Academic writing and clinical records

Academic writing and clinical records are the documents researchers and clinicians write in their own research, study or patient care. They divide here by document: research proposals and grants, theses, coursework and laboratory reports, and clinical records. Journal articles belong to publications, and trial protocols and other regulatory documents belong to regulatory writing.

• Research proposals and grants — what a proposal contains and what reviewers judge, finding a funder, the need and the goal, the Specific Aims page, rigour and data sharing, the budget, a proposal a tired reviewer can score, multi-investigator applications, reviewing a draft, and resubmission
• Theses — planning a thesis with a supervisor, meeting institutional and examination requirements, writing its parts, and checking and binding it
• Coursework and laboratory reports — reporting experimental work for an instructor or supervisor and making the record useful beyond the exercise
• Clinical records and charting — the notes, charts, letters and prescriptions health professionals write as part of care: what sets clinical writing apart, the healthcare team and its other readers, the compressed register, accuracy and concision as safety requirements, the chart entry, and the prescription