Gilbert Martin, MD

On January 5, 1665, the first scientific journal, “The Journal Des Scavans,” published its first issue. The mandate offered by the editor was that this Journal was a “means of satisfying curiosity and becoming learned with little effort for those either too indolent or too occupied to read whole books.”

There are now over 20,000 different biomedical journals published today. The journal article is still the “gold standard,” and professionals are always referring to these original sources.

I am sure that there have been many times in your career that you observed a unique case or used a treatment plan which you believed would be interesting to others in your field. The fear of actually sitting down to collect your thoughts, organize them, and finally put the information down on paper is not easy. With a few guidelines and some encouragement, the task is really not difficult….and can even be fun. The feeling of accomplishment after the manuscript is sent to the editor is terrific (note I am not using carefully chosen medicaleaze type jargon, but writing as I would speak). A returned acceptance weeks later is even more gratifying.

SO YOU WANT TO WRITE: WHAT NEXT ???????????????????

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