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.
The companion of Understanding Clinical
Papers href=’http://www.wiley.com/buy/9780470091302’>www.wiley.com/buy/9780470091302
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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Über den Autor
David Bowers, Medical Statistician, University of Leeds Medical School
Allan House, Professor of Liaison Psychiatry, Leeds Institute of Health Science, University of Leeds
David Owens, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Leeds Institute of Health Science, University of Leeds
Ebooks vom selben Autor / Herausgeber
143.600 Ebooks in dieser Kategorie
