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Introducing, Designing and Conducting Research for Paramedics

  • 1st Edition - August 2, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Alexander Olaussen, Kelly-Ann Bowles, Bill Lord, Brett Williams
  • Language: English

The profession of paramedicine is rapidly expanding and primary research relating to prehospital interventions is exploding worldwide. This new book provides, for the first ti… Read more

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The profession of paramedicine is rapidly expanding and primary research relating to prehospital interventions is exploding worldwide. This new book provides, for the first time, a meaningful and easy to understand guide to research specifically tailored for paramedics.

Written by experts in research, medicine and paramedicine, Introducing, Designing and Conducting Research for Paramedics introduces the reader to the concepts of research through real-life examples. The structure follows a logical sequence from an overview of the research process to how to generate, consume and implement evidence.

This book will be a valuable resource for paramedics and prehospital clinicians at any level, worldwide, who wish to contribute to the rapidly emerging body of evidence on paramedicine and understand how they can make use of this in their practice.

Key features

  • Important concepts described
    •  in terms of their relevance to paramedicine, making the text meaningful and easy to understand
  • Written and edited by key academics and clinicians in the field of paramedic research
  • Paramedicine examples used throughout to explain aspects of research methodology (e.g. qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods and literature reviews)
  • Key objectives, relevant terms, reference lists, further suggested readings and useful resources support the reader to engage further with research
  • Discussion/review questions and reflective exercises in each chapter to reinforce learning
  • An eBook included with print purchase

Table of contents

Section 1: Introduction to research

Part One: Welcome to your research journey

1. Historical perspectives and the emergence of research in healthcare

2. The importance of research for paramedicine as a profession

3. Evidence based practice for paramedicine

4. How to use this book

Part Two: Starting at the start

5. How to determine what topic to research?

6. Asking the answerable question and how to know which way to answer it

7. What to do before you start

8. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks

9. Overview of research designs and the hierarchy of evidence

10. Thinking about ethics in research

Section 2: Preparing for the research

Part Three: Finding what has already been done (i.e. Literature reviews / secondary research)

11. Literature reviews process and production software

12. Sourcing the available evidence (primary, secondary and tertiary evidence)

13. Appraising and critiquing the evidence (anecdotal, observational, experimental)

14. Structured reviews including Umbrella reviews, scoping reviews, rapid reviews, and narrative reviews

15. Cochrane reviews and systematic reviews (including meta-analyses and meta-synthesis)

Part Four: Methodological considerations

16. Moral principles and ethical considerations

17. Data collection and storage

18. Reliability and validity in quantitative and qualitative research

19. Sampling (probability sampling/random sampling vs non-probability/non-random sampling)

20. Sample size and power calculation

21. Assessing bias

22. Cross-cultural considerations Culturally inclusive considerations in paramedic research

Section 3: Explaining the what (Quantitative)

Part Five: Quantitative research designs

23. Case reports and case series

24. Cross sectional studies

25. Case control studies

26. Cohort studies and registry studies

27. Randomised Controlled Trials

28. Experimental studies other than RCTs

Part Six: Statistics/quantitative analysis

29. Data collection tools/approaches for quantitative research

30. Type of quantitative data (continuous, categorical, distributions, skewness)

31. Descriptive statistics, missing data, and testing assumptions

32. Statistical significance, P values, effect sizes and confidence intervals

33. Inferential statistics: t-tests, regression analysis and adjustments (Mediation versus Moderation)

34. Survival analysis

Section 4: Explaining the why (Qualitative)

Part Seven: Qualitative research designs

35. Phenomenology

36. Action Research

37. Case Study

38. Ethnography

39. Grounded Theory

Part Eight: Qualitative analysis

40. Data collection approaches for qualitative research

41. Data collection in qualitative research

42. Types of qualitative data (quote, observations)

43. Developing themes

Section 5: Other ways to answer the question

Part Nine: Combining research methods and other designs

44. Mixed methodology design

45. The Delphi Technique

46. The Nominal Group Technique

47. Cost benefit/cost effectiveness research

Section 6: Sharing new knowledge

Part Ten: Disseminating and implementing research

48. Writing the paper (including use of tables/figures etc)

49. The implementation (translation) process

50. Presenting and getting your research published

51. Research dissemination and bibliometrics

52. Grant writing/building teams/collaboration

Part Eleven: The Future of Paramedicine research, Summary and Conclusion

53. Setting up the Future of Paramedicine

54. Summary, recommendations and conclusions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 2, 2022
  • Language: English

About the authors

AO

Alexander Olaussen

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Australia; National Trauma Research Institute, The Alfred, Australia; Centre for Research and Evaluation, Ambulance Victoria, Australia

KB

Kelly-Ann Bowles

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Paramedicine, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University, Australia

BL

Bill Lord

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia; Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University, Faculty of Health Sciences, North Sydney, NSW, Australia; Director, Australasian College of Paramedicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Co-Deputy Chair, Paramedicine Accreditation Committee, AHPRA

BW

Brett Williams

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Emergency Medical Care, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441