A new look for BCMA.org

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 55, No. 1, January February 2013, Page 14 News
By: Kate Senkow,

By 1 February 2013, the BC Medical Association’s website will have a fresh new look. Visitors will see new colors, images, and graphics, showcasing BCMA’s current graphic standards and improving the overall appearance of the site. Changes will also include, in accordance with a recent Board resolution, the addition of a detailed and easily navigable BCMA committee directory. 

Site structure, sections, and functionality will not change at this time, as a larger website redevelopment project is in the works for early 2014 that will also address design and usability of the site. Stay tuned for further updates on this project over the next year!
—Kate Senkow, Marketing & Digital Communications Officer, BCMA

Kate Senkow,. A new look for BCMA.org. BCMJ, Vol. 55, No. 1, January, February, 2013, Page(s) 14 - News.


Above is the information needed to cite this article in your paper or presentation. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommends the following citation style, which is the now nearly universally accepted citation style for scientific papers:
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:284-7.

About the ICMJE and citation styles

The ICMJE is small group of editors of general medical journals who first met informally in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1978 to establish guidelines for the format of manuscripts submitted to their journals. The group became known as the Vancouver Group. Its requirements for manuscripts, including formats for bibliographic references developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), were first published in 1979. The Vancouver Group expanded and evolved into the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which meets annually. The ICMJE created the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals to help authors and editors create and distribute accurate, clear, easily accessible reports of biomedical studies.

An alternate version of ICMJE style is to additionally list the month an issue number, but since most journals use continuous pagination, the shorter form provides sufficient information to locate the reference. The NLM now lists all authors.

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  • Only the first three authors are listed, followed by "et al."
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