Letter to the editor

The Letter to the editor or Director is a brief comment that expresses an agreement or disagreement with aspects contained in the works published in MediCiego: concepts, methodologies, interpretations, results, among others. It may have other purposes, including commenting on health issues and related social issues, journal format issues, biomedical writing, medical education, or making an announcement of interest to the scientific community.

The letters allow interesting ideas and opinions to be exchanged between authors and readers of the journal, which can enrich the evaluation of the original article or the subject matter.

• Authors: up to three.
• Maximum length: 1,000 words, not including bibliographical references.
• Bibliographic references: up to 15.

The title must be informative and concessions not accepted in other original articles are allowed: they can be striking, in an interrogative, exclamatory or through the use of puns. It must appear in Spanish and English.

Does not include abstract. The opening paragraph must begin with an explicit and clear reference to the fact that motivates the letter, be it the article published in the magazine or another cause; From there, an exhibition scheme will be developed progressively

The following paragraphs should be the argument for or against, or additional comments regarding the reason for the letter. If original data are to be presented, the main characteristics of the methodology should be briefly explained (more summarized than in the original article). In the following paragraphs the discussion that is made from the reasoning or data provided should appear and end with a last paragraph by way of conclusions.

Bibliographical references must be 70% current.