The Midnight Revision

Kayla and Tom are working late in their office at Seattle Grace Hospital, polishing their original research article before resubmitting it to a high-impact journal.

The Midnight Revision

Listen and choose the right answer

Why are Kayla and Tom working so late in the office?

• They are preparing an emergency surgery case.
• They are finalizing a manuscript resubmission for a high-impact journal.
• They are reviewing grant proposals for the hospital board.

What major issue does Kayla discover while checking the manuscript?

• A coding error in the statistical script that compromised the primary outcome data.
• A spelling mistake in the title of the original research article.
• Missing signatures on the competing interests declaration form.

How does Tom react to Kayla's discovery of the error?

• He tells her to ignore it and submit the paper anyway.
• He gets angry and blames her for the poor statistical analysis.
• He is relieved she caught it and agrees they must withdraw the submission.

What immediate action do they decide to take regarding the journal?

• Withdraw the submission temporarily, explain the situation, and request an extension.
• Accept whatever editorial decision the journal makes without telling them.
• Submit the flawed data and fix it quietly in a future corrigendum.

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Kayla: We've got to finish it before tomorrow morning if we want to meet the resubmission deadline for the ____ .
• Tom: True, but I really think our new interpretation of findings makes the ____ much stronger now.
• Kayla: It certainly does, provided we ____ about the secondary endpoints.
• Kayla: That's why I've spent the last two hours expanding the ____ to discuss the sample size.
• Tom: That should definitely satisfy their demand for better ____ .

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