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Download Éducation thérapeutique du patient - Therapeutic patient education Instructions for Authors in PDF format.
1. Aims and scope
2. The submission stage 3. The acceptance stage 4. Style guide 5. Proofs stage 6. Contact 1. Aims and scope This international peer-reviewed journal promotes the development of research and practices in the field of therapeutic patient education:
- helping multi professional teams to share evaluated experiences, methodologies, innovations, - stimulating critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of therapeutic patient education, - promoting multidisciplinary approaches involving medicine, health sciences and humanities. 2. The submission stage The journal consists of two types of issues each containing 8-10 articles:
- supplements publish descriptions of educational practices and evaluated experiences, papers which develop theories, debates, critical analysis of specific policies and practices, (long articles: 7000 words; short articles : 3000 words), book analysis. Images and videos may be accepted for the electronic format of the journal. Jean-François d'Ivernois This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (in object of the email: submission for ETP/TPE). All articles are peer reviewed by at least two independent referees. Once accepted, the articles cannot be withdrawn or published elsewhere. 3. The acceptance stage Once accepted by the Editorial Board, the author will send his/her manuscript to EDP Sciences in Word, Wordperfect, Latex or RTF format. At this stage, a PDF file is not sufficient. EDP Sciences should receive for each figure the "native" electronic files (one file per figure), using one of the following formats: eps (preferably), tiff, bmp or jpeg. Files should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi; colour figures should be registered in CMYK.4. Style guide In order to make the correspondence between authors and the production department easier, the author should provide with his/her manuscript: name and address, phone number, e-mail, fax number (fax and phone numbers will not be published). The contribution of each author to the article should be precised.Title In French and in English, it should be brief and informative. It must be followed by the authors' names and full addresses. The address should appear as: Laboratory/Institute, University, City, Country. For hospitals or other health institutions: Department, Hospital/Institution, City, Country. Abstracts In French and in English (about 200 words each), each one in a single paragraph, they present the content and the original data supplied, the main conclusions and any interesting results, structured according the following format: Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion (articles reporting original quantitative and qualitative researches, review articles) or Introduction, Objectives, Contributions/description, Conclusion (descriptions of educational practices and evaluated experiences, papers which develop theories, debates, critical analysis of specific policies and practices). Keywords (in French and English) The author should provide a maximum of five keywords. Keywords should be written in bold lowercase letters, separated by slashes: the plural form and uppercase letters should be avoided. Abbreviations. A list of abbreviations should be provided at the beginning of the article. Text The main body of the text must be precise and concise. It should be typed with double spacing; footnotes should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Information not essential to the understanding of the text is in Appendix at the end of the article or only published on line. Units and symbols The international system of units (SI) should be used. Latin locution will be written in italic. Illustrations Tables are numbered using Roman numerals (Tab. I), Figures Arabic numerals (Fig. 1). The author must call every Table and Figure in the text. In the paper version of the journal, figures will be printed in black and white (at no cost) or in color (prices available upon request). In the electronic version, the original colours of the figures will be reproduced at no extra cost. In case scanning is necessary, please provide good-quality originals for your figures. Authors should keep in mind that the final reproduction of their figures essentially depends on the originals. For best results, figures should be provided respecting the guidelines detailed below:
- Avoid use of bold lettering. - Letter size should be homogeneous in size in all figures of the article. - Where possible, avoid using grey levels. Hatching is preferable. - For curves, standard symbols must be used  .- Tables should be kept in their simplest form, lines and columns being unambiguously identifiable. Important. Any reproduction of previously published figure or table must be accompanied by written permission from the copyright holder. Acknowledgements Acknowledgements should appear at the end of the main text. Any funding should be mentioned. References It is important to confirm the accuracy of bibliographic information in references. This has become more important with the online version. Hyperlinks will be programmed to enable readers to jump directly to the material cited. If your reference citations are incorrect or incomplete e.g., missing author name, or an incorrect volume number or page), the associated hyperlinks may fail, and the usefulness of your paper in the online environment may be diminished. All the references must be cited in the text by placing sequential numbers in brackets (for example, [1], [2,5,7], [8-10]). They should be numbered in the order in which they are cited. Authors may be cited in the text by name, but without initials. Authors should use layout and punctuation below in the final reference list. Examples: Journals
2. D'Ivernois JF, Gagnayre R. Éducation pour la santé, éducation thérapeutique : quelles formations ? Santé publique 2006; 18:351-352. Books
2. Bandura A. Social learning theory. New York: General Learning Press; 2004, p. 53-54. Proceedings
2. Haenni C, Anzules C, Golay A (2006). Art-therapy and body image: a new approach for obese patients. In: Proceedings of Therapeutic patient education, 2006 April 27-30, Florence, Italy. Book of abstracts; 2006, p. 49. 5. Proofs stage Proofs will be sent to the first or nominated author by e-mail in PDF format and must be returned within 48 hours of receipt. Any major changes will be charged to the authors.Copyright and conflict of interest Proofs must be accompanied by a letter signed by one of the authors on behalf of all the co-authors according agreement to transfer the copyright. The authors must state any conflict of interest. Offprints The PDF file of the article is provided free of charge at the final stage. The file is send to the author for correspondence. Printed copies may be purchased from the publisher at the proofreading stage. 6. Contact Any information concerning the production, offprints, colour figures, should be sent:EDP Sciences, BP 112, 17, avenue du Hoggar, P.A. de Courtabœuf, 91944 Les Ulis Cedex A, France or by email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
