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Making the Case for Case Reports

"A case-report teaches us what is 'un-known' or 'unrecognized', either what medicine does not yet know ('progress'), or what individual doctors have not yet recognized ('education'). Almost always there is 'the element of surprise'. In the case report that leads to progress in medical scientific knowledge generally qualified as research the surprise stems from a comparison with our theoretical expectation."

Vandenbroucke, Jan P. Case reports in an evidence-based world. J R Soc Med. 1999; 92 (4): 159-163. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10450190. doi:10.1177/014107689909200401.

How To

How to Write a Case Report
From the CARE Guidelines, a helpful tool on how to write a case report, step by step.
CARE Writer
CARE-writer is an online application that helps authors organize and format the information necessary to write systematic and transparent case reports while following the CARE guidelines.
A Seven Point Checklist for Writing Your Case Report
Prof. Oliver Kurzai, Editor-in-Chief of Medical Mycology Case Reports, wrote a quick guide that can help in creating and publishing a case report.
Writing a Clinical Vignette (Case Report) Abstract
From the American College of Physicians, a guide to writing an abstract for your case report.
The do’s and don’ts of writing and publishing case reports
Lessons from a 2019 Research Academy webinar.

BMJ Case Reports

BMJ Case Reports is an open access journal exclusively for case reports. Below are some resources from BMJ Case Reports to help you get started and stay on track with your case report writing.

BMJ Case Reports Template