Welcome to in-Training!
in-Training, the online peer-reviewed publication for medical students, welcomes passionate and capable writers who are enthusiastic about sharing their thoughts, experiences and opinions with the larger medical student community. in-Training provides the unique opportunity for medical students to begin careers in physician-journalism and to unleash their inner creativity.
Please review the publication’s guidelines prior to submitting your piece to in-Training.
Submit an Article
Please follow the following steps to submit an article to in-Training.
1. Click here to create an account. Please enter your username as your full first and last name: all in lowercase letters and without spaces (i.e., ‘mikejones’).
2. You will receive an email with a link to verify your account. After clicking the link, you will be prompted to log in and then you will be automatically directed to the article submission page.
3. After you submit your article, you will receive additional instructions by email from the managing editors.
Get Involved
Contributing Writers: We encourage all medical students to contribute to in-Training: everyone from first-time writers to experienced journalists. We welcome articles about all topics and in any writing style including: opinions, news reports, poems or something completely outside of the box. See above for more information about submissions.
Columnists: Columnists must write a minimum of four articles per semester. We are looking for dedicated medical students who are engaged and eager to join in-Training as columnists! If you are interested in being a columnist, please reach out to editorinchief@in-training.org and include your column name, column objective (300 words max) and one proposed piece for the column.
Writers-in-Training: The in-Training Writers-in-Training internship program pairs novice physician-authors with medical student editors for collaborative one-on-one mentorship for an entire year. Applications are OPEN for our 2024-2025 cohort and can be found HERE.
Physicians: Physicians interested in writing articles with the purpose of giving advice to medical students in our Doctor’s Orders section should contact us at editorinchief@in-training.org.
Guest Writers: Premedical students and other allied health professionals interested in writing for a medical student audience are invited to submit to our Consults section.
Artists: We welcome medical students to submit their artwork to us; please adhere to the format described in the article submission page.
Editors: Our peer-review process is conducting entirely by volunteer medical students. We accept applications for Medical Student Editors on a rolling basis. Please apply HERE and inform editorinchief@in-training.org of your submission.
Contact Us
Please send emails to editorinchief@in-training.org to ask questions and discover how you can contribute.