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Gerinotes Member Newsletter

Current Issue
May 2009
Volume 16, Number 3
3 President’s Perspective: Improving Our Internal
Organization & External Advocacy
John O. Barr
4 Editor’s Message: Call for Authors
Carol Schunk
5 Shades of Graying in the State of Frailty
Timothy A. Hanke, Sandra J. Levi

8 The Life Story Project
Patricia Gillette, Dennis Lesch, Tony Brosky
9 Reflections on a Life Story Interview
Kevin Beale
11 CEEAA Course Huge Success
Danille Parker, Jill Heitzman
12 Meet the Leaders
Cathy Ciolek
14 What is the Role of Spirituality and/or Religion
Among Older Adults?
Nora Francis, Betsy Rolfes
17 Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Case Report
William H. Staples
23 Policy Talk
Recovery Audit Contractors—Why You Should Care
Ellen R. Strunk
Previous Issues and Subscriptions

 

 

Publication Description: Gerinotes

 

GeriNotes is the newsletter for the Section on Geriatrics (SOG). Newsletters are a member benefit. They are distributed bimonthly beginning in January. Some issues have focused topics pertinent to a specific area of geriatric physical therapy. These issues have guest editors with special knowledge in the focused area. Other issues are general with a variety of articles submitted by SOG members. SOG news and committee reports are also provided in each issue. The Editorial Board of GeriNotes meets annually at the Combined Sections Meeting. Members of the SOG are encouraged to submit articles for publication in GeriNotes. Guidelines for authors are published in each issue beginning with the May issue of 2001. The copyright is held by the SOG, APTA

 

Gerinotes Editorial Board:

 

 

 

  • H. Donn de Yampert
  • Jill Heitzman
  • Sandy Levi
  • Bill Staples
  • LaDora Thompson
  • Meri Goehring
  • Anne Myer

 

 

Gerinotes Letter to the Editor Submission
(please send letters to both addresses)

 

mailing address 1:
Carol Schunk, PT, PsyD
3324 SW 44th Ave
Portland, OR 97221-3199
Phone: 503/292-7052
Fax: 503/297-5914
e-mail: carolschunk@earthlink.net

 

mailing address 2:
Sharon Klinski, Publisher
GeriNotes
2920 East Avenue South, Ste.200
La Crosse, WI 54601-7202
Phone: 800-444-3982 X 202
FAX: 608-788-3965
E-mail: sklinski@orthopt.org

Publication Date
Submission Deadline
  • January
  • March
  • May
  • July
  • September
  • November

 

  • November 1
  • January 1
  • March 1
  • May 1
  • July 1
  • September 1

 

Gerinotes Author Instructions

Download these Instructions

Carol Schunk, PT, PsyD, Editor
3324 SW 44th Ave
Portland, OR 97221-3199
Phone: 503/292-7052
Fax: 503/297-5914
e-mail: carolschunk@earthlink.net

Sharon Klinski, Publisher
2920 East Avenue South, Ste 200
La Crosse, WI 54601-7202
W 800/444-3982 x202
sklinski@orthopt.org


1 Articles must be submitted to the Editor and Publisher of GeriNotes.

2 Articles need to be submitted in two formats if at all possible.

a) Via e-mail attachment in Microsoft word (adequate for short articles with no tables or figures)
b) Via hard copy in regular mail along with a 3 ½ inch IBM-compatible computer disk.

3 Description of Text.

a) Text should be double-spaced with a 12-point font. Margins should be 1 inch on each side. Title page should include the author's name, degree, title, place of work, corresponding address, phone, and FAX numbers, and e-mail address if available.
b) The hard copy version of the article must include any and all diagrams, figures, tables, graphs, and photographs placed on separate sheets of paper after the references. Photographs need to be original photos (black & white preferred but colored photos work) or professional-quality computer image files.
c) The diagrams, figures, tables, graphs, and photographs may be submitted as separate attachments in the e-mail attachment of the article.
d) The labels/legends for any diagrams, figures, tables, graphs, and photographs must be in "print-ready" format. That is, they should require no modification or identification to place them with the correct diagram, figure, table, graph, or photograph.

4 Use of headings in the text of the article is recommended to enhance the reader's understanding of the subject matter. Please format headings as follows:

MAIN HEADING
Secondary Heading
Tertiary heading
Fourth heading

5 References must be in American Medical Association (AMA) format. References should be numbered sequentially as they appear in the text and should correspond to the superscript number in the text and should correspond to the superscript number in the text. Do not repeat the same reference suing a different number in the reference list.

For any source (book, journal, article, proceedings, etc), the author and editor names should be formatted as follows:

Lastname INITIALS

For journal articles, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of an article title. All other words---including the first word of a subtitle-should be lowercase. Proper nouns are the exception to this rule. Please see example below.

16. Ferguson GT, Cherniack RM. Current concepts: management of COPD. N Engl J Med. 1993;328-1993;328:1017-1022.

For books, italicize book titles and format in title case. Please see the example below.

17. Steindler A. Kinesiology of the Human Body Under Normal and Pathological Conditions. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1995:63-64.

6 Authors must submit a byline at the end of their article. This byline must include the author's name, credentials, and a brief statement about his/her workplace. The byline may include the author's e-mail address, phone number, and address if the author so desires.

7 Authors are asked to submit a passport size (black and white preferred but colored acceptable) photograph of themselves with the hard copy of their article in the mail or via e-mail attachment. This photograph will not be returned.

8 The name and address of the Editor and Publisher of GeriNotes may be found on the Editorial Page of GeriNotes.

9 GeriNotes is published six times per year in January, March, May, July, September, and November. Deadlines are two months in advance of each publications or November 1st, January 1st, March 1st, May 1st, July 1st, and September 1st respectively.

10 Articles will be edited and published as space permits.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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