A Scholarly Publishing Opportunity for Residents and Fellows

Purpose: This lightning talk describes the development and impact of an institutional repository-based journal created to promote scholarship within the graduate medical education community. Description: Scholarly and professional communication is an important educational activity for residents and fellows at academic medical centers. The Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center established a journal to provide medical residents and fellows with the opportunity to publish scholarly journal articles. The GME department partnered with the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, which provides a journal platform through its institutional repository, DOI minting, and publishing advice and information. Launched in 2019, the Graduate Medical Education Research Journal (GMERJ) includes case reports, original research articles, brief reports, perspectives, systematic reviews, proceedings from the GME annual research symposium, and medical humanities works. Outcome: In its third year of publication, the GMERJ has published three issues, both in print and online. The journal is among the highest used collections in the institutional repository with over 13,000 downloads across 18 counties. Residents and fellows have had the opportunity to publish 16 original research articles, 12 case reports, 1 systematic review, and 135 conference abstracts, in addition to several humanities and perspectives pieces