Five tips on writing case reports for Japanese generalists

Kiyoshi Shikino; Takashi Watari; Masaki Tago; Yosuke Sasaki; Hiromizu Takahashi; Taro Shimizu

doi:10.1002/jgf2.395

Five tips on writing case reports for Japanese generalists

J Gen Fam Med. 2020 Oct 26;22(2):111-112. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.395. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Kiyoshi Shikino¹, Takashi Watari², Masaki Tago³, Yosuke Sasaki⁴, Hiromizu Takahashi⁵, Taro Shimizu⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Medicine Chiba University Hospital Chiba Japan.
² Postgraduate Clinical Training Center Shimane University Hospital Shimane Japan.
³ Department of General Medicine Saga University Hospital Saga Japan.
⁴ Department of General Medicine and Emergency Care Toho University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
⁵ Department of General Medicine Faculty of Medicine Juntendo University Tokyo Japan.
⁶ Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine Dokkyo Medical University Tochigi Japan.

Abstract

For general physicians, there are two main reasons for writing case reports: to contribute to an academic field and to improve one's own clinical observation, consideration, and diagnostic skills in the longer term. Through our discussions, we have developed five key points, which largely determine whether a case report will be accepted by an academic journal.