
An Introduction to Clinical Research
Oxford University Press
Published on 10. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-0-19-957007-2 (ISBN)
Description
This practical book is written specifically for junior doctors by a team of highly experienced authors, as an introductory guide to clinical research. It covers all areas that a junior doctor needs to consider, including funding, study design, ethics, data analysis, disseminating findings, and furthering one's research career. It presents a balance view of clinical research and is written by authors actively involved in clinical research both at the 'coal-face' and at a more supervisory level.
Research can be a difficult process and it is essential to make sure that the project is set up in the correct way in order to get verifiable results. This easy-to-read guide is available to help junior doctors develop a good study design and present evidence of a sound academic practice, which will make obtaining funding more likely and be time-efficient. Getting started early in research and developing a solid, gradual understanding of clinical research through using this approachable book will be of huge benefit to junior doctors and their discipline.
Research can be a difficult process and it is essential to make sure that the project is set up in the correct way in order to get verifiable results. This easy-to-read guide is available to help junior doctors develop a good study design and present evidence of a sound academic practice, which will make obtaining funding more likely and be time-efficient. Getting started early in research and developing a solid, gradual understanding of clinical research through using this approachable book will be of huge benefit to junior doctors and their discipline.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
11 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-957007-2 (9780199570072)
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James Carr William Eardley David Chadwick Keith Porter Piers Page
Introduction to Clinical Research
E-Book
11/2011
1st Edition
OUP Oxford
€11.89
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Piers Page | James Carr | William Eardley
An Introduction to Clinical Research
E-Book
11/2011
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Persons
Piers Page is currently the Complex Trauma Fellow at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Hedley Court. He is a military surgeon in training with a significant proportion of time spent in academic practice. After officer training, he spent time researching the outcome of mild traumatic brain injury and has subsequently authored and co-authored papers and book chapters in the fields of trauma and orthopaedics and military surgery.
Dr James Carr is a clinical psychologist who previously worked alongside Piers Page on the mTBI study. His clinical training brings a voice of authority in applied medical statistics and study design.
William Eardley is an orthopaedic SpR. He is also working towards an MSc in evidence based medicine.
Dr David Chadwick is Consultant Physician and Director of Research and Development at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom.
Dr James Carr is a clinical psychologist who previously worked alongside Piers Page on the mTBI study. His clinical training brings a voice of authority in applied medical statistics and study design.
William Eardley is an orthopaedic SpR. He is also working towards an MSc in evidence based medicine.
Dr David Chadwick is Consultant Physician and Director of Research and Development at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom.
Author
Complex Trauma Fellow at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Hedley Court, Epsom, Surrey, UK
James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
Specialist Registrar, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Northern Deanery, UK
Consultant Physician and Director of Research and Development, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
Professor of Clinical Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Content
1. The literature review ; 2. Types of research ; 3. Research design ; 4. Writing your research proposal ; 5. Funding ; 6. Ethics ; 7. Data collection and research conduct issues ; 8. Statistics ; 9. Writing up research ; 10. Evidence based medicine ; 11. Taking your research career further