JMIR Medical Education Template
Get your JMIR Medical Education paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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How to Use the JMIR Medical Education Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 17 August, 2026
Submitting to JMIR Medical Education goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the JMIR Medical Education guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
What is the JMIR Medical Education Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to JMIR Medical Education. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the JMIR Medical Education journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a JMIR Med Educ submission:
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the JMIR Medical Education guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the JMIR Medical Education guide for authors before you submit.
What does this JMIR Medical Education Template include?
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The SciSpace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for JMIR Med Educ.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the JMIR Medical Education guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through the journal's submission system.
JMIR Medical Education Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | JMIR Med Educ requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required for Original Papers, Reviews, Implementation Reports, Protocols, and Participatory Education and Methods articles (maximum 450 words) with mandatory headers: Background - Objective - Methods - Results - Conclusions. Implementation Reports use: Background - Objective - Methods - Implementation (Results) - Conclusions. Unstructured abstract (maximum 450 words) for Viewpoint, Tutorial (unless evaluative data presented, then structured), Case Report (unless data presented, then structured), Editorial, Rapid Surveillance Report, Personal Perspectives, and Patient Perspective. Commentary requires 1-2 sentence summary (maximum 300 words, unstructured). Research Letters do not include full abstracts but should include a sentence summarizing the Research Letter in the abstract field. Trial registration number required in abstract for RCTs |
| Main text | Original Papers and Review articles: maximum 10,000 words. Research Letter: 1,000 words (includes all text in IMRD structure). Viewpoint: 5,000 words strongly recommended, though most should be shorter. Implementation Report: 3,000 words (includes all text in IMRD structure). Commentary: 1,000 words (includes all text). Letter to the Editor: 500 words. Participatory Education and Methods: 3,500 words (includes all text in IMRD structure). Personal Perspectives: 600 words or less. Case Report (JMIR Dermatology): 1,000 words. In Memoriam and Extraordinary Lives: at most 750 words |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 5-12 keywords recommended (typically about a dozen). No strict limit. Author-assigned keywords should be chosen from Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) but MeSH terms are often too broad and should be complemented by more specific author-generated keywords. should be separated by semicolon and use full forms of shortened words or acronyms |
| References | AMA (American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors, 11th Edition, Oxford University Press; 2020). References can be in any format at submission, as long as in-text citations are sequentially numbered in square brackets and the reference list includes PMID in the format PMID:123456 |
| Peer review | Single-anonymized (also called single-blind). Reviewers can see author names but authors do not know reviewer names unless reviewers opt to sign their review. Reviewers will not remain anonymous after acceptance; their names will appear at the end of the published article. Authors can opt in to open participation peer review where the abstract is made public and any user can nominate themselves to review |
| Submission | mededu.jmir.org/author |
Quick Tips for Using the JMIR Medical Education Template
Read the JMIR Medical Education guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to JMIR Medical Education in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent JMIR Med Educ papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the JMIR Medical Education journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the JMIR Medical Education guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
