Information For Authors

We welcome submissions in the forms of written text (e.g., short stories, poetry, life writing, and essays), visual art, and photography (including photos of textiles, sculpture, and other material arts). English is the primary language of publication for Ars Medica. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process. Please remember to include the genre when you submit your manuscript: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction/Essay Narrative, and/or Visual Art.

Technical Requirements

Text

Prose up to 3000 words

Poetry length on case-by-case basis; 2-3 poems, maximum

MLA formatting and style guide

Double-spaced manuscripts (stylistic exemptions)

Digital Images

One of the following file formats: BMP, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, and PNG 

300 dpi

A maximum size of 5 MB per image file; a maximum of 5 images per photo essay.

Ars Medica Patient Consent Form (Please make a copy and have patient sign, if applicable)

Title of manuscript:

Author(s) of manuscript:

Patients have the right to refuse to sign this consent form; refusal to sign this form will not affect their care in any way.  

I hereby give my consent for images and/or other clinical information relating to my case to be reported  in Ars Medica:

I understand that the policy of Ars Medica is not to publish names, initials, or other identifying information without written consent. Efforts will be made to conceal my identity, but that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

I understand that I may choose to have my name or initials used and have thought through the consequences of this. Using my name and/or image will mean that I am identifiable within the writing or artwork published in Ars Medica.

Please indicate here how you would like to be named or credited. Select only 1 response:

Use a pseudonym or initials: Please indicate:

Use general, role-based terms, e.g., “the patient,” “the client”:

Use real name. Please state how you would like it to appear:

Use real initials. Please state how you would like it to appear:

I understand that the material may be published in Ars Medica, on Ars Medica’s website, and in products derived from Ars Medica. As a result, I understand that the material may be seen by the general public.

Name of patient:

Patient’s date of birth:

Signature of patient (or signature of the person consenting on behalf of the patient):

Date:

If you are not the patient, what is your relationship to him or her? (The person giving consent should be a substitute decision maker or legal guardian or should hold power of attorney for the patient.):

Why is the patient not able to give consent? (e.g., is the patient a minor, incapacitated, or deceased?):

 

If images of the patient’s face or distinctive body markings are to be published, the following section should be signed in addition to the first section.

I give permission for images of my face or distinctive body markings to be published and recognize that I might therefore be identifiable even though my name and initials will not be published.

Signature of patient (or signature of the person consenting on behalf of the patient):                               

Date:

 

              Adapted from the CMAJ Patient consent form