in-Training affirms that respect for the patient and his or her privacy is paramount in physician-journalism. As an online publication and an educational experience for budding physician-journalists, in-Training holds its writers and editors to the highest of standards of journalistic integrity and beneficence towards the patient.

in-Training recognizes that the dual role of a physician-journalist is laden with ethical pitfalls. As such, the Editorial Board of in-Training has adopted the physician-journalism ethical guidelines set forth by Dr. Tom Linden, MD, the Glaxo Wellcome Distinguished Professor of Medical Journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in his seminal article “A Delicate Balance—Ethical Standards for Physician-Journalists” published in July 2011.

Our Code of Ethics further details our policies, which are closely considered when evaluating submissions for publication. Importantly, in-Training requires that all patient names be changed and all protected health information (PHI), as prescribed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), be omitted from articles.

Articles on in-Training are the writer’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of their educational institutions, in-Training, the in-Training staff, or Pager Publications, Inc., the supporting organization of in-Training.