1. Please Note: Each resident is limited to submitting one scientific literature review per program year. They may submit during any one of the quarterly submission deadlines- April 1, July 1, October 1, and January 15.
| Dos | Don'ts |
|---|---|
| Submit an article that is relatively recent (within the last 24 months) | Don’t review the same article a co resident is reviewing in your program (only one will be accepted) |
| Follow the SLR Resident Template Guidelines (must be included in your review) | Don’t submit an article that has been reviewed and previously posted! |
| Submit your SLR by the deadline date of the quarter submission period you are participating in | Don’t submit more than once per year, second submissions will not be accepted |
2. The articles should be from a non-podiatric journal (Articles from JFAS, JAPMA, Foot and Ankle International or Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics will not be accepted), but the article should be podiatrically and surgically relevant. The purpose is to summarize research published in journals to which podiatric foot and ankle surgeons may not normally subscribe or read.
Meta-analyses, reviews and case studies should be avoided. They do not adequately allow the residents to make conclusions that are applicable to practice. Moreso they're reporting what a lot of other studies say.
Examples of journals include, but are not limited to:
| Academic Radiology | Clinics in Surgery | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Anesthesiology | Current Opinions in Hematology | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry |
| Archives of Dermatology | Diabetes Care | Journal of Regenerative Medicine |
| Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Injury | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | International Wound Journal | Radiology |
| Arthroscopy | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | The American Journal of Sports Medicine |
| BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics | The Journal of Rheumatology |
| Canadian Journal of Surgery | Journal of Vascular Surgery | The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery |
| Circulation | Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology |
Examples of acceptable topics include (but are not limited to):
- Foot/ankle surgical or non-surgical treatment
- General surgical issues
- Bone/wound healing
- Physician-patient communication
- Imaging, etc.
3. Senior Editor reserves the right to decline a submission if in their opinion it is not of sufficient quality. This is intended to be your interpretation of an interesting study, not just a reiteration of the abstract (do not copy and paste from the abstract).
4. Submit all SLRs to the submission form provided by ACFAS (the link to this form will be posted on the SLR home page on the ACFAS website).