The PME Editorial Fellowship Program offers early-career scientists the possibility to experience with the editorial processes at Perspectives on Medical Education. PME is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal available in multiple databases (e.g., Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar). The journal provides immediate open access to its articles on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

The PME Fellowship Programs aims to support the scholarly development of early-career scientists through mentored editorial experiences. PME Editorial Fellows will work alongside PME’s editors and be introduced to the editorial procedures, including the peer review, editing, and publishing of manuscripts.

Fellows will be introduced to the editorial procedures, and the peer review, editing and publishing of manuscripts. The fellowship programs aim is to support early-career scientist scholarly development by mentored experience with editorial work. One fellowship positions is dedicated for a NVMO member.

What a PME Fellow can expect:

• Insight into editorial processes from manuscript submission through post-publication activities.
• Experience with judging the quality of manuscripts on criteria like news value, soundness of research and communication style.
• Opportunities to peer review manuscripts, including providing feedback to authors and receiving feedback on their reviews from PME editors.
• Mentorship from PME editors.
• Attendance at editorial team meetings at the AAMC, AMEE and/or NVMO conference.
• To draft and virtually present a report on what they learned during the Fellowship.

Candidates

We invite early-career scientists (< 5 years post doctoral-level degree) with experience in health professions education research to apply. In this application period, we will offer two fellowships with one of the fellowships reserved for an NVMO member. We especially welcome applications from scientists from low- and middle-income countries.

Application for the 2025-26 period

To apply, candidates must submit a current curriculum vitae and a one-page letter of interest detailing their objectives in applying for the Fellowship. Applications must be submitted before 26 May 2025 via email to Hennie Sijen h.sijen@maastrichtuniversity.nl with the subject: PME Editorial Fellowship Program.

You can find more information about the fellowship at pmejournal.org