How to Practice Academic Medicine and Publish from Developing Countries?

This is an open access book.

The book provides an overview of the state of research in developing countries – Africa, Latin America, and Asia (especially India) and why research and publications are important in these regions. It addresses budding but struggling academics in low and middle-income countries. It is written mainly by senior colleagues who have experienced and recognized the challenges with design, documentation, and publication of health research in the developing world. The book includes short chapters providing insight into planning research at the undergraduate or postgraduate level, issues related to research ethics, and conduct of clinical trials. It also serves as a guide towards establishing a research question and research methodology. It covers important concepts such as writing a paper, the submission process, dealing with rejection and revisions, and covers additional topics such as planning lectures and presentations. 

The book will be useful for graduates, postgraduates, teachers as well as physicians and practitioners all over the developing world who are interested in academic medicine and wish to do medical research.

Part 1 Introduction

1

Part 2 Background 

2

Why should we publish papers? 

3

Overcoming the initial barriers to publication and the role of mentors?

4

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Does research improve patient care?

6

The status of biomedical research in some developing countries? 

Part 3 How to plan a study? 

7

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What are the types of study design?  

9

How to calculate an adequate sample size? 

Understanding medical biostatistics

11

Applying biostatistics in medical research

12

Writing the research proposal: the art and the science

13

Ethics in research

Part 4 How to write an original research paper?

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How to write an Abstract?

16

How to choose a Title?

How to write the Introduction to a scientific paper?

18

How to do a Review of the Literature?

19

How to write Material(Patients) and Methods?

20

How to write Results?

How to write the Discussion ?

22

How to Cite other papers and add References?

23

How to add Illustrations?

24

How to check for Plagiarism?

How to improve language and syntax in medical writing?

Part 5 How to write other journal articles?

26

How to write an Editorial  

27

How to write a Letter to the Editor? 

How to write a Case Report

29

Systematic, Scoping and Narrative Reviews

Part 6  After the paper is written

30

To which journal should you submit your article

Publication algorithm

32

How to do a Peer Review? 

33

How to handle Rejection?

34

Bibliometrics

Part 7 What else you should know about publication?

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How to start a New Medical Journal? 

Part 8 How to project your work further?

37

How to present a Poster in a conference

38

How to give an Oral presentation?

Part 9 Education, planning and execution

39

Bedside teaching in  Developing Countries

40

E-learning in the developing world

41

Develop learning objectives and evaluations-  Multiple choice questions/ Objective Structured Practical Examination

42

How to prepare a lecture?

43

The Why and How of Problem based  learning

44

How to conduct a Journal Club?

Part 10 Other topics

45

Medical records

Clinical Audit

47

Clinical Drug Trials

48

Ethics in Genetic Testing