Editorial Fellowships
BJGP Open offers editorial fellowships to students, researchers, or clinicians who have an interest in medical publishing. Fellows will join our team and be involved in medical editing, peer review, and journal production. They usually develop a personalised project during their time with us which can range from setting up a new blog, social media initiatives, projects to recruit reviewers, or research into aspects of publication science. Previous fellows have published their research projects in peer review journals and presented work at international conferences. Our current fellows are listed below.
Editorial Fellow
Dr Patrick Redmond
School of Population Health & Environmental Science, King's College London, UK
@PatrickNRedmond
Patrick is a GP in South Cambridgeshire and an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London. He graduated in Ireland and then completed a PhD as part of the Health Research Board PhD Scholars Programme. He worked at The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute, University of Cambridge and at the School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care at the University of Western Australia. In addition to gaining experience in all aspect of journal activities, Patrick plans to specifically examine the robustness of the current peer review process. The need for rapid knowledge transfer, as exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasises the need for adaptable peer review strategies that ensure both efficiency and quality.
Honorary Fellow
Dr Joy Ngai
Caledonian (Moray) GP Training Programme, NHS Education for Scotland, UK
Joy is a GP trainee in the North of Scotland and is about to enter her final year of training. She has a background in general surgery, clinical leadership and public health, with a particular interest in the use of technology and digital media in healthcare. Her role at BJGP Open will involve introducing and developing the use of visual abstracts at the journal, and working with authors to share their research outputs in an accessible way with primary care colleagues and the public.