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Publishing an article on Health Professions Education

Publishing an article on Health Professions Education

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Advice for authors from the editors of Perspectives on Medical Education : Getting your research published. Varpio L, Driessen E, Maggio L. Perspect Med Educ. 2018 Dec;7(6):343-347doi: 10.1007/s40037-018-0483-0 ; PMID: 30488264; PMCID: PMC6283776 Do you find doing a health professions education (HPE) research difficult? And getting the paper published even more difficult? The editors of "Perspectives on Medical Education" share some great advice to help you. Here are some of the key points for Authors to remember for getting their research published in journals given by editors of Perspectives on Medical Education Begin at the beginning: Know you target audience…
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Do medical students (undergraduates) need to learn research?

Do medical students (undergraduates) need to learn research?

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Knowledge, attitude, practice, and barriers toward research among medical students: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey. Pallamparthy S, Basavareddy A. Perspect Clin Res. 2019 Apr-Jun;10(2):73-78. doi: 10.4103/picr.PICR_1_18. ; PMID: 31008073; PMCID: PMC6463502. This is an article after my heart! The authors voice our sentiments, when they say that medical students should be trained in the methods of carrying out research as they will be future doctors who will have to practice evidence-based medicine in patient care. Evidence based practice means, that they must find scientific research which, with a systematic approach tell them which theories and hypotheses are proved or disapproved ,…
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Framing the title and abstract of your paper

Framing the title and abstract of your paper

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Writing the title and abstract for a research paper: Being concise, precise, and meticulous is the key Tullu MS. Saudi J Anaesth. 2019 Apr;13(Suppl 1):S12-S17. doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_685_18. Have you come across titles / abstracts from search results that sounded very promising, but when you read the article, the content did not match what you first saw? Or have you come across titles that did not mean anything, and there was no abstract? You obviously would not bother to trace and read that article - unless the author was your friend! In the days of information overload, if you want your paper…
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