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Chapter 5 - Writing for Learning and Publication

from Section 1 - Teaching and Preparation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

By
Peter Tyrer  and
Andrew Northern
Edited by
Sarah Huline-Dickens  and
Patricia Casey
Sarah Huline-Dickens
Affiliation:
Mount Gould Hospital, Plymouth
Patricia Casey
Affiliation:
Hermitage Medical Clinic, Dublin
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Summary

A useful aim for all psychiatrists is to write at least one competent, not necessarily first-rate, article or chapter on a subject on which they have become an expert. ‘I am never going to be an expert’, we hear some of you say, but this is simply not true. Everyone can become an expert in one area, even it is very tiny indeed. So, for example, if you come across someone in your practice who has the feeling of ants crawling over their skin, commonly called formication (please get the spelling right), and this is severe and troubling, you might want to write a review of ‘formication in psychiatry’. You will find about 50 published references on the subject but not very many from psychiatry.

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Clinical Topics in Teaching Psychiatry
A Guide for Clinicians
 , pp. 55 - 62
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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References

Glasman-Deal, H (2020) Science Research Writing: For Native and Non-native Speakers of English. World Scientific.Google Scholar
Hofmann, AH (2014) Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations. Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Mogull, SA (2017) Scientific and Medical Communication: A Guide for Effective Practice. Routledge.Google Scholar

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