How to Practice Academic Medicine and Publish from Developing Countries?

This is an open access book. The book provides anoverview of the state of research in developing countries - Africa, Latin America, and Asia (especially India) and why research and publicationsare important in these regions. It addresses budding but struggling academics in low and middle-income countries. It is written mainly by senior colleagues who have experienced and recognized the challenges with design, documentation, and publicationof health research in the developing world. The book includes short chapters providing insight intoplanning research atthe undergraduate or postgraduate level,issues related toresearch ethics, andconduct ofclinical trials.It also serves as a guide towards establishing a researchquestion and researchmethodology. Itcoversimportant concepts such as writing a paper,the submission process,dealing withrejection andrevisions, and coversadditional topics such as planning lectures and presentations. The book will be useful for graduates, postgraduates, teachers as well as physicians and practitioners all over the developing world who are interested in academic medicine and wish to do medical research.