Abstract
New medical writers and medical writing students are often unsure how to start writing a manuscript and need help in organizing their thoughts. This is the third in a series of articles that explain how to link the sections and the information within them together, what I call ‘manuscript flow’. The first two articles in this series covered the Introduction1 and the Methods.2
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References
- Leventhal PS. A guideline for manuscript flow. Part 1 – the introduction. Med Writing 2013;22(1):59–60.
- Leventhal PS. A guideline for manuscript flow. Part 1 – the methods. Med Writing 2013;22(4):306–8.
- Leventhal PS. Guidelines for manuscript writing: here to help. Med Writing 2012;21(2):164–8.
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals: Publishing and Editorial Issues Related to Publication in Medical Journals: Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Medical Journal. [Accessed 2013 Dec 6]. Available from: http://www.icmje.org/manuscript_a.html
- Moher D, Hopewell S, Schulz KF, Montori V, Gøtzsche PC, Devereaux PJ, et al. CONSORT 2010 explanation and elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ 2010;340:c869.
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