Contribute to The New Physician

AMSA's award-winning magazine, The New Physician (TNP), provides comprehensive coverage of issues affecting medical education and health-care. Unlike some association publications, TNP is not a house organ. It operates independently within AMSA and has an editorial calendar set a year in advance. Although the publication is produced by a professional staff, there are many ways you can contribute, including (contributors, please read our writer's guidelines):

All submissions and/or comments can be submitted in the form below.

ANNUAL CREATIVE ARTS CONTEST

View TNP's 12th Annual Creative Arts winners.

CARTOONS

Fancy yourself a cartoonist? If so, TNP wants to see your work. We're soliciting cartoons from medical students and residents to be published in an upcoming special feature. Send quality copies (or originals) of your cartoons to: The New Physician, attn: Comic Relief, 1902 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191. Include a cover letter detailing why you draw cartoons a brief bio about yourself. Be sure to include your contact information (address, phone number, e-mail), along with the name of your school/residency and year of training. If you want your submissions returned, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (relative to the weight and size of your submissions). You can send your cartoons to us digitally, if the resolution of the files is at least 300 dpi. E-mail: tnp@amsa.org.

JOIN THE NEW PHYSICIAN'S SOURCE LIST

Make Your Voice Be Heard - Premeds, medical students and residents:

Interested in becoming a New Physician resource? Want to share your ideas with 38,000 TNP readers? Join our source list. Individuals on this list have agreed to receive occasional e-mails or phone calls from a TNP writer to comment on the record about a particular topic, share their experiences for a feature or even just offer their help with finding sources for a story. If joining this list appeals to you, e-mail your name, contact information (preferred e-mail address and phone number) and year in training via the form below. Your information will only be used for editorial purposes; nothing will be shared with marketing or advertising representatives.

FOLK TALES

Know of any interesting physicians, medical students or residents for TNP to profile in its "Folk Tales" department? If so, tell us by submitting a brief description of the individual in the entry form below. Be sure to provide us with the individual's contact information and details on how we can reach you.

LETTER FROM AFIELD

Traveled abroad? Worked in underserved areas in the U.S.? Tell us about the medical training experiences you've had beyond the walls of academic medical centers. Submit your 800- to 1,500-word story to us in the entry form below. Questions? Submit them in the form below or call 703-620-6600 ext. 212.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We're always interested in learning what you think of the news, columns and feature articles published in TNP. Send us your comments, suggestions and ideas as a Letter to the Editor. Do you have a question we can help you answer? Submit that as well.

MONITOR

Share with us your insider news with us about big happenings at your school or within medical education. Are you taking an interesting or unique course that you'd like to tell your peers about? Share that with us as well.

ON THE WARDS

Share touching, enlightening, humorous or enraging accounts of your clinical experiences. Submit your 800- to 1,500-word story in the entry form below.

PERSPECTIVES

Write an editorial. These 1,000-word opinion pieces tackle some of the most pressing issues facing medical education and health care-such as physician-assisted suicide, pharmaceutical marketing, the clinical skills exam or even some of the lighter topics, like the challenge of finding time during training to have a life.

REVIEWS

Become a book reviewer. Describe which subject areas interest you (i.e. history, ethics, family practice, women in medicine, biographies, medical education, how to guides). Include your name, address, phone number and detail whether you are a premed, medical student, resident, AMSA Alumnus, or practicing physician. Know of a great book we should review? Tell us about it by typing the title and author(s) in the entry box below.

SEEKING ADVICE?

TNP is offering an advice column to readers. Do you have an ethical dilemma you'd like us to help you solve? Perhaps an event on the wards has left you puzzled. Or maybe you made a mistake and don't know what to do next. Let a mentor offer some words of guidance. All submissions will be treated anonymously and confidentially, however we will need your contact information in case we need to clarify your question.

SIDE EFFECTS

Know of or read any funny, strange, yet true, bits of current health or medical news? Send your tips to us and be sure to include source citations if applicable.

SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLES, COMMENTS AND/OR SUGGESTIONS

If you have other submissions questions, call The New Physician's editor, at (703) 620-6600 ext. 212. To send submissions by snail mail, address your correspondence to The New Physician, attn: Editor, 1902 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. We can also be reached via fax at 703-620-6445. Unfortunately, TNP cannot return unsolicited manuscripts or artwork.