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Drafts JAMA cover letters pitching general medical importance and confirming compliance. Includes skeleton, checklist, and declaration guidance.
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/jama-skills:jama-cover-letterThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The manuscript is ready and you need the editor-facing cover letter
The editors triage on general medical importance first. The letter is a short, specific pitch — not a summary of the abstract. One page.
Dear Editors,
We submit "[title]" for consideration as a [article type] in JAMA.
In this [design] of [N] [participants/patients] at [setting], [intervention/exposure]
[result for the primary outcome: estimate, 95% CI]. [One sentence: why this changes
practice / guidelines for a broad clinician audience.]
The study is reported in accordance with [CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA/STARD]; the
[trial/protocol] was prospectively registered ([registry] [identifier]). The work is
original, not under consideration elsewhere, and approved by [IRB]. All authors meet
ICMJE authorship criteria; conflicts of interest and funding are disclosed, and a
data-sharing statement is included.
[Optional: suggested reviewers / reviewers to exclude, per portal options.]
Sincerely,
[Corresponding author, on behalf of all authors]
The cover letter is the first thing a Journal of the American Medical Association editor reads, and triage at this AMA / JAMA Network flagship turns on one question: does this change practice or policy for a broad clinician audience? Make four things extractable at a glance — general-medical not subspecialty; the headline effect with its precision (absolute effect, 95% CI); the design and reporting standard (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA/STARD); and compliance (registration ID, IRB, ICMJE, COI, funding, data-sharing).
Vignette (illustrative): a multicenter randomized clinical trial, N = 3,800 adults with acute ischemic stroke, extended-window thrombectomy; pre-specified primary outcome 90-day functional independence (modified Rankin 0-2), absolute risk difference 7.7 percentage points (95% CI, 3.1-12.3).
Importance sentence: "In this multicenter randomized clinical trial of 3,800 patients reported per CONSORT, extended-window thrombectomy increased 90-day functional independence by an absolute 7.7 percentage points (95% CI, 3.1-12.3), informing an everyday acute-stroke triage decision for emergency physicians, neurologists, and hospitalists." It gives the absolute effect with its CI, names the design and standard, and argues broad relevance.
Calibration anchors (hedge where uncertain): the one-page norm, importance-first triage, and registration/disclosure affirmations are durable; the editor name and addressing convention are volatile — confirm against the journal's current author guidelines rather than naming a person from memory.
【Importance pitch (broad audience)】present / weak: ...
【Headline result + 95% CI】...
【Design + reporting standard named】yes / no
【Registration + disclosures affirmed】yes / gaps: ...
【Article type stated】...
【Length】one page / trim: ...
【Next skill】jama-submission
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