Dear Colleagues
RE: WITS SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE JOURNAL
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the first edition of the Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine, a quarterly peer-reviewed publication.
The WJCM was established to provide a forum to show case research in our school and particularly to provide an opportunity for junior researchers to publish their work. All submissions are welcome, but new academics that are starting out, including students, fellows and junior consultants, are strongly encouraged to submit their research. Getting research published can be challenging and expensive, with an ever-increasing number of open access journals. The WJCM is free and this publication will assist junior staff to establish a publication record and develop an academic portfolio.
The WJCM also provides a space where the various Departmental research day abstracts can be shared. This allows the whole school to see what is happening in the different departments. The current edition presents the Bert Myburgh research day abstracts from the Department of Surgery.
Articles in the current issue cover a variety of topics from procedural sedation to anomia in acute coronary syndrome.
I wish you happy reading and look forward to your submissions.
Professor Daynia. Ballot
Head of School – Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand