Authorship guidelines

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anmol Pitliya, M.B.B.S. M.D.[2]

Authorship Rules regarding chapters on WikiDoc

• The fellow adding major content to a page should be the first author.
• If a fellow did relevant edits to a previously written page, he may add his name after the First author.
• If the whole page is copied from other sources, the content and name of the author may be removed.
• If there is no content on the page, the name of the author may be removed.
• If a fellow is reviewing language and grammar, he may add his/her name using template Grammar Reviewer:.

Under no circumstances, a name should be added to a page without adding relevant content.

Active Status Criteria

To meet the criteria of an active scholar, you have to fulfill ALL of the following criteria.

• Actively contributing to a topic on wikidoc.(meaningless edits in the sandbox won't be counted.)
• Completing a chapter in a 2-week duration.
• Being responsive to the emails and text messages posted on the group.
• Updating the coach regarding the progress of the assigned project at least on a weekly basis.
• Meeting the criteria of B or higher per Letter of Recommendation criteria for all the enlisted qualities.
• Fixing the page per the instruction of the reviewer.
• Not being inactive more than three weeks consecutively.