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Clinical Professionals

Resources for practicing health care clinicians, including Nurses of USC.

Writing Resources

Are you just getting started with writing an abstract? The American College of Physicians maintains the Guide to Preparing for the Abstract Competition which covers writing a research abstract, clinical vignette, poster presentation, and other presentation tips to assist you in communicating your research results.


With an aim toward facilitating research that is original, rigorous and reproducible, and that is methodically presented and well-written, see the reporting guidelines listed on the EQUATOR network site. The site also includes a Toolkit on Writing research, & How to write a great research paper using reporting guidelines.

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