Robert Foley - How to Succeed in Medical Research

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2 Title Page How to Succeed in Medical Research A Practical Guide Robert Foley, MB BCh BAO, MSc, MCh, GradCert (Statistics), MRCS Specialist Registrar in Radiology Health Education England Severn Bristol, UK Robert Maweni, MB BCh BAO, MCh, MRCS (ENT) Specialist Registrar in Otorhinolaryngology Health Education England Thames Valley Oxford, UK Shahram Shirazi, MB BCh BAO, BSc, MRCS Specialist Registrar in General Surgery Health Education England London & South East London, UK Hussein Jaafar, BSc (Biomed), MSc (Neuroscience), PhD (Candidate) Life Science Consultant Life Science Dynamics London, UK

3 Copyright Page

4 Foreword

5 Preface

6 About the Companion Website

7 Chapter 1: How to get involved in research1.1 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 study2.1 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 application4.1 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

11 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

13 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 published8.1 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 Writing the case report References

16 Chapter 10: Basic laboratory research10.1 Introduction to laboratory research and translational research 10.2 Basic research versus clinical research 10.3 Laboratory hierarchy 10.4 Day to day of working in the lab 10.5 How to choose your lab

17 Chapter 11: Expanding your horizons in research 11.1 Research elective 11.2 Intercalated research degree 11.3 Postgraduate diplomas/certificates 11.4 Postgraduate degree

18 Chapter 12: Teaching12.1 How to get involved in teaching 12.2 Teaching as an undergraduate student 12.3 Teaching as a postgraduate student 12.4 Teaching at work 12.5 Planning a lesson 12.6 Getting the most out of your teaching 12.7 Running a teaching course 12.8 How to set up a novel teaching course 12.9 How to run an established course

19 Chapter 13: Conducting an audit13.1 What is clinical audit? 13.2 Conducting an audit

20 Chapter 14: Portfolio/CV14.1 Keeping a portfolio 14.2 Curriculum vitae (CV)

21 Chapter 15: Maintaining a good balance 15.1 Stress and burnout 15.2 Improving your mindset to promote resilience 15.3 Other methods for resilience 15.4 Practical tips References

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23 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 2 Table 2.1 Hypothesis testing.

2 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Patient characteristics.Table 5.2 Patient characteristics.Table 5.3 2 × 2 table: test outcomes.Table 5.4 2 × 2 table: numeric test outcomes.Table 5.5 Logistic regression results.Table 5.6 Interpretation of the correlation coefficient (r).Table 5.7 Displaying data.

1 Chapter 1 Figure 1.1 The hierarchy of evidence.

2 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 (a) Normal distribution. (b) Skewed distribution.Figure 5.2 Flowchart describing the appropriate statistical test to use for ...Figure 5.3 Receiver operating characteristic curves.Figure 5.4 Radar chart.

3 Chapter 14Figure 14.1 An example reflection.Figure 14.2 An example of CV publication presentation.

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2 How to Succeed in Medical Research

3 How to Succeed in Medical Research

4 Foreword

5 Preface

6 About the Companion Website

7 Table of Contents

8 Begin Reading

9 Index

10 WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

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Robert Foley, MB BCh BAO, MSc, MCh, GradCert (Statistics), MRCS

Specialist Registrar in Radiology

Health Education England Severn

Bristol, UK

Robert Maweni, MB BCh BAO, MCh, MRCS (ENT)

Specialist Registrar in Otorhinolaryngology

Health Education England Thames Valley

Oxford, UK

Shahram Shirazi, MB BCh BAO, BSc, MRCS

Specialist Registrar in General Surgery

Health Education England London & South East

London, UK

Hussein Jaafar, BSc (Biomed), MSc (Neuroscience), PhD (Candidate)

Life Science Consultant

Life Science Dynamics

London, UK