JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v4i2.2321 jpsim.v4i2.2321 Review Article How to Write a Research Project Synopsis or Protocol in Medical Sciences Bukhari Mulazim Hussain mulazim.hussain@gmail.com * Batool Syeda Qudsia Azad Jammu Kashmir, Medical College Muzaffarabad Ushar and Zakkat Department AJK Muzaffarabad *Correspondence: Mulazim Hussain Bukhari (mulazim.hussain@gmail.com) 02 06 2023 2023 4 2 103 105 24 01 2023 10 04 2023 Copyright © 2023 The Author(s) 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

In Medical sciences there are three main areas where the doctors join after completing their basic graduation, Majority join clinical practice, while modest number of the medical graduates adopt teaching jobs in medical education while very few go in medical research. The reason of this minority is that it not a luxury job, but they think that it is an essential need of any nation. To begin the research, everyone should know how to start the a,b,c of this field and must start from simple to complex and should be pursued by a broad level.We recommend research in all three fields of the medical sciences mentioned above, researchers should know the basic principles of the scientific method to understand the value and limitations of medical sciences and to be able to assess and evaluate results of research before applying them. The review article will open the door to enter in this field by writing a research proposal or research synopsis

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