Full Description
By the time you've read this book, you'll be ready to design your own research project Not everyone in clinical research is a scientific investigator. In fact, a large proportion of health professionals undertaking a research project are working in clinical care, as junior doctors, nurses or allied health professionals. For them a book that begins with the basics of study design and takes them through all the stages to data collection, analysis, and submission for publication is vital. Getting Started in Health Research is the answer. It provides fundamental information on:
Framing the research question
Performing the literature search
Choosing the study design
Collecting data
Getting funding
Recruiting participants
Writing your paper
Lively case studies provide a continuous narrative, addressing the pitfalls and problems that can occur.
Calling upon their vast experience of teaching health research methodology, these authors have turned a seemingly daunting task into a challenging and enjoyable prospect.
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Reviews of Understanding Clinical Papers
"...an excellent basis for all who intend to write scientific texts as well as those reading, evaluating, and trying to understand the results..."
Clinical Chemistry, May 2007
"What makes this book unique is that each point presented is illustrated with excerpts from actual papers, often three or four per chapter...this is a very effective teaching device."
Journal of the American Medical Association, December 26, 2006
"What strikes the reader ... straight away is clarity ... promises to become a recommended text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses."
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, September 2006
"This book should be an essential addition to the personal libraries of all health care workers . . . "
Oncology, 2002
Contents
Preface. PART I LIMBERING UP.
1 Turning Your General Aim Into a Specific Question.
2 Taking a Preliminary Look at What Has Already Been Done.
PART II ON YOUR MARKS.
3 Coming Up With an Initial Plan of Action.
4 Carrying Out a Systematic Search.
5 Building a Team.
PART III GET SET.
6 Choosing the Best Study Design.
7 Selecting Samples for Quantitative Research.
8 Selecting Samples for Qualitative Research.
PART IV WAIT FOR IT.
9 Deciding What Information to Collect.
10 Tackling Confounders.
11 How Many People to Study?
12 Getting Ready for a Qualitative Analysis.
13 Getting Ready for a Quantitative Analysis.
14 Writing Your Final Protocol.
15 Arranging Funding.
16 Getting Permission to Go Ahead.
PART V GO!
17 Recruiting the Participants.
18 Collecting and Recording the Data.
19 Living With (and Without) the Data.
PART VI STAYING THE COURSE.
20 Taking Stock.
21 Making Sense of Your Results - the Quantitative Case.
22 Making Sense of Your Results - the Qualitative Case.
PART VII THE FINISHING LINE.
23 Writing a Research Paper.
24 Setting Out Your Findings.
25 Writing Your Discussion.
26 Writing a Thesis or Other Report.
27 Dealing With Journals.
Further Reading.
Index.
