New Zealand Medical Student Journal

The New Zealand Medical Student Journal (NZMSJ) is a biannual medical journal written and edited by medical students in New Zealand.

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History

The journal was started by students at the Dunedin School of Medicine of the University of Otago in 2002. Contributions were invited from New Zealand's three other medical schools: the University of Otago's satellite clinical schools in Christchurch and Wellington as well as the Auckland School of Medicine at the University of Auckland, although initially most of the published articles were written by University of Otago students. The first issue of the journal was published in March 2004.

The student executive charged with running the journal was also initially comprised solely of students from the Dunedin School of Medicine, however in time students from Christchurch and Wellington were also included and in 2006, the journal elected its first members from the Auckland School of Medicine. The current chair of the executive is Brian Grainger, who is based in Auckland.

Past Chairs

• 2003: Ayesha Verrall
• 2004: Ajay Sud
• 2005: Rosemary Wyber
• 2006: John Scotter
• 2007: Rachael Boyes, Brian Grainger

Content

The journal publishes original research articles, literature reviews, features articles, book reviews and conference reports. Submissions from medical students anywhere in the world are invited and in the past the journal has published articles written by students from Australia, the USA, the UK, Mexico, Brazil and Nepal. No direct payment is made in exchange for articles, however, book and cash prizes are awarded for the best academic and feature submission in each issue.

The journal is funded by a combination of advertising and sponsorship including, in the past, grants made by the New Zealand Ministry of Health.