Submit an Article
The journal's mission is to present articles on performance improvement and methodology, optimum patient care, best outcomes, and new practice models that are useful to practicing physicians.
Preparing your article for Current Clinical Practice
Limit your manuscript to between 1500–2000 words, and the number of art elements (charts, graphs, tables) to 3. Refer to the following outline as a guide to the article’s general format.
- Title page — Include article title, author(s) affiliations, address of corresponding author, phone, fax, and email address.
- Article title — Write a title that reflects new information, changes in practice, or a clear clinical benefit. Readers should infer that the article will teach them something they don't already know.
- Practice Recommendations — A bulleted list of 3 or 4 “take home” points—ie, the pearls you want every reader to remember.
- Lead paragraph(s) — Please state the point of your article immediately, and explain why the information is important to clinical practice now.
- Headings — CCP uses three levels of headings within the text.
- Figures and tables — Figures display a brief title at top that tells the main teaching point of the figure. At bottom, a caption explains the illustration, graph, or flowchart completely and succinctly. A reader in a hurry should be able to look at each art element and thoroughly understand its meaning without having to search the text for an explanation. Likewise, tables carry a descriptive title and use footnotes, as needed, to qualify data and other entries.
- References — Please limit references to 30 or fewer.
More information — When appropriate, consider providing a short list of Web site addresses where clinicians can find more professional information on the topic of your article, or where patients can be directed for more information.
