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The Hippocratic Review

          The Hippocratic Review exists to support the formation of medical trainees and clinicians and to foster dialogue with our community about the moral and formational dimensions of medicine and medical training.

          As an initiative of the Hippocratic Society, The Hippocratic Review is especially invested in exploring themes such as virtue formation, medicine as a moral community, patient-centered care, human dignity, and medicine as a higher calling.

          We welcome submissions from pre-medical and medical students, residents, attending physicians, scholars, and members of the medical community who wish to reflect thoughtfully on the moral, human, and formational dimensions of medicine. Whether through essay, narrative, poetry, or art, we invite contributions that deepen reflection, strengthen community, and contribute to the ongoing conversation about what it means to practice good medicine.  

Submissions Accepted:

  •  Articles or essays (1,500-3,000 words)
  •  Personal narratives or reflections (800-1,500 words)
  •  Reflections on books, chapters, essays, or art (1,000-2,000 words)
  •  Poetry or creative writing (poetry: 50 lines max; creative writing: 1500 words)
  •  Original art with brief commentary/reflection (commentary: 300-600 words)
Submit your writing

Issue 1:                                              

 

Deadline: Monday, June 29th.

Theme: Medicine as a Moral Practice 

Issue 2: 

 

Deadline: Monday, October 26th

Theme: Hope in and for Medicine

Guidelines

  • Formatting expectations:
    • Microsoft Word format preferred
    • Standard 12-point font & double-spaced text
    • Chicago-style footnotes for citations where appropriate
  • AI Policy
    • AI use is prohibited for direct content generation of submissions. 
  • Published work will be released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC) license

Guidelines (cont.)

  • All work must be original.
  • Work should be submitted with contact info, affiliations, and a brief bio.
    • Review will not be blinded. 
  • No limit to submissions: you can submit as many works as you like.
  • Submissions are not guaranteed to be published.
  • First-time writers are encouraged to submit.
  • Writers from any role/level of training are welcome.

 

What to expect after submission: 

The Hippocratic Review runs on a quarterly publication schedule. We cap submissions approximately 11 weeks before the publication release. After that date, you will receive a response in 4-6 from the managing editor. If accepted with revisions, you will have 4 weeks to make those revisions and resubmit. 

Publications may be saved for future cycles if not published in the issue immediately following submission. 

Please contact thehippocraticreview@hippsoc.org with any questions.