Writing Medical Articles: A How-To for Beginners

Abstract

Novel scientific discoveries must be published; otherwise, they become personal experiences. In the field ofmedicine, original papers report the results of new experimental findings, clinical analyses of specific diseases orother medical phenomena, case reports describe the progression, diagnosis, and treatment of significant cases, andreview articles summarize the medical community’s current understanding of specific phenomena, diseases, andtreatment policies. There is a universal standard for writing both Japanese and English articles. Thus, residents,postgraduate students, and other novices are requested to learn how to write according to this standard.