bmj case reports publishing, sharing and learning through experience
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BMJ Case Reportspublishing, sharing and learning through experience
Why BMJ Case Reports? I have an interesting and rare Case to share.
But where and how do I publish the Case?
Should I publish the Cases in national journals and conference papers?
Low impact…
I would like International recognition.
What about International journals?
Low acceptance rate…
Sound Familiar?
Now you have BMJ Case Reports!
• Covers all disciplines• Unlimited number of case submissions• Simple submission steps• Over 200 case submissions received by editorial each month• Currently achieving an 80% acceptance rate• The only published peer-reviewed case reports database• Over 6,000 case reports published from over 70 countries
How can BMJ Case Report help me?
The largest single collection of medical cases in the world!
•Rare disease•Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury•Unusual association of diseases/symptoms•Unexpected outcome (+ or -) including adverse drug reactions•Novel treatment/new drug/intervention•Established drug/procedure in new situation•Off licence use of drugs•Novel diagnostic procedure•Myth exploded•Learning from errors•New disease
Types of Cases Covered in Case Reports
Disciplines CoveredAnaesthesia
Cardiovascular medicine
Complementary medicine
Dentistry and oral medicine
Dermatology
Diagnostics
Drugs and medicines
Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
Emergency medicine
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General practice/family medicine
Genetics
Geriatric medicine
Haematology (incl. blood transfusion)
Immunology (incl. allergy)
Infectious diseases
Intensive care
Neurology
Nursing
Nutrition and metabolism
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Paediatrics
Palliative care
Pathology
Pharmacology and therapeutics
Prison medicine
Psychiatry
Radiology
Rehabilitation medicine
Renal medicine
Respiratory medicine
Rheumatology
Sexual health
Sports and exercise medicine
Surgery
Urology
Ethics
Ethnic studies
Health economics
Health informatics
Medical education
Medical management
Occupational & environmental medicine
Public health
Smoking and tobacco
Sociology
Statistics and research methods
■ Clinical ■ Non-Clinical
Looking for cases in casereports.bmj.com
Sample Case Report
Writing your Cases
How to write a good Case Report?
•Know what journal you are publishing in
•Read some of the cases published
•Know what the journal is looking for
•Follow the guide provided by the publisher
•Use simple language and grammar
•Seek help from your senior colleagues
What BMJ Case Reports Editors are looking for?
•Healthcare workers including medical students and junior doctors must find the
cases a valuable learning resource, both relevant and engaging.
•Valuable clinical or ethical lessons
•Common cases presented in an unusual way
•Present diagnostic challenges where there are pitfalls to learn from
BMJ Case Reports – A typical structure
•Summary•Background•Case Presentation•Investigations•Differential diagnosis•Treatment•Outcome and follow-up•Discussion•Learning points/ take home messages
Title and Summary
•You do not need to include “a case
report” in the title.
•The summary will be freely available
online.
•Use up to 150 words to summarise the
case presentation and outcome.
•Emphasise the learning points
Background•Why you think this case is important – why did you write it up?Why is the case of interest to readers?Is this a prevalent health problem?Is there a clear message?
Case Presentation
•Presenting features, medical/social/family history.
•This is the patient’s story – be sensitive to patient confidentiality
•How did they present?
•What is the relevant history? Why is this relevant?
•Explain your findings and how they influenced your decisions
*Do not use abbreviations for diseases or investigations.
Investigations•If relevant. All investigations that create a background picture are relevant.
•All investigations that are crucial to management decisions should be discussed in full
•Choose appropriate images and videos to illustrate your point (maintaining patient
confidentiality).
Differential Diagnosis
•If relevant. Please don’t list these.
•What we want is to see how the final diagnosis was derived.
•What are the consequences to management or treatment for the differential
diagnosis?
Treatment, Outcome and follow-up•Include treatment used if relevant.
•Always include follow up data where you can to show the outcome of the treatment
•The follow-up period should be defined. Please state if the patient has died even if
not directly related to your case.
Discussion
•Include very brief review of similar published cases.
•Describe mechanisms of injury, guidelines and their relevance, diagnostic pathways
(can use diagrams) and the points of interest of the case.
•A brief summary of relevant clinical guidelines is appropriate.Did you make an exception?Did you have to adapt the guidelines?
Learning Points/ take home message
•3 to 5 bullet points.
•Compulsory/required field
•This is the most crucial part of the caseWhat do you want readers to remember when seeing their own patients?
Research and Publishing Ethics
•You must have signed informed consent from patients (or relatives/guardians) before
submitting to BMJ Case Reports.
•Please anonymise the patient’s details as much as possible
•Consent forms are available in several languages: http://group.bmj.com/products/journals/patient -consent-forms
Submitting your Cases
•All authors need to register once on the submission system (ScholarOne Manuscripts).•Authors that have registered can log in using their ‘User ID’ and ‘Password’.
It’s your first time…
First time authors need to fill out a form
After you Log-in
•Go to “Author Centre”
Use the Templates
Use the Templates:- Full Cases- Images
Note your Fellowship Code!•You need to enter this code at the end of the submission process of each case
Fellowship CodeXXXXXX
Fellowship CodeXXXXXX
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