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May 20, 2005
Defence of Open Access
A defence of open access in today's BMJ from staff at PLoS Medicine
Yamey G, Gass, A
Prevailing publishing system is irrevocably broken
BMJ 2005;330:1211 (21 May)
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New optimal Medline search strategies from McMaster
In today's BMJ:
Haynes RB, McKibbon KA, Wilczynski NL, Walter SD, Werre SR.
Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from Medline: analytical survey.
BMJ 2005;330:1179 (21 May)
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May 13, 2005
Medical students to go on GMC register?
The BMJ reports a suggestion from Janet Smith that medical students should be registered with the GMC.
Cohen, D
Medical students should be added to GMC register, says judge
BMJ 2005;330:1104
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UK PubMed Central; Open Access in BMJ
The day after the closure of the consultation on Research Councils UK's proposals for mandatory deposit of their funded research in open acess archives, there's new from the Wellcome Trust of a call for expressions of interest in running UK PubMed Central, a " stable, permanent, and freely accessible digital archive of the peer-reviewed research publications".
And the BMJ runs an editorial from the redoutable Peter Suber on open access more generally:
Suber P
Open access, impact, and demand
BMJ 2005:1097-1098
and
Wren JD
Open access and openly accessible: a study of scientific publications shared via the internet
BMJ 2005;330:1128
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May 06, 2005
Detecting cheating in written medical examinations
McManus I C, Lissauer T, Williams SE
Detecting cheating in written medical examinations by statistical analysis of similarity of answers: pilot study
BMJ 2005;330:1064-1066 (7 May)
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Film in medical education
The Guardian reports on the use of film in medical education
Popcorn Prescriptions
Guardian 3 May 2005
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