As medical and pre-medical students, I am sure most of us have been, or will, be doing research at some point. If we’re going all the way, we will be submitting our results for publication in a journal. Getting started can be difficult, so I made note of some key tips that I have gathered […]
How to Write a Literature Review
I thought it would be worthwhile to share some tips of the trade for those on research. Literature reviews are often solicited by journals from prominent researchers. The task of writing the review often falls to the graduate student in the lab (like myself), and it can be a great opportunity to delve into the literature […]
Medical Writing: Why the Needs the Verbal Section
Writing is a big part of medicine, and writing should be the goal of those training for medicine. Now, forgetting for a moment the bitter incongruity of someone like myself writing about good writing, it is worth stressing how important written communication skills are in medicine. Many aspiring medical students think about the massive amounts […]