How Did You Get There? The Value of Segues for Illustrating Your Logic

Kevin W. Eva

doi:10.5334/pme.2647

How Did You Get There? The Value of Segues for Illustrating Your Logic

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volume 15 (2026): Issue 1

By: Kevin W. Eva

Open Access

|May 2026

Abstract

In the writer’s craft section we offer simple tips to improve your writing in one of three areas: Energy, Clarity and Persuasiveness. Each entry focuses on a key writing feature or strategy, illustrates how it commonly goes wrong, teaches the grammatical underpinnings necessary to understand it and offers suggestions to wield it effectively.

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