02 April 2017 02 Apr 2017

Midwifery and the act of looking forward

I became the new editor of the British Journal of Midwifery just days after the March issue was published, so I had a long time to look forward to releasing an issue of my own. The most important lesson I've learned in my first month is the virtue of forward planning. No matter how far ahead of schedule you feel you are, there is no such thing as too early. Articles cannot be submitted too soon, layouts cannot be mapped out too quickly, and editing cannot be done fast enough.