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TYPES OF

MEDICAL WRITING
A Presentation
Different types of Medical writings are:

 History writing  Editorial


(patient’s)  Leading article
 Letter to the editor  Biographical note
 Case report  Conference report
 Research article  Book review
 Review article  Monograph
 Historical review  Dissertation/ Thesis
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

• What message do you want to


communicate to the reader?
 Arrange the ideas logically
 Start a new paragraph for each new idea you
want to record
 Avoid unnecessary details
 Select the title with care
THE TITLE SHOULD BE:
 informative
 specific
 precise
 state exactly what you mean
 Restrict discussion and conclusion to facts of primary
importance
 Write, revise and re-write
 Conclusions and recommendations should be in conformity
with the results
STRUCTURE OF A
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Title
Author (s) Name
Abstract
Introduction – Why?
Material – Who?
Method – How?
Contd….
 Result – What is inferred?
 Discussion – What do the results mean and
why?
 Conclusion? – What will be gained?
 Tables, graphs, pictures
 Acknowledgement
 References

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