This document provides details on formatting requirements for manuscript submission to the Graduate Medical Education Research Journal.

General Formatting Requirements

• Do not include a title page. Begin the document with an abstract, followed by the introduction; a title page will be added to your paper by the editors.
• Abstracts should be 300 words or less. Please use the following subheadings in your abstract: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
• Do not include page numbers or headers. These will be added by the editors. You will have the opportunity to add a footer during the submission process, should you choose to do so.
• Write your article in English. Thoroughly check your manuscript for proper grammar and spelling. If there are extensive grammatical or formatting errors, the manuscript with be returned without review
• Submit your manuscript as a single file (Word or PDF files are accepted).
• All tables, figures, and images are considered "Additional Files" and will be uploaded as separate files after the main text document has been uploaded. Use the "Description" field to label the content and add a detailed caption. If your manuscript is accepted for publication, the editor will contact you if higher resolution, print-quality images are needed.
• Each table and figure should be clearly numbered consecutively based on the order it is referenced in the main text.
• Page size should be 8.5 x 11-inches.
• All margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be 1.0 inch (2.54 cm), including tables and figures.
• Double space your text and use a single column format.
• Font: 12 pt, Times New Roman font. Check that the same font is used for the main text, tables, figures, and captions. At no time should the font be smaller than 8 pt font.
• Set the font color to black for the majority of the text.

References

It is the author's obligation to provide complete references with the necessary information. GMERJ subscribes to the number system, meaning references are listed in numerical order (consecutively based upon appearance in text) and not alphabetical order. All citation numbers should be superscript and appear at the end of sentences (not within) and after the punctuation.

List the first three authors followed by et al. (if applicable).

The information to be given with each citation in the references is as follows:

1. Are C, Stoddard HA, Huggett K, et al. A regional perspective on the attitudes of fourth-year medical students towards the field of general surgery. J Surg Educ. 2009; 66: 123–128.