Interdisciplinary Journal of Acute Care

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Acute Care (IJAC) is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, and quarterly open-access online journal dedicated specifically to the field of acute care. IJAC serves as a platform for the dissemination of high-quality original research and evidence-based articles that address the physical, psychological, and emotional aspects of acute care, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration for patients across all acute care settings, including emergency, trauma, and critical care. The journal’s subject areas encompass a broad spectrum within acute care, including: Acute Care, Emergency Care, Emergency Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery, and Midwifery.

     IJAC welcomes manuscripts that explore theoretical foundations and professional perspectives in acute care, innovations and clinical approaches to patient care, comparative studies of care models, new strategies in professional development and education, ethical considerations, management and quality assurance, information and communication technology, software applications in acute care, and health policy and continual quality improvement. As a quarterly publication, IJAC is committed to advancing knowledge and practice in acute care by fostering interdisciplinary research and dialogue among healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators worldwide.

Scope
 IJAC publishes high-quality original articles that provide novel and significant research based evidence related to physical, psychological and emotional practices with interdisciplinary activity for patients in all fields of acute care needs including emergency, trauma and critical care.

Aims

The aims of the journal concerning the mentioned scope include:

• To create a suitable basis for exchanging information in the acute care portion of the health care arena
• To create an interdisciplinary foundation for promoting scientific knowledge and research in acute care
• To enhance and promote the quality of care in acute care settings
• To recognize and develop medical education approaches in the field of acute care
• To motivate researchers to conduct scientific studies in the field of acute care medicine
• To identify national and international scientific experts and to help them publish their related articles

Research manuscripts in the following areas will be reviewed:

• Theoretical foundations, professional opinion of acute care
• Innovations and clinical approaches in caring and curing
• Comparative study of caring and curing models
• New strategies in continuing professional development, teaching, and learning
• Ethical issues
• Management, quality assurance, validation, and evaluation methods
• Information and communication technology
• Software used in acute care settings
• Health policy and continual quality improvement.

We may also consider other topics.