Advancing medicine one research note at a time: the educational value in clinical case reports.
A case report--a brief written note that describes unique aspects of a clinical case--provides a significant function in medicine given its rapid, succinct, and educational contributions to scientific literature and clinical practice. Despite the growth of, and emphasis on, randomized clinical trials and evidenced-based medicine, case reports continue to provide novel and exceptional knowledge in medical education. The journal BMC Research Notes introduces a new "case reports" section to provide the busy clinician with a forum in which to document any authentic clinical case that provide educational value to current clinical practice. The aim is for this article type to be reviewed, wherever possible, by specialized Associate Editors for the journal, in order to provide rapid but thorough decision making. New ideas often garnered by and documented in case reports will support the advancement of medical science--one research note at a time.
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. acaban@hsph.harvard.edu
Alberto J
AJ
Cabán-Martinez
Wilfredo F García
WF
Beltrán
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000639:trends