Publishing case report question

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I am currently a third year resident. I want to know can I publish case reports with just my own name or do I need an attending? I have seen some cases where the diagnosis was made previously but the patient presented differently this time and was treated the same way. My attending at the time was just the hospitalist who allowed me to do what I wanted. What is the right way to do this.

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"just the hospitalist" is probably not the right way to look at this. You may have perceived total autonomy but this was never your patient. What do you gain by keeping the attending's name off the case report? Do you really think we think that the attending bothered to write a case report? The ideal scenario for you is to include your attending and some prominent name from your institution. Besides helping to get it published, this associates you with the big shot. All you need to do is approach Mr (or Mrs) Big Shot and say you have a case report you'd like help with...can you send them a draft and get some feedback. He spends 10 minutes looking at it, you attach his name, everyone wins. But doing the above without including the attending of record is a very bad idea.
 
ok I see your point, how about this way. If I have the specialist who treated the patient last time read the case report instead. Would that work instead? The reason is because I really had a bad experience with this attending.
 
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ok I see your point, how about this way. If I have the specialist who treated the patient last time read the case report instead. Would that work instead? The reason is because I really had a bad experience with this attending.

If your relationship with this attending is bad now...you'd better hope he never encounters the case report. But yes, that will probably be fine.
 
I am currently a third year resident. I want to know can I publish case reports with just my own name or do I need an attending? I have seen some cases where the diagnosis was made previously but the patient presented differently this time and was treated the same way. My attending at the time was just the hospitalist who allowed me to do what I wanted. What is the right way to do this.

So whats the spice in the case? Diagnosis already made presented differently, treated same way. Is treatment novel? Or diagnosis extremely rare?

Yes you need an attending? At your level somebody shd supervise your work and take responsibility. Doesn't matter if specialist or hospitalist.
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If your relationship with this attending is bad now...you'd better hope he never encounters the case report. But yes, that will probably be fine.
no kidding...the attending hears about a case report about his pt...and he wasn't at least told about it...about as bad as putting an attending's name on a case without asking him...

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