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PubMed2000

Writing patient-centered functional goals.

Motor learning research, health care policies, reimbursement practices, and the standards of accrediting bodies all support writing patient-centered functional goals of physical therapy. This article defines patient-centered functional goals within the context of the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice and provides a rationale for incorporating functional goals into physical therapy for patients in all areas of practice. The article also describes how physical therapists can collaborate with patients to identify functional goals that are meaningful to them and describes a 5-step process for writing functional goals that are measurable.

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PubMed2000

Writing a structured abstract.

This article is part of the education initiative of the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal to deliver information that will be of practical use and help to enhance the skills necessary for the continuing professional development of Canadian radiologists. The first article in the continuing professional development skills series is on writing a structured abstract. Future "how to" articles will focus on other skills such as critical appraisal. You can earn CPD credits in section 6 (Educational Development, Teaching and Research) for writing an abstract and in section 4 (Structured Learning Projects) if you use this information for a personal learning project. The call for abstracts for the 2001 CAR Annual Meeting in Vancouver, September 21-23, has gone out. The deadline for submitting abstracts for the meeting is March 31, 2001. If you need more information or an abstract form, visit the CAR Web site at www.car.ca.

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PubMed2000

Challenging writer's block. How experienced authors make time to write.

Each of us can think of a thousand excuses why we can't write for publication. In reality each of these excuses is a writer's block that can be overcome. By using the tips described in this article, you will have the tools to conquer writer's block. With skillful planning you will be successful in publishing and the profession will benefit from your work. Just remember, once you see how nice your work looks in print, you won't be able to stop writing!

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PubMed2002

Funding an idea: a workshop on writing a grant proposal for allied health professionals.

A framework for a workshop on grant writing to be presented to allied health professionals who seek to develop or improve their grant writing skills is described. The proposed framework contains eight sections that describe preparation for a grant application. The sections discuss activities that occur before, during, and after completing the application. The framework is flexible in its delivery format. The flexibility of this framework creates unique opportunities to present information to allied health professionals and to encourage them to seek funding for research and clinical projects.

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Evaluating reflective writing for appropriateness, fairness, and consistency.

Nurse educators are divided about how to best evaluate nursing students' reflective writings for evidence of critical thinking. This article reports on a study of consistency among faculty in grading writing in reflective journals. The results indicate a lack of consensus with regard to evaluation and differences among faculty with regard to how they view the purpose of such exercises.

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PubMed2004

[Writing English abstracts of high quality in standard English acceptable for publication].

Writing an abstract presents a unique challenge to any author. It requires brevity of the written word, conciseness of thought and accuracy of presentation. A structured abstract is the most important starting point for a well written dental article. Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, a Chinese national journal of oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, orthodontics, oral pathology, endodontics, oral radiology, etc, has been included and indexed in Chemical Abstracts, Index Medicus and MEDLINE. This peer reviewed refereed journal demands Chinese and English abstracts of high quality for all manuscripts. Each manuscript should provide qualified abstracts for citation and indexing, which are written in standard English using the correct terms, sentences and grammar. Structured abstracts about 500 characters are required for clinical articles, clinical reports, basic scientific articles; while indicative abstracts (summary) are mandatory to short communications and case reports as well as review articles. Generally, the abstracts should be written in the past tense and passive voice (in the third person), with exception of conclusion(s), which can be in the primary tense and active voice. The structured abstracts are consisted of PURPOSE (S), METHODS, CONCLUSION (S), and CONCLUSION (S), which should offer the important information on the number of the subjects, methods of grouping and statistics, database attained, P values, etc. The conclusion (s) must be detailed rather than conceptive. This editorial introduces the ins and outs of writing an English abstracts acceptable for publication.

Abstracting and Indexing↗

PubMed1992

Writing for publication: part of your career development.

Nurses are increasingly being motivated to write for publication, and indeed this now plays an important part in career development. An understanding of the publishing procedure and an awareness of the need for a simple, clear writing style will equip nurses to take on this new and challenging role.

Career Mobility↗

PubMed2004

Teaching undergraduates how to write and submit a research manuscript.

Undergraduate nursing students have long been excluded from performing original theory-based nursing research due to severe time and work constraints. However, without actual research opportunities, students also lack research-writing experiences. This author describes successful strategies for teaching an undergraduate class how to write and submit a manuscript that describes an original research project.

Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate↗

PubMed2004

[Neuronal circuits of reading and writing in Japanese language].

Japanese writing system consists of two different types of letters, kana (phonogram) and kanji (morphogram). Various types of alexia with or without agraphia in the Japanese language cause specific type of kanji/kanja dissociation. Upon the neuropsychological analysis of these dissociations, we have proposed a hypothesis of dual neuronal circuits of reading and writing process. Subsequent PET activation studies upon normal subjects confirmed the hypothesis; semantic reading pathway via area 37 on the inferior border of the left temporal lobe and phonological reading pathway via middle portion of the left lateral occipital lobe.

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PubMed2005

Eponyms: errors in clinical practice and scientific writing.

Eponymous terms are in daily use in medicine. This system of nomenclature which simply commemorates a person is inconvenient, poses difficulties to students and leads to frequent mistakes in scientific writings. Nevertheless it can be helpful in completely describing a multi-symptomatic medical condition or a complex surgical procedure which otherwise would not be neatly encapsulated in a reasonably convenient word or phrase. We used Finkelstein's test as an example to demonstrate that the use of such nomenclature in clinical practice and scientific writing creates inaccuracies. We contacted 62 consultant orthopaedic surgeons and 47 specialist orthopaedic registrars of whom 53 consultant and 39 registrars responded. Three different descriptions of Finkelstein's test were used as described in current literature. Only 10 (10.7%) surgeons recognised the correct method as described by Finkelstein and 83 (89.3%) were unable to do so. The results shows that a statistically significant proportion of surgeons uses the test (p < 0.0001) but fails to identify the correct method (p < 0.0001). We also found that Finkelstein's test was inaccurately described in literature since Leao's incorrect description in 1958 (quoting Eichhoff's manoeuvre) and the mistake persisted for over 50 years before it could be accredited. Such mistakes are frequent not only in hand surgery but in other sections of medicine as well. We conclude that in the modern era of evidence based medicine, use of such trivial nomenclature should be avoided. Efforts should be made to introduce proper descriptive nomenclature, by devising criteria systems which would be easy to use and not fictitious.

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PubMed2005

[How to write a scientific paper].

To write a paper and to succeed in getting it published in a highly renowned scientific journal represent the last but not the least of the difficulties that a researcher has to face before being able to consider a given research project fully accomplished. While writing a manuscript, it is important to put a consistent effort in designing its structure, paying attention to a few technical guidelines. It is worth keeping in mind, however, that the editorial success of a manuscript is related not only to the writer skills and experience but also to the attention previously dedicated to the design and conduction of the research project from which data are derived. On the other hand, the probability for a well designed and carefully performed study (yielding data relevant from a clinical viewpoint), to have its results accepted for publication in an important journal is very low if they are poorly summarized in a low quality paper. In the light of these considerations, the aim of this concise review was to provide the researcher with a few simple tips on how to prepare a scientific article, ranging from its early drafting to its final publication. We have also dealt in some detail with the problems related to the selection of the journal and manuscript format, with the procedures related to manuscript submission, and with the approach to follow in order to prepare a proper answering to the reviewers' and editors' comments.

Periodicals as Topic↗

PubMed2005

Is your statement writing up to scratch?

Patients now have a willingness to litigate when things go wrong with their care. One day you may have to write a statement for the purpose of forming a defence in a clinical negligence claim. A well written statement can be an excellent defence against allegations. John Beesley, AfPP's Lead Professional Officer, outlines guidance and best practice for statement writing.

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PubMed2006

[Personal suggestions to write and publish SCI cited papers].

The Science Citation Index (SCI) was introduced primarily as a method of information retrieval and has also been used as an objective measure of the quality of an academic journal. How to write and publish a SCI cited paper has been posed to the daily schedule of scientific researchers. This paper gives some suggestions according to the author's experience in writing and publishing SCI cited papers. In preparing a manuscript of high quality in English, one should possess an excellent English ability, carefully read the "Instructions for authors" of the journal which you will submit to, carefully and seriously prepare the manuscript in English and revise it according to the peer reviewed comments.

Databases, Bibliographic↗

PubMed2006

How to read, understand, and write 'Discussion' sections in medical articles. An exercise in critical thinking.

Writing and reading 'Discussion' sections in medical articles require a procedure as exact and structured as that involved in raising questions, choosing materials and methods and producing results for a health research study. The medical article as a whole can be considered an exercise in modern argumentation and its 'Discussion' section, a systematic critical appraisal of a path from theses to conclusions. The methodology of modern critical thinking applies perfectly to article writing, reading, and understanding. Structuring the 'Discussion' section as a review of argumentation benefits more than the study and its authors. It allows the reader to grasp the real relevance and validity of the study and its usability for his or her decision-making in clinical and community care, research and health policies and program proposal, implementation, and evaluation.

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PubMed2005

How to write an oncology manuscript.

Publications may represent accomplishment in academic medicine, primary documentation of research data, evidence of expertise through writing an authoritative review paper or book chapter or a major determinant in achieving academic promotion and career development. Editors and reviewers appreciate receiving manuscripts that are easy to read and edit. Much of the information in journals instructions to authors is designed to accomplish that goal in ways that meet each journal's particular editorial needs. The CONsolidated Standards of Reporting Trial (CONSORT) statement is an important research tool that takes an evidence-based approach to improve the quality of reports of randomized trials. The guidance that follows provides a general background and rationale for preparing oncology manuscripts for any journal. Many of these guidelines are based on feedback provided by actual peer reviewers. Even before you start writing, it is good practice to review the typical sections of a manuscript The text of observational and experimental articles is usually (but not necessarily) divided into sections with the headings Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. This so-called "IMRAD". The abstract of the manuscript is usually divided into background, purpose, patients and methods, results and conclusion. The section on patients and methods of an oncology manuscript should include the eligibility criteria for the patients, study design, treatment plan, baseline and treatment assessments and statistical analysis. The results include data on patient characteristics, tumor response, time to event measures, toxicity and dose administration. The conclusion must address the primary objective of the study. Authors will be able to address up front many issues regarding content, organization, presentation, and formatting, thereby increasing the likelihood of successful publication of their papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Humans↗

PubMed1991

A practical approach to writing successful grant proposals.

Success in the planning and writing of grant proposals for health care services is enhanced by using a methodical approach. First, explore the problem and the resources. Obtaining direct experience is superior to a library-based literature review in understanding the problem. Second, identify funding sources and begin to plan the project, matching community needs to organizational strengths and funding priorities. Third, write the proposal and finish planning. Plans are refined as the proposal is written. This article provides practical information on commonly needed documents, characteristics of successful proposals and sources of information on funding.

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PubMed1991

Writing easily read patient education handouts: a computerized approach.

A patient education handout is a potentially powerful tool for communicating information to patients. Patients will derive the greatest benefit from what they can easily read and understand. This article describes the use of computerized readability formulas in writing patient education handouts. Suggestions are offered for writing such handouts are illustrated.

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PubMed1990

Writing job descriptions.

The skill of writing job descriptions begins with an understanding of the advantages, as well as the basic elements, of a well written description. The end result should be approved and updated as needed. Having a better understanding of this process makes writing the job description a challenge rather than a chore.

Humans↗