Can the quality of writing in journal articles be improved? The editors of The European Respiratory Journal believe the answer is "yes", so they have included some suggestions on writing in their revised Instructions to Authors (January 1993). These suggestions are based on the notion that a scientific paper should tell a clear story from beginning to end. This editorial explains these suggesti...

Writing for a medical journal is an exciting moment because it represents the outcome and recognition of an ardous process. Only through a clear and through writing can a research be translated properly to clinical practice for the benefit of the patient community. Writing an article by an author and publishing an article by an editor are both key quality issues. Both of them should know the ex...

Health care practitioners who are inexperienced in writing for publication are sometimes daunted by the publication process and fail to submit their work on quality improvement to a journal. New authors can acquire experience in writing a paper by working through a systematic thought process that includes consideration of what journal readers and editors want and if the work is ready for public...

Continuing professional development (CPD) or continuing professional education (CPE) refers to lifelong learning, which is done for professionals in order to update specialized knowledge, skills, attitudes, ethical issues, and moral values after admission to a particular profession. Therefore, due to the increasing growth of knowledge in all areas of specialization, particularly in the field of...