Getting Started in Health Research

<b>By the time you’ve read this book, you’ll be ready to design your own research project</b> <p>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. <i>Getting Started in Health Research</i> is the answer. It provides fundamental information on:</p> <ul type=”disc”> <li>Framing the research question</li> <li>Performing the literature search</li> <li>Choosing the study design</li> <li>Collecting data</li> <li>Getting funding</li> <li>Recruiting participants</li> <li>Writing your paper</li> </ul> <p>Lively case studies provide a continuous narrative, addressing the pitfalls and problems that can occur.</p> <p>Calling upon their vast experience of teaching health research methodology, these authors have turned a seemingly daunting task into a challenging and enjoyable prospect.</p> <p><b><i>The companion of Understanding Clinical Papers  </i></b><a href=”http://www.wiley.com/go/”></a><a href=”http://www.wiley.com/buy/9780470091302″>www.wiley.com/buy/</a>9780470091302</p> <p><b>Reviews of <i>Understanding Clinical Papers</i></b></p> <p>”…an excellent basis for all who intend to write scientific texts as well as those reading, evaluating, and trying to understand the results…”<br /> <b><i>Clinical Chemistry</i>, May 2007</b></p> <p>”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.”<br /> <b><i>Journal of the American Medical Association</i>, December 26, 2006</b></p> <p>”What strikes the reader … straight away is clarity … promises to become a recommended text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.”<br /> <b><i>Journal of Tropical Pediatrics</i>, September 2006</b></p> <p>”This book should be an essential addition to the personal libraries of all health care workers . . . “<br /> <b><i>Oncology</i>, 2002</b></p>