With every new job there is an element of a learning curve with any job. There are HUGE curves and then little bends. Very much like a huge roller coaster really. This new venture with the journal is going to be just like that and I feel that the ride is going to last for a few times around the track. Yesterday we had a brief conversation with Emma regarding what a forensic pathologist/Medical Examiner is and what they do and started our "Forensic 101" course, which I am assuming is going to be ongoing for many years. In the discussion I asked if there were any books that perhaps we should read/look through so that we could familiarize ourselves a little bit more with the topics that might come across our desks (or should I say our desktops). Emma gave us some really good suggestions and then I asked, thinking she wouldn't go for this, what about us observing an autopsy? Well she thought it would be a GREAT idea! YIKES!!! Me and my big mouth. All in good time, but I am thinking it would be quiet the experience, wouldn't it?
Every meeting we have in regards to the journal it brings up so many other questions, thoughts and great ideas. It is very exciting and we tend to leave the meetings with, what I can only relate to as a Tasmanian Devil swirling around in my head. It takes us almost another 1/2 hour of talking, planning and writing to get our brain to semi-settle down.
Many things to accomplish before our meeting on Saturday so I better get at it.
Kathy
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Birth of a Journal
After three years of long nights, lots of research and many meetings we have gotten word that all our work has been noticed and appreciated. The final word has yet to come down, but as of last week our lives have switched to "if", "maybe" to "OMG" this is really going to happen!
This journal came about as a concept of three very industrious doctors in a field that has been left behind in proper peer-reviewed literature. The conception of the idea, I am sure is older than three years, but they worked and worked on making the dream of a reliable peer reviewed journal come to reality.
I came aboard three years ago by offering my librarian research experience and looked into many of the ideas that they had and researched the questions that they needed answering. A year ago my husband, and business partner, came aboard to look at the desktop publishing and printing of the proposed journal.
Now the fun begins in trying to organize this journal and make it the best it can be. Let the adventure begin. This will either make us strong and ready to tackle another project like this, or it could kill us and then we'll just be another "patient" for our doctors.
This journal came about as a concept of three very industrious doctors in a field that has been left behind in proper peer-reviewed literature. The conception of the idea, I am sure is older than three years, but they worked and worked on making the dream of a reliable peer reviewed journal come to reality.
I came aboard three years ago by offering my librarian research experience and looked into many of the ideas that they had and researched the questions that they needed answering. A year ago my husband, and business partner, came aboard to look at the desktop publishing and printing of the proposed journal.
Now the fun begins in trying to organize this journal and make it the best it can be. Let the adventure begin. This will either make us strong and ready to tackle another project like this, or it could kill us and then we'll just be another "patient" for our doctors.
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