HowtoWriteaCaseReport101-NorthernOntarioSchoolofMedicine.ppt

Get advice early! Especially regarding: Key Message and Reason for the Case Report Get others not involved in the management of the case to proofread the article and consider their comments carefully Consent Consider privacy laws Duty of confidentiality persists even if the patient has died, e.g.: Role of Next-of-Kin Deliver a copy of published paper to the patient or relative Publication should be in the public interest Every effort to contact patient or next-of-kin should have failed Every effort to anonymise the case report should be made Average person unlikely to withhold consent Consider assent to publish from other clinicians involved in the care of the patient Authors included need to have intellectual input Avoid a “soccer team” of authors Many journals may limit the number of authors Letters and consent from various named co-authors may be required Have all the consents and assents to publish Follow all the instructions and guidelines of the journal webpage Write and include a cover letter to the editor A Case Report may be the beginning of a glorious and successful career in medical writing! * Dr. Emmanuel Abara FRCS(C) FACS FICS Richmond Hill Urology Practice Prostate Institute (RHUPPI) Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) Conflict Disclosure Information: Presenter: Emmanuel O. Abara MB FRCSC.FACS.FICS Title of Presentation: “Interesting Case! Should we report it?”: How to Write a Case Report 101 I have no financial or personal relationships to disclose Determine what types of cases are worth reporting and why Understand how to structure a Case Report Learn what audience to reach and what journals to publish in Understand the Ethics of Publishing Physicians in active clinical practice Faculty seeking to review their knowledge on Case Report publishing Fellows Residents Research Assistants Learners Case report is like story telling in medicine Should be clear, short and useful for its purpose Is the written form of the verbal presentatio