Formatting

Writing a Case Report

A medical case study report is an article that describes a particular patient’s diagnosis and treatment plan. These articles lack the systematic rigors of research articles and are presented as descriptive articles. They may be called Case Reports, Clinical Observations or Clinical Notes and published as special articles, special communications or Letters to the Editor. While some journals publish such…

Writing Journal Articles: the beginning steps

The first step in writing your manuscript is selecting the correct format for presenting your findings. Therefore, this first series of blog entries will discuss the various formats used for observational studies, review articles, case reports, posters, slide lectures and other presentations. Observational or experimental studies present and interpret data obtained under carefully defined conditions. Since information can be interpreted…