Introduction to research methodology for specialists and trainees / edited by P. M. Shaughn O'Brien, Fiona Broughton Pipkin.

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Research during specialist medical training / Deepthi Lavu, Rahul Potluri, and Fidelma O'Mahony -- Time management when planning and conducting medical research / Charles W.E. Redman and Esther L. Moss -- Computer skills required for medical research / Ramesh Ganapathy and Nitish Raut -- Computer skills required for medical research : social media / Elaine Leung -- Finding and using information in medical research / Lucy Reid and Elaine Garrett -- Critical appraisal of the medical literature / Pensee Wu and Jan Herman Kuiper -- Evidence based medicine and translating research into practice / James M.N. Duffy and Cindy M. Farquhar -- Clinical audit for quality improvement / Hannah Knight, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, and Tahir Mahmood -- Qualitative medical research / Bernadette Bartlam and Bie Nio Ong -- Randomized clinical trials / Siladitya Bhattacharya and Ashalatha Shetty -- Animal research & alternatives / Fiona Broughton-Pipkin -- Genetic and epigenetic research / Sally Chappell and Linda Morgan -- 'Omic' research / Louise C. Kenny and Fergus McCarthy -- Data management in medical research / Kirstie McKenzie-McHarg, Sarah Ayers, and Jim Thornton --

Statistics in medical research / Louise Linsell and Pollyanna Hardy -- Epidemiological research / Paul Silcocks -- Informing patients, consent, governance, and good clinical practice / Anthony Wrigley, Jonathan A. Hughes, and Nicola Leighton -- Patient involvement in medical research / Annette Briley & Claire Singh -- Research in the context of the National Health Service / Lucy Hope, Andrew Shenna, and Khaled M.K. Ismail -- Supervising medical research and being supervised / Sean T. Kehoe and Sudha Sundar -- Funding medical research / Mark Smith -- The purpose & practice of medical research meetings / Amanda Green -- How to present a medical research paper / Andrew Hextall and Linda Cardozo -- How to write a medical research paper and get it accepted for publication / Phillip J. Steer -- How to write a medical thesis / Jennifer Byrom and David Lissauer.

Health-centred research has changed hugely over the last ten years, from the importance of computing software to the NHS becoming more involved in research. The expectations of grant-awarding bodies, ethics committees and publishers have evolved and increased in many senses. This new edition is designed for trainee clinicians, not only those preparing for membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG) but also higher degree candidates and aspiring clinical academics. Chapter authors with extensive expertise make the path to embarking on research direct, straightforward and most importantly, fun and interesting; particularly aiming to support those who trained clinically and are now undertaking a research project or beginning an academic career. There remains no single book with so much relevant information gathered in a single, succinct volume. This edition now covers the wide spectrum of modern research methods for all specialities, with five supplementary chapters on major obstetric and gynaecological subspecialties.