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Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research

by: Browner, Warren S., M.D.; Hiscock, Tim

Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research

by: Browner, Warren S., M.D.; Hiscock, Tim

ISBN 13:
9780683307450
ISBN 10:
0683307452
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/01/1998
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins
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Summary

Univ. of California, San Francisco. Text for new and experienced investigators on getting work published. Topics include: title and abstract, introduction, methods, results, tables, figures, discussion, references, authorship, posters, oral presentation, choosing a journal, and more. Softcover. DNLM: Publishing. Added to the Brandon-Hill Medical List in April of 2001.

Acknowledgments

vii

1 Overview

(2)

Who Should Use This Book

(1)

When Will This Book Be Useful

(1)

How to Use This Book

(1)

2 Title and Abstract

(16)

The Title

(2)

Abstracts

(3)

Getting Started

(1)

The Abstract Review Process

(2)

Why Abstracts Are Rejected

(1)

Fitting an Abstract into Its Blue Box

(3)

Abstracts for Manuscripts

(4)

3 Introduction

(6)

The Background of the Research Question

(1)

Previous Research in the Area

(1)

Problems with Past Research

(2)

What You Did to Fix Those Problems

(2)

4 Methods

(16)

Design

(3)

Subject and Setting

(3)

Measurements

(3)

Analysis

(3)

Special Situations

(2)

Miscellaneous Points

(2)

5 Results

(30)

Descriptive and Analytic Results

(13)

Statistics

(8)

What Readers Will Expect to Find

(2)

Getting Started

(6)

6 Tables

(18)

Table Components

(3)

Types of Tables

(1)

Tables of Lists

(1)

Tables of Subject Characteristics

(2)

Tables That Tell What Happened

(1)

Tables That Compare Groups

(4)

Tables with Many Rows and Columns

(1)

Tables of Multivariable Results

(2)

When to Combine Tables

(1)

What Should Be Left Out of a Table?

(1)

Preparing the Table in Your Manuscript

(1)

A Final Test

(2)

7 Figures

(18)

Photographs as Figures

(1)

Diagrams or Cartoons as Figures

(1)

Figures That Present Numerical Data

(14)

Figure Legends and Text

104

(1)

Submitting Figures With a Manuscript

105

(2)

8 Discussion

107

(12)

Structure

108

(1)

What You Found

108

(1)

What You Think the Results Mean and How Strongly You Believe Them

108

(5)

Secondary Results

113

(1)

How Do Your Results Compare with Prior Knowledge?

114

(1)

Limitations of the Study

114

(2)

Conclusions and Implications

116

(1)

Putting It All Together

117

(2)

9 References and Electronic Publishing

119

(6)

References

119

(2)

Electronic Publishing

121

(4)

10 Authorship

125

(8)

The Practicalities

126

(2)

How Does One Tell Nonauthors Their Fate?

128

(1)

Order of Authorship

129

(1)

How and When Do You Move Yourself Up or Down on the List?

129

(1)

What Constitutes a Paper?

130

(1)

Acknowledgments

131

(1)

A Special Plea to Senior Investigators

132

(1)

11 Posters

133

(8)

The Basics

133

(2)

Getting Started

135

(1)

General Advice About Panels

135

(1)

Example: A Multiple-Panel Poster

136

(2)

Getting the Most Out of a Poster Session

138

(3)

12 Oral Presentations

141

(12)

The Basic Order of a Presentation

141

(5)

Making Your Slides

146

(1)

Slide Format

147

(1)

Timing Your Talk

148

(1)

What to Say

148

(1)

Practicing Your Talk

149

(1)

Dealing with Anxiety

149

(1)

The Talk Itself

150

(1)

Answering Questions

150

(2)

Some Final Thoughts

152

(1)

13 Choosing a Journal and Responding to Reviewers' Comments

153

(12)

Choosing a Journal

153

(1)

What to Put in the Cover Letter

154

(1)

Suggesting Reviewers

155

(1)

The Manuscript Itself

156

(1)

The Response to Your Manuscript

156

(2)

Responding to Comments

158

(1)

Other Changes in a Revised Manuscript

159

(1)

Editorial Changes

159

(1)

Dealing with Rejection

159

(3)

Submitting to Another Journal

162

(3)

14 Suggestions for Writing Well

165

(12)

Aiming for Clarity

166

(4)

Achieving Brevity

170

(1)

Developing a Style

170

(4)

Writing Numbers and Formulas

174

(1)

Overcoming Writer's Block

175

(2)

Appendixes

177

(22)

A Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Publications

177

(20)

B A List of Resources

197

(2)

INDEX

199

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