General Information and Authoring Guidelines
History
Evidence-Based Practice originally went into publication in 1998 by Dowden Health Media, publishers of The Journal of Family Practice. The Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN), a not-for-profit academic consortium, acquired the full rights to EBP in 2005, and by then the publication had already set itself apart as an advocate for providing answers for primary-care physicians, using the best-available evidence, unbiased by pharmaceutical advertising, in a concise, clinically useful format. FPIN continues to publish the peer-reviewed, EmBase-indexed journal for its subscriber base as well as its own membership, and EBP continues to provide its readers with the very best answers that modern research has to offer – in an unbiased, concise, and clinically useful format. As of December 2007, EBP has published 165 feature articles, and just shy of 300 HelpDesk Answers.
View sample issues here.
See what other contributors have to say about their experience writing HDAs!
Project Contacts
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HelpDesk Answer (HDA) Topics Available for Authorship- Updated March 25, 2008)
To sign up for an EBP HelpDesk Answer topic, please review the list for those which are of interest to you and e-mail Project Manager Jon Crowell at jonathan@fpin.org, ebp@fpin.org. Jon will reserve your topic(s) (you may reserve up to 2 at a time) and make sure you have everything you need to get started.
First-time author list here (@ 5/8/08)
For returning authors,
Editor's favorite picks here (@ 4/11/08)
OR
All current available topics (@ 4/11/08)
Additional topics to be added periodically.
If you have topic idea suggestions, feel free to email them to Jon at jonathan@fpin.org, ebp@fpin.org .
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EBP HelpDesk Answer Guidelines (will open as "Read Only") - About HelpDesk Answers, plus guidelines for Searching and Evaluating Evidence
Author Checklist - Am I headed in the right direction? This will guide you through the formatting and writing process
Author Search Strategy – Guidelines for your research
HelpDesk Answer Template – Guideline template for writing and organizing your manuscript
Content Examples:
Final Submission - Complete Examples:
HelpDesk Answers
More About EBP
EBP Overview – EBP Powerpoint Presentation
EBP Author FAQs
Full Guidelines (1 document for download, will open as "Read Only")
(combines Guidelines with Search Strategy, Template and HDA examples from above)
**Note: The "Full Guidelines" do not include all resources listed above; Authors may still want to download and utilize the Author Checklist, and may find it helpful to review the EBP Overview ,EBP Powerpoint Presentation , and EBP Author FAQs to address other questions or concerns.
Agreement Information :
EBP Author Agreement – EBP Author disclosure form
Please fax a signed copy of the above agreements to 573-256-2078, attn: Jon Crowell
Also, authors and co-authors (non-student, non-resident), please send your CV electronically to EBP Project Manager, Jon Crowell: jonathan@fpin.org, ebp@fpin.org, OR FAX
to Jon’s attention at: 573-256-2066.
E-mail ebp@fpin.org, jonathan@fpin.org for additional information or for a complimentary trial of Evidence-Based Practice.
“I found researching and writing the answers to the clinical questions very rewarding. It helped me understand and use research in clinical practice to improve clinical care. Most of all, I enjoyed being a part of the EBP team that is striving for the same goal.”
--Krupa Shah, MD, EBP contributor
Baylor College of Medicine
“Contributing to the EBP has been an invaluable experience in that it’s allowed me to be connected to the latest research, better at critically evaluating evidence, and, ultimately, a scientist as well as a practitioner.”
--Vanessa Rollins, PhD, EBP contributor
University of Colorado
“EBP has been a vital opportunity for our residents and fellows to fulfill our programs’ requirements for scholarly activity, evaluate EBM resources, and enhance publication experience. Thank you!”
Deepak Patel, MD, FAAFP
Associate Director,
Flower Hospital Family Practice Residency,
Sylvania, OH
and
The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship,
Toledo, OH
Project Contacts:
Jonathan W. Crowell
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Project Manager
jonathan@fpin.org, ebp@fpin.org
Phone: 573-256-2066
Jon Neher, MD
Editor-in-Chief for Evidence-Based Practice
jon_neher@valleymed.org