Guidelines to Practice
Purpose: A brief, practical review, 2,000 words or less, with clinician perspectives on recent clinical guidelines
Format:
- Clinical condition
- Clinical setting: outpatient/inpatient
- Intended audience: specialist, general practice
- Who wrote the guidelines: society names
- What are the main recommendations?
- What is different from prior guidelines?
- Do other societies agree/disagree?
- How will this change daily practice? A brief discussion about expected clinical impact (author opinions and perspectives are encouraged and will enhance this section)
- When would the guidelines not apply? A brief discussion about excluded populations, caveats, and other exceptions (author opinions and perspectives are encouraged and will enhance this section)
Authorship: Every person listed as an author must have contributed substantially to the paper according to the authorship criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. The criteria are as follows:
- Each author listed must have contributed to the conception or design of the paper, or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data.
- Each author listed must have participated in drafting the paper or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
- Each author listed must have given final approval of the version to be published.
- Each author listed must have agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the paper, ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Example of a Guidelines to Practice article.