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AMA Style• Used in many medical publications– Including Physical Therapy, the journal of the
American Physical Therapy Association• Required for all submissions in Misericordia
DPT program
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Within Text• Cited works are numbered in order of initial
appearance in the text.• Use arabic superscript numerals outside
periods and commas, and inside colons and semicolons.
• Example: The sky is blue.1 The earth is round,2 but we won’t fall off.3
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Within Text (continued)• If a citation is repeated, use the number of the
original citation when it is repeated in the text.
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Reference List• Cited references appear in the Reference List
in numerical order.• Example:
1. Pheasant2. Barker3. Pascal
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Reference List (contd)• Authors’ names are inverted, and use only
initials for first and middle names. No periods between initials.
• Example:1. Barker SP2. Pascal MR
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Reference List (contd)• In article titles only the first word and proper
nouns and abbreviations that are ordinarily capitalized are capitalized.
• Example: Differences between the family-centered “COPCA” program and traditional infant physical therapy based on neurodevelopmental treatment principles
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Reference List (contd)• Use accepted Index Medicus abbreviations of
journal names.• To find journal name abbreviations, go to
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals
• Enter the name of the journal in the search box.
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Enter journal name here.
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Finding Journal Abbreviations• Click “Search” to obtain complete journal
listing, including abbreviation.• A list of abbreviations for core clinical journals
list is found as an appendix to AMA Stat (.pdf file)
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Journal name abbreviation
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Reference List (contd)• For journals use issue numbers in parentheses
after the volume number. If there is no issue number specify month before the year.
• Example: Masley PM, Havrilko C-L, Mahnensmith MR, et al. Physical therapist practice in the acute care setting: a qualitative study. Phys Ther. 2011;91(8):906-919.
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Referencing Books & Chapters• Entire Book:– McKenzie BC. Medicine and the Internet:
Introducing Online Resources and Terminology. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1997.
• Book Chapter:– Guyton JL, Crockarell JR. Fractures of acetabulum
and pelvis. In: Canale ST, ed.Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby, Inc; 2003:2939-2984.
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Other References• Refer to AMA Stat (.pdf file) or the AMA
Manual of Style for instructions as to citing other types of references:– Newspapers & magazines– Monographs & proceedings– Web pages & electronic resources– Personal communication
• Check Physical Therapy or other journals that use AMA style for further examples.