Submission Guidelines

We are excited to announce that our Fall 2025 issue will be themed “Arts in Medicine”. Our call for submissions is now open!

Medicine is more than science—it is also story, emotion, and human connection. Our upcoming issue invites exploration of the dynamic intersection between art and medicine, from the role of creativity in clinical practice to the use of arts-based therapies and pedagogical tools. We welcome submissions that investigate how the arts can deepen clinical insight, foster empathy, and illuminate the lived experience of illness and care. We also encourage reflections on how medicine has shaped artistic expression—or, at times, become an art form in itself. Contributions may include original research, critical essays, reflective narratives, and interdisciplinary perspectives. Join us in examining how the creative and the clinical continually inform, challenge, and enrich one another.

Submission deadline: June 15th, 2025 

Please read our comprehensive UBCMJ Author Submission Guidelines, which lists our article categories and manuscript requirements. Note that in line with initiatives to support greener publishing strategies, we are no longer printing both our Fall and Spring Issues. We continue to proudly publish and promote our issues online.

1. Ensure that the manuscript follows the following UBCMJ Manuscript Template. Ensure the title page (first page of the manuscript) is correctly formatted and contains all of the correct identifying author information while the body of the manuscript contains no identifying information.
2. Carefully review our author submission guidelines (above) and ensure that your submission meets the listed requirements.
3. Draft a cover letter that indicates the category of your submission as well as the name, qualifications, and contact information of the faculty sponsor.
4. Carefully review and complete our Single Author Article Submission Form (PDF) or Multiple Author Article Submission Form (PDF).
5. If applicable, carefully review and complete our Patient Consent for Publication Form (PDF), and ensure that your submission meets the requirements presented therein. Patient consent is not to be sent to the journal with your submission, but must be retained by the authors for a period of five (5) years.
6. Review and complete the conflicts of interest disclosure form: COI Disclosure Form (from ICJME) and ensure that all authors of your submission have thoroughly met the disclosure requirements presented therein. *Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to view/edit*
7. Submit your manuscript to OJS, and include the following documents as supplemental documents:
   • Cover Letter
   • Signed and Completed Single or Multiple Author Submission Form
   • COI Disclosure Form
   • High-quality Images, Figures, and Tables

Do not hesitate to contact the managing editor at managing.editor@ubcmj.com if you have any submissions-related inquiries.