Path of Progress: Report of an Eventful Year for the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine.

The article focuses on the progress of the periodical "Journal of Postgraduate Medicine." The year 2004 was an eventful year for the journal. The Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (JPGM) started its golden jubilee celebrations with an international conference, the JPGM GoldCon, on medical writing, editing and publishing. A detailed discussion on the issue of open access was one of the hallmarks of the conference. JPGM has long been committed to the concept of allowing everyone free access to its contents and it can be considered as one of the pioneers in evolving and implementing this notion.