title: How to write an English medical manuscript that will be published and have impact.
abstract: English has become the international language in our world of learning. Yet to write a medical manuscript in a second language that is so difficult to master is a challenge for many doctors whose native language is not English. My aim is to convey that it need not be such a challenge if you follow a few simple rules based on the concept of "simplicity = clarity = effective communication." Your aim is to publish important research findings and contribute to medical advancement; however, your paper will have impact only if the readers can understand it easily.
authors.affiliation: Surgery Today, 8F World Trade Center Building, Tokyo, 105-6104, Japan.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tompson
mesh_terms: D007802:Language; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing