Fake Patient Names In PS

[velvetcoffee]

Hi! I want to confirm this is something you could do. I made up two names for my PS "Maria" and "Jazzy." I put the first mention of them in quotes to signal they are fake (Jazzy obviously isn't even a real name and Maria isn't even close), but does this work? This is what I was told to do especially because I don't have the characters to explain it's a fake name. I also don't want to lose the name because that loses a lot of personal touch and I, personally, hate how that sounds. I wouldn't think ADCOMS would think anyone would use the real name, but I am just wondering.

Thank you!

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[blissworm]

Yes it's standard to introduce people in essays with a made up name in quotes. You can have the quotes the first time you mention the name, but also no need to have the quotes around the name in each subsequent mention.

 

[velvetcoffee]

Yes it's standard to introduce people in essays with a made up name in quotes.

Thanks! Found differences in here.

 

[LizzyM]

That is entirely okay.

 

[Rachapkis]

What you've done is fine. However, to save precious space, you could use an initial to identify a patient--e.g., "While I was shadowing an OB on the maternity ward, I met J, a female patient with . . ."

 

[randommedstudent24]

What you've done is fine. However, to save precious space, you could use an initial to identify a patient--e.g., "While I was shadowing an OB on the maternity ward, I met J, a female patient with . . ."

This is how I did it too, single letter initial to save characters.