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The MJA in 2019: going from very good to great!
Author(s) -
Talley AC Nicholas J
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50413
Subject(s) - miracle , competition (biology) , history , media studies , psychology , political science , law , sociology , ecology , biology
We received 23 submissions for our Christmas competition this year, and it was even harder than usual to select the best for publication. What if Santa came down with measles on Christmas Eve (presumably having missed being vaccinated at the North Pole)? What would be the risk to all the children and households around the world? Perish the thought experiment!1 A new syndrome is also described in this issue: ManuScript Rejection sYndrome or MiSeRY, a grief reaction almost everyone who has written a medical paper has experienced at some point, including your editorinchief (often).2 Doctors are trained to be expert diagnostic detectives, and although more than 100 years have passed since his first story was published, Sherlock Holmes remains an inspiring figure, as discussed in this issue.3 You will also read about a medical miracle in Bethlehem associated with the birth of Jesus.4 In this age of disposable everything, to the detriment of the environment, I appreciated the article on repurposing medical equipment; who would have thought that so many devices could assist with our national coffeemaking obsession?5 You will learn that the symbols on patient call bells in hospitals across the globe may (or should) inspire a new revolution.6 And you will find out whether blondes really do have more fun, as Rod Stewart proposed in a famous and popular song — and you may be surprised.7 We hope you will enjoy this eclectic selection of witty and often amusing contributions to our competition, and we congratulate this year’s winners, HuiChen Han, Anoop Ninan Koshy, and colleagues2 for their exploration of factors that influence the MiSeRY of rejected authors!