This document provides instructions for writing a medical case study report. It explains that a case study report describes a patient's diagnosis and treatment plan. It outlines the steps to write a case study report: select an unusual or complicated case; research the diagnosis and treatment; collect patient information and consent; write the report following a standard format; and submit the report to a peer-reviewed journal. Key elements that must be included are the patient's demographic information, clinical details, labs/x-rays, and adherence to the target journal's submission guidelines. The goal is to inform readers while maintaining patient privacy.

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2. • A medical case study report is an article that
describes a particular patient's diagnosis and
treatment plan.
• Most of the cases chosen for medical case studies
are of unusual diagnoses or include complications
in treatment.
• A case study report is written in a specific format
and can be submitted to peer-reviewed journals.

3. • To write a medical case study report you will
need:
– to partner with a supervising physician and
colleagues,
– collect information about the patient, and
– obtain the proper consent to write and publish the
report.

4. Step 1: Select a case.
– Speak with senior physicians about patients
whose illnesses would make an interesting case
study report.
– Senior physicians can be a valuable source of
information. They may have notes for a report for
which they need assistance writing. You may also
want to choose additional colleagues to
contribute to the report.

5. Step 1: Select a case.
– Keep an eye open for patients who have rare or
unusual illnesses. These are the types of cases
that are often selected for publication.
– Also, pay attention to treatment plans that have
an unexpected positive or negative outcome.

6. Step 2: Research the case.
• Review the current literature on the diagnosis
or treatment that will be the focus of your
case study report.
• Librarians can help you find journal articles or
books that provide the most current
information on your topic of interest. This
information will be a significant part of your
paper once you begin writing.

7. Step 3: Collect patient information
and consent.
– Medical ethics requires that the patient who is the
focus of your medical case study report provide
written consent. Many journals have their own
consent forms that must be completed and signed
by the patient before you submit your report.

8. Step 3: Collect patient information
and consent.
– Gather the patient's demographic information
(age, medical history, medication use, current and
past diagnoses, etc.). Provide detailed information
about the patient so your audience will be well
informed about the case.
– Collect copies of the patient's labs, x-rays or any
clinical photographs.

9. Step 4: Write the medical case study report.
– Follow the standard format for the report:
abstract, introduction, case presentation,
discussion, conclusion and references. Include
additional information as outlined in the writer's
guidelines for the publication to which you are
submitting.
– The abstract can be written after you have
completed the report, since it is a short summary
of the entire paper.

10. Step 5: Submit your medical case
study report to a professional journal.
• Instructions for authors!
• www.ICMJE.org
• http://www.equator-network.org/home/

11. Tips
• Tables and figures should be included on separate
pages and properly titled.
• Site citations based on the journal's preferred style
guide.
• Your title should be descriptive and grab your
audience's attention.
• The average medical case study report is, on average,
2,500 words with 20 or more references.
• Many journals require that your abstract summarize
the case study within a limited word count. Read the
submission guidelines closely.

12. • Be sure to omit any information in the case
study report that may identify your patient.

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14. Things You'll Need
• Patient consent
• Current literature on subject
• Documentation on patient
• Patient labs and x-rays
• Contributing colleagues
• Computer
• Style guide
• Journal submission guidelines

15. Sources and Citations
• www.ashp.org/s_ashp/docs/files/AJHP_Henry
Cohen.pdf
• http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1952017/How
-to-write-a-case-report
• http://www.advms.pl/node/96

16. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/N
BK7256/

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