Please be invited to the next CNAP Round Table Meeting on May 21, 2019 at 12:30 - 16:00, in room FRB 7D/2.106.
As a follow-up on the last round table meeting, we will this time look at the clinical counterparts of Science/Nature, i.e. The Lancet/New England Medical Journal. The purpose is to examine and discuss what it takes to get a paper published in one of these journals. Besides, we would like to discuss the documentation needed before such publications (e.g. registration of protocols, etc.)
Once more, you have been divided into groups (please find the groups below) and each group is kindly asked to arrange a short meeting (approx. half an hour) before the round table meeting. At this short meeting, the groups’ task will be to pick a paper from The Lancet or New England Medical Journal (or alike) that is strongly related to pain and neuroplasticity. The paper should not be more than 10 years old. Please send your chosen paper to Lone (lsar@hst.aau.dk) by April 28, 2019.
During the round table meeting, the groups will be given 1½ hours to prepare the following:
The groups will meet at 12:30 and then go to separate meeting rooms. If you are not in a group, please join the discussion at 13:30.
Programme
12.30 Short introduction by Kristian Kjær Petersen: What does it take to publish in high-impact journals like NEJM or Lancet – methodological considerations?
12.40 Group work – preparation of two-slide-presentations (20 min. incl. discussion) plus discussions
1. A presentation of the chosen paper. Please prepare two presentation slides:
- One slide about the paper: Present the general concept and the process of the paper (structure, methods, why is this paper good enough to end up in The Lancet/New England Medical Journal etc.)
- One slide about your experiences when you were looking for the paper: Which papers did you have in play, what are the differences between a Lancet/NEMJ paper and a “normal” paper, what makes this paper structurally different from the papers that you are used to, what sort of pain relevant papers are published in these journals, what would it take for a CNAP paper to be accepted there etc.
2. A discussion of the paper selected by one of the other groups
13.30 Presentations by the groups:
1. Group 1: Mauricio Henrich, Daniele Riccio, Luisina Gregoret, Line Bay Sørensen, Lea Tøttrup Jørgensen, Juan M. Völker, Felipe R. Andreis (new PhD student from April 1):
Blumberger et al 2018: Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial (Will be prepared for discussion by group 4)
2. Group 2: Line E. Lykholt, Maria Carla Gerra, Federico Arguissain, Rocco Giordano, Megan McPhee, Najah Alhajri (new PhD student from April 1), Suzan Meijs:
Wager et al 2013: An fMRI-Based Neurologic Signature of Physical Pain (Will be prepared for discussion by group 1)
3. Group 3: Rosa Hugosdottir, Ana Maria Zamorano-Andrés, Maria Galve Villa, Asghar Zarei, Aida Hejlskov Poulsen, Taha Janjua:
Ortiz-Catalan et al 2016: Phantom motor execution facilitated by machine learning and augmented reality as treatment for phantom limb pain (Will be prepared for discussion by group 2).
4. Group 4: Jenny Tigerholm, Sebastian Kold, Gabriela A. Diaz Valencia, Marco Rizzo, Dennis Boye Larsen, Armita Faghani (new PhD student from April 1):
Burns et al 2008: Treatment of hemicrania continua by occipital nerve stimulation with a bion device (Will be prepared for discussion by group 3)
15.00 Social gathering
15.30 Thank you for today!
Attached please find the selected papers that we expect you to familiarize yourselves with. Please remember that you are very welcome to ask questions and join the discussion of all the papers.
The papers are also available at CNAP´s Intranet https://www.intranet.cnap.hst.aau.dk/Round-table+meetings+2019/
We look forward to the presentations and discussions.
Kind regards on behalf of the CNAP round table committee,
Laura, Shellie, Carsten, Kristian, Steffen, and Thomas
NB! Participation is mandatory for all CNAP members if not agreed otherwise with your RIG Head.