1. Please Note: There is a minimum of two journal article reviews per participating residency program and only one article review per resident will be accepted.
| Dos | Don'ts |
|---|---|
| Submit an article that is relatively recent (within the last 18 months) | Don’t review the same article a co resident is reviewing in your program. (only one will be accepted) |
| Provide article titles for all participating residents one month prior to your assigned month. | Don’t submit SLRs too far in advance to avoid overlap; SLRs that are more than 60 days in advance will not be accepted. |
| Follow the SLR Resident Template Guidelines (must be included in your review) | Don’t submit an article that has been reviewed and previously posted! (see acfas.org/SLR) |
| Submit your SLR on the first of the month prior to your assigned month (ie: assigned month is March 2022, submission due date is February 1, 2022) | Don’t skip your assigned month, residencies that don’t participate during their assigned month will not be invited back the following year. |
2. The articles should be from a non-podiatric journal (Articles from JFAS, JAPMA, or Foot and Ankle International will not be accepted), but the article should be podiatrically and surgically relevant. The purpose is to summarize research published in journals to which podiatric foot and ankle surgeons may not normally subscribe or read.
Examples of journals include, but are not limited to:
| Academic Radiology | Clinics in Surgery | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Anesthesiology | Current Opinions in Hematology | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry |
| Archives of Dermatology | Diabetes Care | Journal of Regenerative Medicine |
| Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Injury | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | International Wound Journal | Radiology |
| Arthroscopy | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | The American Journal of Sports Medicine |
| BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics | The Journal of Rheumatology |
| Canadian Journal of Surgery | Journal of Vascular Surgery | The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery |
| Circulation | Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology |
Examples of acceptable topics include (but are not limited to):
- Foot/ankle surgical or non-surgical treatment
- General surgical issues
- Bone/wound healing
- Physician-patient communication
- Imaging, etc.