title: Medical journals - What are they good for?
abstract: In 2007 Kath O'Connor completed a 12 month GPET funded editorial and research training post at Australian Family Physician and the University of Melbourne. In this article, she reflects on the role of medical journals. Are they of use to practising clinicians? Or is their main role to foster research and further the careers of authors?
authors.affiliation: Australian Family Physician, Melton, Victoria.
authors.forename: Kath
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D005194:Family Practice; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012106:Research