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Who Can Submit

All materials published here at conducted under the auspices of the UC Medical Humanities Consortium. For additional information, please contact Dr. Brian Dolan, Director of the UC Medical Humanities Consortium, at brian.dolan@ucsf.edu.

Please do not submit a paper without the previous consent and agreement of the Director of the UC Medical Humanities Consortium.

How to Submit a Paper

  1. Make sure your paper is in an acceptable format. We can accept papers in Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format (RTF), or Adobe Acrobat (PDF).
    If you use a word-processing program other than Microsoft Word, look for an "export" or "save as" option in your program to save it as an RTF file. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Brian Dolan, Director of the UC Medical Humanities Consortium, at brian.dolan@ucsf.edu.
  2. Write an abstract for your paper of no more than 250 words. Please also select keywords. These are words that will help a user locate your paper through a search.
  3. Submit the paper by emailing it to Dr. Brian Dolan, Director of the UC Medical Humanities Consortium, at brian.dolan@ucsf.edu. Include in an email message the following things: abstract; keywords; and name, affiliation (department and university), and email address for each author.

Overview of the Process

After you submit your paper, we will create an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the paper. We will then send you a message asking you to approve the PDF version. Please look it over within 5 days and reply to Dr. Brian Dolan, Director of the UC Medical Humanities Consortium, at brian.dolan@ucsf.edu as soon as possible. At this stage, we're unable to make any changes beyond the truly necessary. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.

How to Revise Your Paper

If you publish this paper or a revised version elsewhere, for example in a journal, please send the citation of the new version to Dr. Brian Dolan, Director of the UC Medical Humanities Consortium, at brian.dolan@ucsf.edu. We will be able to inform researchers about the new version.

If you would like to post a revised version of your paper on the site, please follow the instructions in "How to Submit"; however, please specify when you submit the paper that it is a revision of a previously submitted paper.

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