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Scientific communication and writing forms an integral element of constantly developing and evolving health sciences. Scientific research and writing forms a foundation on which stands the future of mankind and the environment. Being a health care professional, it is our collective responsibility to ensure constant updating of the existing knowledge and imparting any new concept/idea with rest of the medical fraternity. On a day to day basis, many of us tend to become quite satisfied after having delivered the right quality of health care to our dependant clientele. Yes, rightly so. But, how many of us have wondered as to what we have really done for the continuance and enhancement of the existing knowledge which we have acquired as a result of a lot of hard work by our predecessors? It is, indeed, time to introspect on this pertinent and important issue. Many of us, at some point of time, must have felt the need and wish to share our unique experiences with our colleagues in the medical fraternity. It is also true that possibly many such felt needs were never translated into effective scientific communications for various reasons. Of late, there has been a constant palpable pressure on the health care professionals to write and publish scientific papers as a part of mandatory requirement of various universities and medical councils. It may appear like a big challenge to those who are not familiar with scientific publications. On the contrary, we are quite certain that, all of us have the potential to write and publish our research work in various scientific journals. This editorial is aimed at addressing certain important issues concerning scientific writing and publications. We shall also endeavor to unfold and eliminate some of the unfounded myths and fears which may have deterred us from successfully writing and publishing our scientific work. |
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