About the AJGP Academic Post
The Australian Journal of General Practice (AJGP) aims to provide relevant, evidence-based, clearly articulated information to Australian general practitioners (GPs) to assist them in providing the highest quality patient care, applicable to the varied geographic and social contexts in which GPs work and to all GP roles as clinician, researcher, educator, practice team member and opinion leader. All articles are subject to peer review before they are accepted for publication.
The AJGP Academic Post will provide you with an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the medical publication world as an Editorial Fellow. You will receive formal training in the relevant processes over the first three months before gradually expanding into a workplace role. The emphasis of this post is to provide you with a supported introduction to the field. Up to two AJGP positions are available for each intake.
It is expected that you will devote each Thursday (0.2FTE) to the AJGP, the remaining 0.3FTE of the academic post will be at your university. It is expected that at least one day (0.2FTE) of your 0.3FTE University time will be allocated to research.
You will work under the supervision of the Editor in Chief to contribute to the processes of medical editing within the journal, with the aim of acquiring skills in medical editing, medical writing, critical appraisal and peer reviewing. You will be encouraged to further develop the area of most interest to you across writing, managing manuscripts and critical appraisal.
Your key responsibilities in this role will evolve through the year as your competency builds.
If you're interested in the AJGP Academic Post, you'll need to submit the standard academic post application form and complete the extra AJGP post application fields on the form, and upload a response to the selection criteria.
The Editorial Fellow role description can be found here.
The details of the Editorial Fellow’s structured learning program are highlighted in the RACGP Editorial Fellow Learning program (2019) and associated content is detailed in the RACGP Curriculum for Australian General Practice 2019 Special Skills Unit – Editorial Fellow (EF19). It is highly reccomended that you review these documents carefully if you wish to apply for the AJGP Academic Post