A Grain of Sand in the Ocean: Training New Generations of Editors, Reviewers, and Medical Scientists

Authors

  • Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Science to Serve the Community Foundation, SCISCO Foundation / Fundación SCISCO. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Medical Students (IJMS). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0224-3482
  • Annora A. Kumar The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4895-3954
  • Georgiana Farrugia-Bonnici University of Malta, Malta
  • Paul MacDaragh Ryan Cork University Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Deputy Editor, IJMS. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7251-6725
  • Mihnea-Alexandru Găman "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. Department of Hematology, Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania. Scientific Editor, IJMS. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7133-8875

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2020.880

Keywords:

Medical student, Medical education, Journal, Editorial

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Author Biographies

Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Science to Serve the Community Foundation, SCISCO Foundation / Fundación SCISCO. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Medical Students (IJMS).

MD, MSc, PhD(c).

Annora A. Kumar, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

Medical student.

Georgiana Farrugia-Bonnici, University of Malta, Malta

BSc (Hons). Rad, M.D., MSc FM.

Paul MacDaragh Ryan, Cork University Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Deputy Editor, IJMS.

MB, BCh, BAO, PhD.

Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. Department of Hematology, Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania. Scientific Editor, IJMS.

MD, PhD student.

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Bonilla-Escobar, F. J., Kumar, A. A., Farrugia-Bonnici, G., Ryan, P. M., & Găman, M.-A. (2020). A Grain of Sand in the Ocean: Training New Generations of Editors, Reviewers, and Medical Scientists. International Journal of Medical Students, 8(3), 213–216. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2020.880

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