"Non-Research" style Publication? And how to classify it?

[Snakes]

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I have submitted a few articles to medical journals regarding medicine--some of it has been perspective-style writing, some of it literary, and some of it related to my master's program field (bioethics--which is not particularly research-heavy).

A couple of the things I have submitted are going to be published. Nothing I have submitted is what an admissions committee would consider hypothesis-driven research (although some of it has been research-oriented from a legal perspective).

Are these publications? On my AMCAS, do they need any particular reference to the fact that they are not your typical "research articles"?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Narmerguy]

Yep, those are publications. I had a section in my application for "public speaking and writing", where I included any publication or speaking engagement that wasn't a research oral presentation or publication. I believe the AMCAS has a section for publications though, and if it was something published in an academic journal, even if it is a perspective piece, I would still cite it. I don't remember what that section looks like to remember if there is a place to clarify the type of publication content but I would probably make use of it if there were one--I would not want someone to think I was misrepresenting my content. However, if there isn't don't worry about it, and just mention it in your list of 15 activities (which is what I did, none of mine were in academic journals).

 

[Catalystik]

I don't remember what that section looks like to remember if there is a place to clarify the type of publication content but I would probably make use of it if there were one--I would not want someone to think I was misrepresenting my content

After choosing the Publications category, one can make the content/type clear with the Title one provides for that entry (I think you get up to ~63 characters for naming it). One would also have the option to choose categories like Teaching, Artistic Endeavor, or Other and then using the word "Publications" or "Scholarly Articles on . . ." in the title.