January 5, 2023
Bringing together their extensive experience, knowledge, and connections, new JAMDA Editors-in-Chief Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, and Paul Katz, MD, CMD, are ready to hit the ground running on a new era of post-acute and long-term care journal publishing. While the duo is committed to sustaining the journal’s current level of excellence, they also are planning innovative ways to bring the best, most relevant, and useful articles and studies to readers across disciplines.
“We look forward to carrying on Sheryl and Phil’s [previous Editors-in-Chief Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, and Phil Sloan, MD, MPH] passion,” says Dr. Resnick. “We also hope to make sure we are publishing manuscripts that are particularly relevant to post-acute and long-term care.” Dr. Katz notes, “We want to continue to focus on the long-term care continuum and look for articles that have some sort of relevance to the care we administer bedside. In our inaugural editorial this month we lay out many of the topics we’re interested in.”
Taking on the challenging, demanding role of editors-in-chief requires a love for PALTC and vast knowledge, and Drs. Katz and Resnick have both. Dr. Resnick says, “I’ve been an editor of a nursing journal for over 30 years, Geriatric Nursing. I was attracted to the opportunity to move to an interdisciplinary journal. I feel that I bring a mixture of experience and expertise in interdisciplinary care, geriatrics, scholarly publications, and editorial work.” Dr. Katz says, “JAMDA receives many articles from other countries, and I am looking forward to continuing that trend, particularly with my contacts in Canada and elsewhere.” He adds, “Having a partner like Dr. Resnick who I have worked with for many years is an exciting opportunity. We share a common vision for the journal and our AMDA membership.”
The new team will be looking ahead. Dr. Resnick notes that the journal will be looking to publish articles on cutting-edge topics as well as updates on meat and potatoes issues such as infection control. For instance, she says, “There is much coming out in the area of use of technology in long-term care and innovative ways to manage infectious disease and implement behavioral interventions for such things as pain management.” Dr. Katz observes, “We also would like to see more articles about economics of care and how we define and measure quality moving forward.”
Drs. Resnick and Katz hope that newer practitioners and clinicians across disciplines will consider getting involved in the journal. “We look forward to giving these individuals opportunities to write and review articles. One of my interests relates to attracting young practitioners to this field so we can optimize quality; engaging them as AMDA members and JAMDA contributors is part of that,” says Dr. Katz. Dr. Resnick urges newcomers to journal publishing to work with others who have experience in writing papers. At the same time, she suggests that as reviewers, they can have the opportunity to look at papers and observe what is accepted and what isn’t. Elsewhere, she notes that Elsevier has many resources on how to write and review articles.
The two new editors-in-chief have nothing but praise for their predecessors and are looking forward to continuing the positive, prestigious legacy that is JAMDA. “We really aren’t changing anything major in terms of the types of articles we will accept, and the format will remain the same. But we will bring our own perspectives and vision to this effort,” says Dr. Resnick. “We are also excited about another change with regard to the journal… JAMDA will be fully online and accessible.” Read the latest issue and older editions online.
