Last year, I worked on three scientific papers and it got me burned.

One of my senior colleague persuaded me to collaborate on three scientific manuscripts. I happily did join thinking writing is something I have always loved. Fortunately all of those research articles got published in reputed national and international journals.

Research manuscript writing demands rigorous discipline. But, I realised scientific writing is not my cup of tea.

Do I regret it? Not at all.

Rather, it has given me a deeper reason to respect all those researchers because of the immense efforts they put for community welfare through their research.

Though I knew, I am not made for scientific writings, there are other eye opening lessons I have garnered along, that has helped me a lot in my medical writing space.

·       Extensive literature search : Use of boolean operators and truncations

·       Authentic  medical guidelines resources : WHO, CDC, NIH

·       Literature review platforms: Cochrane

·       Idea of appropriate citations and its different types

·       And above all a self-realisation about my weaknesses and strengths

Maybe there is more to it. Your experiences, either good or bad, revolves around your life to become a guide.

Today, I am a happy medical writer as I get chance to fabricate my creativity of writing with my professional expertise and my experience of scientific writing has certainly added bigger value in what I do.

 

I am Gaurav Rayamajhi, PharmD, a medical writer, and presenter. I create comprehensive meaningful medical content for patients, healthcare professionals and health service industries.