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. Submit your article here: in-Training Submission Portal
2. 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’).
3. You will receive an email with a link to verify your account. After clicking the link, you will be prompted to log in. Create a bio and upload a professional headshot to your profile.
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 currently closed.
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.