.At the end of this course, you will have drafted a
complete manuscript, describing your own
evidence-based practice (EBP) change project. To familiarize yourself
with how journal selection and author guidelines work, you will complete the
following work sheet. Try to select a journal that is a good fit for an EBP
manuscript in your specialty area. Meaning, the manuscript topic should match
the journal’s audience, aims and scope, and overall content.
Please review the following link to SQUIRE
friendly journals that publish EBP/QI work:
https://www.squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=513
To complete this worksheet, you will:
1. Complete
the Manuscript Guidelines Table below.
2. Paste
a copy of the author guidelines of the selected journal for manuscript to this
document. It is NOT plagiarism in the context of this
exercise to do so; you are simply getting all your information in one place.
3. Submit
an exemplar article from your selected journal that is writing in SQUIRE. You may
use this as a guide to help you with your writing. You may attach the LINK to
the article to this document.
Manuscript Guidelines
Topic |
Guidelines for Manuscript |
Formatting: · · · · · |
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Cover letter: Required for submission? Y/N
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Title Page: · · |
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Abstract/ Executive Summary: Word count? Structured (headings)? |
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Manuscript Type: Please
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Tables / Figures: · · |
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Citation Style: APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.? (Please know, for this |
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