An Overview of How to Search and Write a Medical Literature Review

The Peer Review Process

The purpose of peer review is to evaluate the scientific merit of the submitted work and to assess suitability for publication. This process is intended to provide an unbiased, independent critique to ensure publication of high-quality manuscripts that demonstrate validity and reliability. Reviewers are subject-matter experts who volunteer their time to participate in peer review. A proper review provides constructive and helpful feedback in a timely manner that authors can use to improve both current and future work. When given the opportunity to revise, authors should carefully consider all comments and adequately address all concerns. This paper provides guidance to clinicians for both aspects of the peer review process: participating as a reviewer and responding to reviewer feedback.

An Overview of Data Management in Human Subjects Research

Research studies generate data in various forms. Data can be quantitative or qualitative. Research involving human subjects requires protection of data to ensure privacy. Various regulations and local policies need to be followed to ensure data security. Data management plans are critical for effective data stewardship and include details plan on data collection, management, storage, and formatting. This paper will review data collection tools, data security strategies, file management, data storage, government regulations, prepping data for analysis, reference management, and file management.

Moving From Abstract to Manuscript

Research is often presented at scientific conferences in abstract form. Unfortunately, a large percentage of abstracts are never published as a full manuscript, but having a strong department process for research can increase the number of abstracts published as manuscripts. Publishing as a full manuscript is critical to the advancement of science due to the rigor of the peer review process. This manuscript covers common reasons abstracts are not published as manuscripts, tips to overcome mistakes, how to respond to reviewer comments, and specific tips to avoid flaws in each manuscript section.