淺談醫學期刊綜論的寫作

Writing Review Articles for Medical Journals

現今醫學研究發展突飛猛進，期刊論文發表的數量亦同步倍增，大量的資訊加上往往正反不一的研究結果容易使讀者無所適從，因此，回顧式的文章顯得尤為實用，讀者能快速對某一個關心的議題獲得概括性的認識。回顧式的文章可分為三個類別，包括敘述性回顧、系統性回顧和統合分析，本文以醫學期刊綜論發表為例，從了解三者的差異，進而提供綜論的寫作流程，讓有計畫撰寫綜論的讀者能有更深入的了解。

With the rapid advancements in medical research, the amount of publications in academic journals has escalated accordingly. A large amount of information, often with conflicting results, can overwhelm readers. Therefore, review articles have become a highly pragmatic source of information and they can provide readers a quick overall understanding of a topic of interest. Review articles can broadly be divided into narrative reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. The present article aims to describe the differences between these three types of articles from the perspective of medical research. Furthermore, the process of writing a review article is explained to provide readers who are intended to write one themselves.