Table of Contents 1
Cover
4
Foreword
5
Preface
7
Chapter 1: How to get involved in research
1.1 Why do research?
1.2 What can I become involved in?
1.3 Different types of research
1.4 Clinical vs laboratory
1.5 Getting ideas for research
References
8
Chapter 2: Conducting a study
2.1 How to find a research project
2.2 How to approach a mentor
2.3 Planning your study
2.4 Data collection
9
Chapter 3: Literature review and critical appraisal
3.1 Literature review
3.2 Search terms
3.3 Where to search
3.4 How to search
3.5 Critical appraisal
10
Chapter 4: Ethics and the ethical application
4.1 What is medical ethics and why is it important?
4.2 Main ethical considerations in medical research
4.3 Practical ethical applications
4.4 Dealing with conflicts in ethics
4.5 Ethical applications
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Chapter 5: Analysing your data
5.1 What I need to know and how to find it
5.2 Variables
5.3 Analysis of categorical and continuous variables in two groups
5.4 Sensitivity and specificity
5.5 Positive predictive value and negative predictive value
5.6 Receiver operating characteristic curves
5.7 Logistic regression analysis
5.8 Other types of analysis
5.9 How to present your results
5.10 Conclusion
References
12
Chapter 6: Conferences and presentations
6.1 Types of conferences
6.2 Prices and prizes
6.3 Abstract submission
6.4 Title
6.5 Introduction
6.6 Methods
6.7 Results
6.8 Conclusion
6.9 Poster presentation
6.10 Podium presentation
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Chapter 7: Writing a paper
7.1 Title
7.2 Abstract
7.3 Introduction
7.4 Methods
7.5 Results
7.6 Discussion
7.7 Conclusion
7.8 References
7.9 Sending to seniors for review
Reference
14
Chapter 8: How to get published
8.1 Which journal?
8.2 Authorship
8.3 Getting your paper ready for the journal
8.4 Dealing with reviewer comments
8.5 Dealing with rejection
References
15
Chapter 9: Writing a case report
9.1 How to begin
9.2 Preparing to write the case report
9.3
