writing-medical

Guides writing of medical and clinical research papers using IMRaD structure and reporting guidelines.

Updated Jul 5, 2026
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Skill: writing-medical
Source: https://github.com/huaibovip/research-marketplace/tree/main/plugins/research-writing-assistant/skills/writing-medical
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/huaibovip/research-marketplace --skill writing-medical-huaibovip

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Writing medical, biological, or clinical research papers requires strict adherence to discipline-specific reporting guidelines (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA), ethics declarations, and statistical reporting conventions that differ from general scientific writing. This Skill provides the specialized structure and checklists needed to produce compliant medical manuscripts. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Reporting Guideline Selection: Maps study types (RCT, cohort, case-control, systematic review, diagnostic accuracy, case report) to the correct reporting standard such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, STARD, CARE, or ARRIVE. - Ethics and Registration Templates: Provides ready-to-use statements for ethics committee approval, informed consent, and clinical trial registration (ChiCTR, ClinicalTrials.gov). - Statistical Reporting Conventions: Supplies standard phrasing for statistical methods, P-value formatting rules, confidence interval presentation, and baseline characteristics table layouts. - Use Case: A researcher finishing a randomized controlled trial can use this Skill to structure the manuscript in IMRaD format, insert the CONSORT flow requirements, and verify every item on the ethics and statistics checklist before submission. ## Quick Start Help me write the methods and results sections of my randomized controlled trial paper following CONSORT guidelines.

Frequently Asked Questions about writing-medical

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I choose the right reporting guideline for a medical research paper?

Match the guideline to your study type: CONSORT for randomized controlled trials, STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews, STARD for diagnostic accuracy studies, CARE for case reports, and ARRIVE for animal research. The EQUATOR Network lists all available guidelines.

How should P values be reported in medical papers?

Report exact P values to three decimal places, such as P=0.023. Write P<0.001 instead of P=0.000 for very small values, and report exact values like P=0.156 for non-significant results rather than writing NS.

What ethics statements are required in a clinical research paper?

State the ethics committee name and approval number, confirm informed consent was obtained from all participants, and reference the Declaration of Helsinki. Clinical trials must also include a registration number from ChiCTR or ClinicalTrials.gov.

How do I format a baseline characteristics table for a clinical trial?

Present continuous variables as mean plus or minus standard deviation for normal distributions or median with interquartile range otherwise, and categorical variables as counts with percentages. Include a P value column comparing groups.

When is CONSORT not the right guideline to use?

CONSORT applies only to randomized controlled trials. Observational studies should use STROBE, literature syntheses should use PRISMA, and single-patient descriptions should use CARE instead.