Greetings fellow ADMSEP members!
Academic Psychiatry is preparing a special issue of systematic reviews examining the evidence base for the following topics in psychiatry education:
· Curriculum Development for Psychiatric Education
· Giving and Receiving Feedback for Psychiatric Learners
· Leadership Development in Psychiatry
· Learner Assessments and Evaluation in Psychiatry
· Professional Development for Psychiatric Educators
· Wellness Initiatives for Psychiatric Educators and Trainees
As described in the journal's editorial "Some Potential 'Pitfalls' in the Construction of Educational Systematic Reviews":
Educational reviews inform on the prevalence of educational problems and types of educational practices and policies, advantages and disadvantages of educational assessment tools, and effectiveness of methods for teaching and implementing the curriculum and its components. They assist educators by demonstrating how educational theory is implemented for a variety of learner audiences, summarizing large bodies of material, stimulating further research, finding relevant studies that are difficult to obtain, and identifying and attempting to resolve divergent views by educators or authors on a particular topic area of interest for guidelines. They may range from 2,500 to 5,000 words, with up to 100 references and 5 tables/figures. An abstract is required with a firm limit of 250 words and the following headings: Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusions. For more information on constructing systematic reviews, view the PRISMA guidelines.
We invite authors interested in preparing submissions related to these topics to email their proposed topic, their CV, and a brief description of their intended approach, including their writing team and relevant expertise, to Ann Tennier, Managing Editor (acadpsychiatry@...) by January 9, 2026. We will review these proposals and select writing teams to proceed with manuscript preparation and submission.
All submissions will undergo the journal's usual peer review process, and publication is not guaranteed.
We intend the issue for publication in August 2027, with the following timing for submission steps:
· January 15, 2027 - manuscripts submitted
· March 1 2027 - peer reviews completed and editorial decisions communicated to authors
· April 5, 2027 - revised manuscripts submitted
· May 10, 2027 - peer re-reviews completed and editorial decisions communicated to authors
· June 14, 2027 - final submissions completed for production
We look forward to learning of your interest and partnering with you in compiling this important resource for clinician educators in psychiatry!
Hermioni Amonoo, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., Guest Editor
Adam Brenner, M.D., Editor in Chief
Ann Tennier, Managing Editor
Academic Psychiatry
