Bone Zone Instructions
- Total word limit: 1000 (references not included)
- Write a short clinical vignette using the following format:
- ID (use a pseudonym and alter demographic info)
- CC
- PMHx
- HPI
- P/E
- Imaging (if there are privacy concerns try using a public-access database such as MedPix)
- Labs
- Impression & Plan
- Following the vignette, discuss the management strategy and identify any clinical pearls (examples: history-taking, physical exam techniques, imaging interpretation).
- Include a short synopsis of the topic discussed (50 word limit).
- Please ensure your text is fully blinded - there should be no identification of patients.
- Figures/tables should be limited to a maximum number of 8.
- Please ensure your manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'.
- Please obtain permission for the use of any copyrighted material.
- Please included a competing interests statement, even if you have no competing interests to declare.
- Please reference any and all cited works and list these works in a dedicated "Reference List" at the end of your paper.
- References should be formatted per
AMA (11th ed.), be sure to
include DOIs.