs. Therefore, WAME has developed the </span><strong>eLearning Program</strong> (<strong>eLP</strong>). <strong>eLearning Program</strong> content is written by experienced editors and scholars including WAME members, peer reviewed by the International Advisory Group, and edited by Margaret Winker, MD, eLP <span style="color:#212529">Director.  </span></span></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>The eLP is designed to help educate medical journal editors and serve as an ongoing resource:</strong></span></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type:undefined"> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Free of charge</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Take any and all of the 28 topic sections you want, when you want, in any order </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Access via laptop, tablet, or smartphone</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Every section includes Learning Objectives, Pretest, Content via HTML and PDF, Posttest, and Learner Feedback </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Read and Reflect provides specific editorial case scenarios to apply knowledge and respond</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#212529">Addresses all of the </span><a href="https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0/" target="_blank">Core Competencies for Scientific Editors of Biomedical Journals</a><span style="color:#212529"> and more</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Designed for all medical journal editors, with special focus on editors of under-resourced journals and/or in low- and middle-income countries</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Access core content as HTML and downloadable PDF even after completing a section </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Free resources are referenced whenever possible </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Relatively low bandwidth requirements </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Some topics also useful for non-editors inolved in scholarly publishing</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color:#0000ff"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Document your accomplishments:</strong></span></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type:undefined"> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Certificate of Completion</strong> provided on completion of a Module (must score at least 60% on all Posttests) </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>WAME Certificate of Commendation</strong>: <a href="https://wame.org/register.php">WAME Members</a> are eligible for the Certificate of Commendation after they successfully complete all six Modules of the <strong>eLP</strong> (must score at least 60% on Posttests and answer all Read and Reflect questions). <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#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">Contact the eLP Director</a> when you have completed all 6 Modules to learn whether you are eligible.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><em><span style="color:#00b050">What does the eLearning Program include? (For a  brief description and section authors and references, click on the Module title below).  </span></em></strong></span></p> <p> <span style="color:#0000ff"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The eLearning Program<strong> </strong>has 6 Modules, each comprising 4 to 6 Sections:</span></strong></span></span></span> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://wame.org/page3.php?id=124" target="_blank">The Medical Journal Editor</a>:</span></span></strong> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">The Medical Journal Editor: Overview, Editor Relations and Editorial Independence, What to Know Before Accepting an Editor-In-Chief Position, The Imperative for Medical Journal Editors to Stay Current</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://wame.org/page3.php?id=125" target="_blank">Journal and Editorial Office Operations</a></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: <span style="color:#222222">Journal Mission Statements; Editorial Team and Editorial Board; Manuscript Tracking and Electronic Manuscript Processing Systems; Mentoring Editors, Reviewers, Authors; Attracting Manuscript Submissions; Starting A New Journal</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://wame.org/page3.php?id=126" target="_blank">Manuscript Processing and Review</a></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: <span style="color:#222222">Instructions for Authors; Peer Review, Manuscript Decisions, and Author Correspondence; Initial Evaluation of Manuscripts; Evaluating Research Manuscripts </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://wame.org/page3.php?id=127" target="_blank">Ethics</a></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: <span style="color:#222222">Conflicts of Interest, Authorship, Protection of Human Participants and Animals in Research, Scientific Integrity and Misconduct, Correcting the Published Record</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://wame.org/page3.php?id=128" target="_blank">Publishing the Journal</a></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: <span style="color:#222222">Print Journals, Electronic Journals, Communicating with the Public and the Media, Journal Indexing, Translations</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://wame.org/page3.php?id=129" target="_blank">Business and Legal Aspects of Scientific Publishing</a></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: <span style="color:#222222">Journal Business Models; Other Potential Revenue Sources; Copyright, Permissions, and Creative Commons Licenses; Journal Metrics and Evaluating Journal Performance</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><em><span style="color:#212529">Each Section includes:</span></em></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Learning Objectives</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Pretest</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Core educational content via HTML and PDF (may include PPT, additional resources)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Read & Reflect with editorial case scenarios to consider and discuss (for most sections) </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Posttest (passing score is 60% or higher)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Post-course feedback </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Updates:</strong> The eLP will be updated from time to time to keep the content current. Updates will be noted on the content pages and major updates will be noted in Announcements. <em>If you have already completed a section and the PDF is replaced with a new PDF, you will need to download the PDF again for your section to appear as completed. </em></span></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><em>Who developed the eLearning Program?</em></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#212529">The </span><strong>eLearning Program</strong> was developed by Margaret Winker, MD; Christine Laine, MD, MPH; the WAME Executive Board; and the eLP Int<span style="color:#212529">ernational Advisory Committee (below). Margaret Winker is a WAME Past President and current Trustee, and serves on the WAME Ethics and Policy, Education, and Web Committees. She was a Deputy Editor at <em>JAMA</em> for 20 years and Senior Research Editor at <em>PLOS Medicine</em> for 2 years. Christine Laine is Editor in Chief, <em>Annals of Internal Medicine,</em> since 2009, and an editor at <em>Annals</em> since 1995; she is a WAME Past President and serves on the WAME Ethics & Policy Committee; she is also a Past President, Council of Science Editors. We are grateful to Bob and Suzanne Fletcher for their invaluable vision, enthusiasm, and work on behalf of the</span> eLP. Margaret Winker is the eLearning Program D<span style="color:#212529">irector.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#212529">Each Section is authored by one or more experienced WAME Member editors or non-member experts. The Sections were peer reviewed by the International Advisory Group, comprising WAME members from around the world:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>eLearning Program<span style="color:#0070c0"> </span><span style="color:#212529">International Advisory Group</span></strong></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Rakesh Aggarwal (India), Associate Editor, <em>Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology</em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">María del Carmen Ruíz Alcocer (Mexico), Senior Medical Editor, <em>Intersistemas Editores</em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Farrokh Habibzadeh (Iran), Founder and Former Editor, <em>The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine</em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Fatema Jawad (Pakistan), Editor-in-Chief, <em>Journal of Pakistan Medical Association  </em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Jose Florencio Lapeña (Philippines), Editor-in-Chief, <em>Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery  </em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Liu Wei (China), Senior Science Editor, <em>Chinese Journal of Cancer</em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#212529">Ana </span>Maru&scaron;i膰<span style="color:#212529"> (Croatia), </span>Editor-in-Chief, <em>ST-OPEN</em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Adamson Muula (Malawi), Editor Emeritus, <em>Malawi Medical Journal  </em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:16px">Peush Sahni (India), Editor-in-Chief, <em>National Medical Journal of India</em></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color:#0000ff"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><em>How is the eLearning Program funded?</em></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#212529">The </span><strong>eLearning Program</strong><span style="color:#0070c0"> </span><span style="color:#212529">was made possible financially by unrestricted donations from Wolters Kluwer, the American Medical Association, Elsevier, and Asociación Mexicana de Editores de Revistas Biomédicas, A.C. 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Individuals meeting either criterion may <a href="https://wame.org/register.php">apply for WAME membership</a>. If accepted, membership is free.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><em>How can I contact you or provide feedback?</em></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#212529">We hope you find the </span><strong>eLP</strong><span style="color:#212529"> a useful and informative resource. </span>Please <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#690c0519291e08040c47061b0e561a1c0b030c0a1d540c25394c5b592a06071d080a1d4c5b593c1a">contact us</a> with your suggestions and feedback. </span></p> <p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#222222">©2024 WAME (</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)" target="_blank">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a><span style="color:#222222">)</span></span></p> <div class="clear"></div> <p> <br /> <br /></p> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="clear"></div>  </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="clear"></div>  <div id="footer-widgets" class="fullwidth"> <div class="container">  <div class="widget widget_categories"> <header class="cs-heading-title"><h2 class="cs-section-title">Quick Links</h2></header> <ul> <li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="index.php" >Home</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="page2.php?id=1" >About Us</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="page2.php?id=3" >WAME History</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="page2.php?id=6" >WAME Board of Directors and Committees</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="page2.php?id=66" >Membership</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="page2.php?id=7" >Bylaws of the World Association of Medical Editors</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-6"><a href="page2.php?id=9" >Journals of WAME Member Editors</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-10"><a href="support-wame" >Support</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-10"><a href="news-listing.php" >News</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-13"><a href="events-listing.php" >Events</a></li> <li class="cat-item cat-item-11"><a href="contactus.php" >Contact us</a></li> </ul> </div>   <div class="widget widget_gallery"> <header class="cs-heading-title"> <h2 class="cs-section-title">Our Address</h2> </header>  <p style="color: white;">Jose Florencio Lapeña Jr.,<br /> MD Secretary, WAME<br /> <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0bcb1a0b5beb1bab690a5a0bdfeb5b4a5fea0b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f636e7f6a616e65694f7a7f62216a6b7a217f67">[email protected]</span></a> </p> </div>   <div class="widget widget_newsletter"> <header class="cs-heading-title"><h2 class="cs-section-title">Like us on Facebook</h2></header> <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/page.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWAMEmembers&tabs=timeline&width=340&height=500&small_header=false&adapt_container_width=true&hide_cover=false&show_facepile=true&appId" width="340" height="300" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> </div>  </div>  <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <p class="copright float-left"> &COPY;2024 WAME. 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