Open Medicine presents
“Can the public trust medical journals?”
A conversation with Richard Smith,
former Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal and author of The Trouble with Medical Journals (2006).
Hosted by John Hoey.
November 21, 2007
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Cost: free
(Donations encouraged)
Registration: required
(Seating is limited)
Richard Smith
Smith is executive director of the Ovations initiative to combat chronic disease in the developing world and executive director of UnitedHealth Europe, a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group that works with public health systems in Europe. A member of the board of the Public Library of Science, he is also a visiting professor at the London School of Tropical Medicine and a member of the governing council of St George’s, University of London. Previously he was editor of the British Medical Journal and chief executive of the BMJ Publishing Group. Having qualified in medicine in Edinburgh, he worked in hospital in Scotland and New Zealand before joining the BMJ. He also worked for six years as a television doctor with the BBC and TV-AM and has a degree in management science from the Stanford Business School.
John Hoey
Hoey is the former editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal and a member of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. His major interests and contributions to science are in the area of publication ethics, editorial independence, and clinical trials registration.
Open Medicine
Launched in April 2007, Open Medicine is part of a new generation of open access peer-reviewed general medical journals. It publishes high-quality research and stimulating critical discourse about the scientific enterprise, as it seeks, ultimately, to hasten the progress and uptake of evidence and to distribute it more equitably around the world. Open Medicine was founded by a visionary group of former editors from the Canadian Medical Association Journal, along with colleagues from across Canada, who recognized the need for an independent voice in medical publishing. Open Medicine is a not-for-profit organization. www.openmedicine.ca
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