Failure

Hypothesis: Failure is the brainchild of Column Editor Heather Holmes. Thes peer reviewed articles provide an opportunity to share experiences that didn't go as expected (or that didn't end at all). Author(s) are asked to use the Vancouver citation style and to use superscripts for all in-text citations.

Author(s) may wish to download the Submission Template.

Every submission should include a structured abstract with the following headings – it is ok to adjust the headings to better describe your submission:

Abstract word count: 200 words

• Objective(s): What was your original intent?
• Methods: What did you do?
• Results: What happened instead?
• Lessons learned: What would you do differently?

The main document should elaborate on ideas or themes mentioned in the structured abstract. Casual language is acceptable for Hypothesis Failure submission. These submissions should be anonymized and they are evaluated by double blind peer review.

Main Document Word Count: ~1500 words

Published Examples of Failure Submissions:

• Stark RK, Opuda E. Pilot project exploring low-tech collaborative board gaming on student attitudes toward interprofessional education.Hypothesis. 2022; 34(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.18060/25500
• Neilson C, Lê ML. A failed attempt at developing a search filter for systematic review methodology articles in Ovid Embase. JMLA. 2019; 107(2). https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.519

Please feel free to contact Heather Holmes, Associate Editor, about possible submissions.

Make a new submission to Hypothesis: Failure.