Guest editors:
David Crookall, UNSA & Min Zhou

The general theme of medical and health simulation could include the following, among other topics:

Perspectives

Contributions from a variety of perspectives are invited, for example, empirical research (experimental to ethnographic, how simulation has helped to advance medical knowledge), in-depth analyses, discussion papers, training programs (how simulation helps doctors to be more effective, how games help teachers make the public more aware of medical issues), descriptions of simulation/games, literature reviews, resource surveys.

Please send an outline first ...

If you wish to contribute, please send a one- to two-page outline with the following elements:

• Your name, address, phones, faxes, e-mail addresses, etc.
• A working title. An abstract or rationale. A set of objectives for the proposed paper. A working plan.
• (Possibly, one or two offprints of previous papers that might help.)

to Dr David Crookall, UNSA.  Once selections have been made, authors will be invited to submit a full paper.

Before submitting an outline, you should look at some recent copies of Simulation & Gaming. For more information on the journal or on obtaining past copies go to http://www.unice.fr/sg/

Tentative timetable

• February 2000 = submissions of first drafts.
• April 2000 = comments back to authors.
• June 2000 = final manuscripts sent in.
• Publication date = December 2000.