(Toronto, 7 Nov 2015) JMIR Medical Education (JME) is a new journal from JMIR Publications, the leading publisher for evidence-based technology in health. JME is a sister journal of JMIR, the leading journal in medicine, ehealth and health services research in the Internet age. JME will fill a gap in the journals landscape in being focused on Technology, Innovation and Openess in Medical Education. Some of the current themes are listed at http://mededu.jmir.org/themes and include topics like design of educational technology (e.g. virtual patient simulators), open courseware in medical education etc.
We are currently seeking academic leaders in this field to apply as section editors for Editorial Board positions. Among the EB, we will select an editor-in-chief. There will be remuneration in form of a credit system, rewarding actions such as taking on papers as submission editor.
Prequisites include a scholalry track-record, demonstrated by being a first author on peer-reviewed publications and having served as peer-reviewer (preferably this should include JMIR journals. Applicants can self-assign themselves to papers to be peer-reviewed at JMIR Preprints). Please include a list of publications as well as journals you reviewed for.
To apply, please contact ed-support@jmir.org (Subject: JME Editorial Board Self-Nomination) and include a brief description of your expertise and interests.