PRiMER Journal Opens Call for Associate Editors

Opportunities to:

• Shape family medicine scholarship
• Mentor new learners through constructive peer-review and editorial feedback

Gain visible editorial leadership experience:

• Participate and gain insight into academic journal processes
• Experientially share and exchange research perspectives with other scholars

Expand your professional network:

• Work with a highly-functioning and intellectually diverse team
• Build relationships with other associate editors, board members, and STFM partners

Opportunities for journal-based research, presentations, and publication:

• Editorial writing
• Journal workshops and conference presentation
• Journal-driven quality improvement and research

Although workload varies with submission volume, PRiMER associate editors are generally expected to work 2-5 hours per month in addition to attending a monthly, virtual editorial team meeting.Review the complete job description, application requirements, and candidate evaluation rubric here.Learn more about PRiMER here.The Associate Editor Must:

• Hold a terminal degree in their discipline (usually a professional or academic doctorate: MD, DO, PhD, EdD etc, although this may differ for some disciplines, eg, library science, social work, or the arts)
• Have personal experience with research and scholarship, including reviewing and authoring scholarly papers
• Possess a sense of clear writing, style, organization, and presentation of information
• Demonstrate understanding of scientific methods, statistics, and other analytic methods, research and publishing ethics, and the peer-review process
• Have a desire to read manuscripts and work with authors and reviewers
• Complete editorial review of journal submissions within 3 weeks as assigned by the editor in chief. Expectations of work load is evaluating 15-25 manuscripts/year.
• Attend monthly, 1-hour editorial meetings remotely
• Attend one yearly, in-person editorial meeting concurrent with an STFM conference (usually the STFM Annual Spring Conference)
• Consult with other associate editors or the editor in chief regarding journal submissions or other journal business as needed
• Uphold and reflect the missions of PRiMER and STFM

Eligibility

Required

• Current STFM member
• Significant high-quality peer review experience or editorial fellow experience
• Publications focused on medical education
• At least one publication in PRiMER, Family Medicine, or Annals of Family Medicine

Preferred

• All above, plus direct experience with PRiMER as an editorial board member or frequent, high-quality peer reviewer

Application Requirements

A statement of interest that addresses the following questions (<1,000 words in total):

• Please demonstrate your familiarity and experience with PRiMER as a journal, with its mission, and its structure.
• Why are you interested in serving on the editorial team of PRiMER?
• What is your previous editorial and/or peer review experience?
• Why would you be an asset to the PRiMER editorial team?
• What experiences have you had overcoming hardship in your personal or academic medicine career?
• What experiences have you had teaching or mentoring students, residents, or junior faculty in writing or researching?
• CV
• A copy of one published medical education article you have authored
• If your review experience is with a different journal, please request and provide documentation of your review history, including an assessment of the quality of your reviews. If this is not accessible, you may request a letter from an editor or member of the editorial team of that journal.

Applications will be reviewed by members of the PRiMER Editorial Management Team. Submit the requested items to Sam Grammer, PRiMER Managing Publisher, with subject line “PRiMER Associate Editor Application,” by August 21, 2026.