Matthew Bowker
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education · University of Sunderland
Matthew Bowker
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
University of Sunderland
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Desk rejection from Postgraduate Medical Journal
Journal Rejection › Desk rejection
Desk rejection without any feedback. Rejection without feedback is the worst kind of rejection!
Review (started nearly a year ago) rejected
Journal Rejection › Desk rejection
This one really stung as I (respectfully) disagree with the grounds of the rejection.
Onwards.
Lovely rejection from Medical Teacher
Journal Rejection › After peer review
We submitted a 'Twelve Tips' article on supporting Muslim med students during Ramadan. The reject was personalised, complementary and gave the very reasonable feedback that the points made were valid, but perhaps too anecdotal for the format. Will resubmit as a Letter to the Editor.
Desk rejection
Journal Rejection › Desk rejection
Desk rejection for the same IPA paper I've been working on for a year.
Medical Education rejection
Journal Rejection › After peer review
Useful peer review feedback from Medical Education. Will need a significant edit.
Simulation in Healthcare - rejection
Journal Rejection › After peer review
Useful review feedback from the Socratic Method paper. Will need a bit of a redo.
Rejection from Teaching and Learning in Medicine
Journal Rejection › After peer review
1000 words of genuinely useful feedback... even if it was devastating. A paper on the Socratic method.
Medical Education Online - Rejection after revision
Journal Rejection › Revise and resubmit (ultimately rejected)
Peer reviewed, revisions requested. I made the revisions, and then it got rejected. I'm still unsure why.
IJOHS - Desk rejected because clumsy wording meant I advocated killing role-players
Journal Rejection › Desk rejection
I accidentally spoke about killing "simulated patients" (i.e. role players) rather than "patient simulators" (i.e. manikins). A very reasonable desk rejection.