Idea to presentation

Question 1

How to get started on research?

Answer 1

1) clinical question and literature review
2) study design
3) results
4) discussion of findings
5) summary and conclusion

Question 2

helps form the purpose of the study

Answer 2

clinical question and literature review

Question 3

includes method, type of study, and statistical approach

Answer 3

study design

Question 4

includes application of findings, limitations and future studies

Answer 4

summary and conclusion

Question 5

case
case series
case-control
retrospective
prospective
blinded
randomized
cohort
animal
clinical trials
systematic review
meta-analysis

Answer 5

types of studies/ terminology

Question 6

examples of statistical analysis

Answer 6

p value - a percentage that something did not occur by chance (ie p-value =.05 means 95% did not occur by chance)

confidence interval - has to do with measurement, determines what is normal, variability around the average/normal

Question 7

• characteristics of design or methodology that impact or influence the application or interpretation of the results of your study.
• constraints on generalizability and utility of findings that are the result of the ways in which you chose to design the study and/or the method used to establish internal and external validity.

Answer 7

Limitation and future recommendations

Question 8

• an opportunity to make suggestions for further research
• provides you with an opportunity to demonstrate that you have thought critically about the research problem
• claiming limitations is a subjective process because you must evaluate the impact of those limitations. Don’t just list key weaknesses

Answer 8

acknowledgement of study’s limitations