Clinical Research for Health Professionals
A User-Friendly Guide
- 1st Edition - October 12, 2000
- Author: Mitchell Batavia
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 7 1 9 3 - 4
Learn not only how to recognize high-quality research, but how to improve your own research and apply it to patient care. Plus, find out how to start a journal club, write quality… Read more
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Learn not only how to recognize high-quality research, but how to improve your own research and apply it to patient care. Plus, find out how to start a journal club, write quality case reports and how to most effectively present your research to others. This book is ideal guide for students at both graduate and undergraduate levels who might be having difficulty with research concepts as well as for practiced clinicians interested in a fresh approach to clinical research.
* A jargon-free guide to understanding and conducting research
* Uses metaphors, visual images, and examples to simplify complex research concepts
* Includes easy-to-do computer exercises to help you understand statistical concepts
* Uses metaphors, visual images, and examples to simplify complex research concepts
* Includes easy-to-do computer exercises to help you understand statistical concepts
Physical Therapy Students and Practitioners; Occupational Therapy Students and Practitioners; All Other Allied Health Specialists, including Speech-Language Pathologists
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK AND OVERVIEW: The Boat Metaphor; Why Research?; ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH CONCEPTS: Anatomy: Understanding the Research Process; Questions; Hypotheses; Theory; Designs; Sampling; Measurement; Descriptive Statistics; Inferential Statistics; Tests of Significance; Putting It All Together: Matching Question-Design-Analysis; The Function of Research; PATHOLOGY and VACCINATIONS: Mistakes with the Investigator; Mistakes with the Treatment; Mistakes with the Subjects; Mistakes in Measurement; Mistakes in Conducting Studies over Time; Mistakes in Math; THE EXAMINATION: FINDING MISTAKES IN STUDIES: Evaluating Research: Is It Believable?; Where to Find It in a Report; CLINICIANS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS: Just for Clinicians; Just for Graduate Students; The Future: A Final Word...or Two...or Three; Appendix A: Resources; Appendix B: List of Potential Biases in Research
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 12, 2000
- Language: English
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Mitchell Batavia
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, School of Education, New York University, New York, NY, USA