Title The unofficial guide to medical research, audit and teaching / Ceen-Ming Tang, BA (Hons), MedSci, (Final year medical student, University of Oxford, UK), Zeshan Qureshi, BM, MSc, BSc (Hons) (Academic Clinical Fellow, Great Ormond Street, UK and Institute of Global Health, UCL, UK), Colin Fischbacher, MBChB, FFPH, FRCP (Ed) (Clinical Director for Information, NHS National Services, Scotland, Honorary Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK)

Edition First edition Published Essex : Zeshan Qureshi, 2015 ©2015

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Description 151 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Getting Involved In Research / Zeshan Qureshi -- Opportunities To Do Research -- Finding The Right Project -- Finding The Right Mentor -- Defining A Research Question -- Designing Your Research Study -- 2. Literature Searching / Heather Chester -- Introduction To Literature Searching -- Designing A Search Strategy -- Identifying Relevant Scientific Papers From Your Search Results -- User Guides To Individual Literature Search Databases -- 3. Statistics and Key Epidemiological Concepts / Zeshan Qureshi -- Developing An Analysis Plan -- Statistical Analysis -- Describing Variables -- Precision -- Size Difference Between Two Groups -- Associations Between Continuous Variables -- Other Approaches To Examining Associations Between Variables -- Important Epidemiological Concepts -- 4. Basic Science Research Studies / Sze Kan Cecilia Cheuk -- Lab Notebooks -- Laboratory Equipment -- Commonly Used Calculations -- Techniques In Molecular Biology -- Techniques In Drug Discovery -- Techniques In Cell Culture And Animal Studies -- 5. Qualitative Research / Zeshan Qureshi -- How Is It Different From Quantitative Research? -- Key Characteristics Of Qualitative Research -- Data Collection Methods In Qualitative Research -- Data Analysis And Reporting -- 6. Economic Evaluation / Tim Colbourn -- Types Of Economic Evaluation -- How To Conduct An Economic Evaluation -- How To Assess An Economic Evaluation -- 7. Communicating and Publishing Research / Zeshan Qureshi -- The Structure Of A Scientific Paper -- Submission To Medical Journals -- Opinion Pieces And New Forms Of Communication -- Conferences And Research Presentations -- 8. Critical Appraisal / Sze Kan Cecilia Cheuk -- A Step-By-Step Guide To Critical Appraisal -- A Worked Example Using A Published Manuscript -- Checklists For Critical Appraisals By Study Type -- 9. Clinical Governance / Rayna Patel -- An Introduction To Clinical Governance -- Clinical Audit -- Service Evaluation And Patient Questionnaires -- Quality Improvement Projects -- Leadership And Management -- 10. Teaching / Janet Skinner -- Teaching Opportunities -- Teaching Formats -- How To Set Up A Teaching Programme -- How To Plan A Lesson -- Teaching Skills -- Medical Education Research -- Keeping A Teaching Portfolio -- 11. Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship / Ceen-Ming Tang -- Identifying And Prioritising Needs -- Market Analysis -- Designing An Innovation Bibliography Includes index Subject Medicine -- Research. Training. Biomedical Research -- methods. Clinical Audit -- methods. Teaching -- methods. Author Tang, Ceen-Ming, editor Qureshi, Zeshan, editor Fischbacher, Colin, editor ISBN 9780957149984 (paperback) 0957149980 (paperback)

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