My Interviewees as Professional Writers

Dr. Terence O'Keeffe

Dr. O'Keeffe writes scientific publications that include data, statistics, and the results from actual studies conducted. Typically, he writes as a co-author with an additional team. This article, written by O'Keeffe in conjunction with eleven other doctors, discusses the reality of bike helmets as a means of preventing serious injury. This article is written by most of the same authors as the previous, with a few exceptions. It explains the dangers and prognosis related to age of patient of blunt cardiac injuries. From what I have found, Dr. O'Keeffe has only published scientific articles. 

The context surrounding the two articles have the same premise. For example, the papers were based on a single hypothesis, the audience of the two publications is the same, and both were published within the past three years. Each piece serves to describe in detail a specific medical scenario and its potential complications. The first article focuses on questioning the most commonly used method of bike safety. The second article provides answers to the question of measuring the mortality rates of blunt cardiac injury patients. 

Dr. Amy Waer

Dr. Waer also writes scientific publications with data, stats, and study results presented in the typical scientific article format. Similarly, she writes as a co-author in most of her works. Because of this, the works are very peer edited, and there are a wide array of different perspectives being displayed. Two of Dr. Waer's publications can be found here and here. 

The first article discusses the trends observed in post-masectomy reconstruction by presenting data from the study conducted. The article serves to provide information to her peers about trends that her and her co-authors noticed in their studies. The article was written in 2013 and was intended to interpret the relationship between immediate breast reconstruction and the passage of the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act in 1998. 

The second article compares the pros and cons of unguided and guided case-based instruction in third year medical student instruction. The article serves to inform the audience of fellow surgical professors and surgeons about the benefits and disadvantages to both methods. The article was written after the authors noticed an increase in information absorption in students who were taught with guided instruction.

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