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from the
EDITOR and PUBLISHER

Greetings JSOM readers! Calling All Authors
As you all know, we lost a very impor- Articles that have the potential to influ-
tant member of the SOF Community and ence the SOF medics’ practice, care de-
a dear friend to many to ALS in April. livery, knowledge base, and future should
There was a very nice memorial service have an SOF medic as a co-author. The
for him at the SOCOM SOF Memorial Michelle DuGuay Landers JSOM strives to advance SOF clinical sci-
on 25 April. We have dedicated this edi- ence; therefore, all those who deliver the
tion of the JSOM to “Doc” Gary Welt. care need to be part of this movement as they are in-
tegral to publishing evidence. “Practice-based evidence
We continue to provide you not only the most cutting drives knowledge development through the experiences
edge and current feature articles but with new Ongo- of practicing providers to add to knowledge production.
ing Series of interest to Special Operations Medicine as The specialties of tactical medicine and combat casu-
well. New to this edition are • Human Performance Op- alty care are so specific and practice-driven, no other
timization – Contributing author, Patricia Deuster, PhD, clinical or medical publications adequately grasps the
MPH, FACSM, and • Injury Prevention – Contribut- concepts like the JSOM. Relevant best evidence is ac-
ing author, Joseph J. Knapik, ScD. We will be adding quired first by accumulating stories of expertise and
• Clinical Corner – Contributing authors, Tony Meri- clinical anecdotes. SOF clinical literature is primarily
ano, MD, and John Gandy, MD, and • World of Special of the interpretive paradigm, which means evidence is
Operations Medicine, an international contribution in generated from contextual experiences that are shared
our Fall Edition. Anyone can contribute to these series. by narrative transmission essentially, lessons learned
If you are interested. we will put you in contact with are talked about among those in practice. SOF is un-
the contributing authors. Other series we are consider- paralleled in the clinical world for this type of sharing
ing include a training column, with contributing authors via multiple methods (lessons learned, after-action re-
from the JSOMTC and other training facilities/agencies; views, etc.).” Kate Rocklein, DNP, RN, TNS, CCEMTP
Deployment/Travel Medicine Reviews; and an SOF/
TEMS Point–Counterpoint, in which authors will work Submission criteria are located at https://www.jsomonline
together on one topic with both a military and a law .org/SubmissionCriteria.html.
enforcement perspective. We are looking for authors to
contribute to and lead these sections.
SOMSA Call for Abstracts
Be sure to read our Train to Failure Interview with MSG The aims of the Research Portion of the Special Opera-
Dennis Lyons of USASOC on Medical Training and tions Medical & Scientific Assembly (SOMSA ’14) are to
Learning. improve communication and to encourage scholarly col-
laboration among all the healthcare personnel in Opera-
tional Medicine. Submit a brief abstract by e-mail for the
New to our Website
Research Portion of SOMSA ’14 to john.f.kragh.civ@mail
We will soon be providing you the full TCCC curricu- .mil by 1600 CDT 8/9/2014. Submissions after this date
lum on our TCCC page. We will let you know via the will be considered only if there is a shortage of adequate
eNewsletter as soon as it is ready. If you are not receiving submissions. We are seeking original research such as case
our complimentary eNewsletter that comes out twice a reports, reviews, clinical studies, experiments, and other
month, please be sure to sign up for it on our website. scholarly works. Focus submissions in topics relevant to
We are constantly updating the TCCC, TacMed, TBI the mission of SOMSA. We expect medics and forward
information, and, thanks to Juan Jose Pajuelo Castro’s providers to be a co-author on relevant submissions. More
contributions, the Spanish translations of the TCCC and details are available on the home page of our website.
TacMed pages. Be sure to check it frequently for updates.
SOMSA ’14 is the premier event in Operational Medi-
We are now featuring one full-text article per month on cine. Please be sure to join us 8–11 December 2014!
our website. Please be sure to visit www.JSOMonline.org.
—Michelle DuGuay Landers