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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Tips for Improving the Writing and Reporting Quality of Systematic, Scoping, and Narrative Reviews
1Dr. Horsley: Associate Director, Research Unit, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Adjunct Faculty, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
The evidence base in health professions education continues to accumulate at an unprecedented rate. Summaries of evidence in the form of scoping, systematic and narrative reviews are also increasingly common. Unfortunately, many submissions go unpublished and for reasons that may be irreversible post-peer review. The goal of this commentary is to offer insights to review authors for improving the likelihood of publication success. These tips will not guarantee success; however, insights address common errors authors make along the continuum of review production that result in either requests for major revision or rejection.
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