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. 2019 Apr 1:8:73.
doi: 10.15694/mep.2019.000073.1. eCollection 2019.

A case report of case report pursuit by medical student

Jonathan Li  1 , Jennifer Wilson  2 , Wayne Bond Lau  3
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A case report of case report pursuit by medical student

Jonathan Li et al. MedEdPublish (2016). .

Abstract

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Medical students often seek case reports as vehicles for academic writing opportunities, conference presentation avenues, and residency/fellowship application highlights. Here we review a case where, due to unfortunate circumstances, a student made a unique diagnosis central to proper patient clinical care, wished to write up the case subsequently, but was ultimately excluded from the final work stemming from the patient case. We review the pitfalls that occurred in the process of pursuing publication of an interesting case, the educational value of pursuing case reports for students, the necessity for strong mentorship in this process, and general principles that medical students can follow regarding case report creation to avoid being "burned".

Keywords: Academic Medicine; Case Report; Communication; Medical Student; Medical Teaching; Mentorship; Undergraduate Medical Education.

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