We are accepting pitches for the Spring 2024 issue until Sunday, March 17! To submit, please fill out this form.
The following categories listed below are loose guidelines—we welcome all kinds of submissions. If your piece does not fall neatly into one of the listed categories, we encourage you to still send in a submission as we believe we can find a home for your work in apenndx! Please do not hesitate to reach out to the EICs if you would like to discuss potential ideas you may have or would like further guidance on the submissions process.
Medical Narratives: reflections from personal experiences and observations related to health, illness, and our healthcare system. These narratives can be presented in a variety forms including, but not limited to, a written reflection, visual representation, or multimedia project.
Clinical Vignette: a focused, narrative description of a specific clinical encounter that may include details around clinical findings, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and the course of a patient’s care. Please take care to avoid including any and all individually identifiable health information.
Editorial: a written piece offering insight and reflections on a specific perspective around the intersections of medicine, science, and the humanities. Editorials often invite readers to engage in further dialogue.
Medical School Advice: reflections encompassing pearls of wisdom from your experiences in medical school and in engaging in patient care. All class years are welcome to provide their insight!
Focused interview: an interview with faculty and individuals who are doing interesting work in and out of medicine, science, the medical humanities space etc.
Book or Media Review: reflections and analysis of a specific piece or set of pieces as it relates to the intersections of medicine, science, and the humanities.
Poetry: poems exploring themes relating to health, illness, medical education.
Visual Art and Creative Engagement: encompassing artwork, photography and multimedia projects (ex. audiovisual submissions). Submissions can include personal work or pieces created as part of the medical humanities electives, doctoring curriculum, or other PSOM-related events.
For graphics, suggested resolution of at least 300 ppi
Other: it’s up to you!
How to Submit
To submit your work (or work in progress), please fill out the following Google Form. As noted in the form, please provide your name, email, class year and affiliation, and any additional information you would like the editors to know as it relates to your submission.
For written work, please submit as a Microsoft Word file (.docx or .doc).
For artwork, please use .jpg, .gif, or .png format. For graphics, please provide the largest file possible—suggested resolution of 300 ppi. For multimedia, please use MP3/MP4 format.