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General

Finding A Path Through The Research Maze
by Patricia M. Cole. From The Qualitative Report.


Beginner's Guide To The Research Proposal
A guide from The University of Calgary.


How to Conduct Research on the Internet
A general guide to using the internet to conduct research by Terry Brainerd Chadwick.


Medically & dentally qualified academic staff
Recommendations for training the researchers & educators of the future.


SLIM CHAPTER - The Management of R&D      
Part of Cranfield University's R&D Management Centre website this chapter, taken from the Gower Handbook of Management, provides an introduction to R&D management.


Seeking Funding Tips from the RDInfo team on how to secure funding for your research.                                  


Tutorials

UK Healthcare Education Partnership E-learning Modules
UKHEP is a new e-learning joint venture between the Royal College of Nursing, City University London and the Universities of Ulster and Leicester. UKHEP offers a range of inter-professional and patient-centered online learning modules to post-registration healthcare professionals. Modules can be studied as standalone CPD opportunities or combined to earn a BSc top-up degree in health sciences. March 2005 modules: Health Informatics, Research Methodologies for Practice, Leadership, User and carer involvement, Clinical governance matters, Clinical governance works, Evidence-based healthcare, Managing change.


Getting Research Into Practice
A guide from ScHARR provided to give an understanding of the barriers, constraints and enablers that can result in the successful implementation of research.


GAELS Information Skills Training
Designed for engineers but with relevant information about Managing your information for research.


Design

Research Designs
A guide describing different descriptive studies. From the University of Calgary.


Research Design Explained
A user-friendly book that offers practical advice about how to read, conduct, and write up research. Explains fundamental concepts clearly and with many real-life analogies and examples. Chapters on how to generate a research hypothesis, how to select a measure, how to read journal articles, how to write up research, how to conduct survey research, and appendixs that include a sample paper.


Prognosis
An online tutorial from Michigan State University covering Case Control Studies and Cohort Studies.


Research Design
A chapter from the Research Methods Knowledge Base.


Data

How to manage your research data
A series of guides dealing with databases and SPSS from 'Professor Mean'. Includes some practice exercises.


Randomised Control Trials

Randomised Control Trials: A User's Guide.
The BMJ text.


Randomized Controlled Studies
An introduction from the SUNY Health Sciences Evidence Based Medicine Course.


Randomized Controlled Studies
See also the TRIAGE page on Trials


Cohort Studies

Cohort Studies
An introduction from the SUNY Health Sciences Evidence Based Medicine Course.


Case Control

Case Control Studies
An introduction from the SUNY Health Sciences Evidence Based Medicine Course.


Case Series

Case Reports and Case Series
An introduction from the SUNY Health Sciences Evidence Based Medicine Course.


Questionnaires

Guide To The Design Of Questionnaires
This Beginner's Guide gives an introduction to the design of questionnaires. A very useful printable pdf document from Leeds University.


How to Put Questionnaires on the Internet Part 1


How to Put Questionnaires on the Internet Part 2


Sampling & Surveying


Sampling and Surveying Handbook
Containing guidelines for planning, organizing, and conducting surveys.


Sampling
A chapter from the Research Methods Knowledge Base.


Survey Research
A chapter from the Research Methods Knowledge Base.


Selecting an appropriate sample size
A set of tutorials from Professor Mean, on the STATS site.


Discussion Forum


Research and Development Forum
This is an organisation for individuals and departments involved in the management and planning of R&D activities and in conducting R&D in health and social care. The purpose of the Forum is to improve the environment for research within organisations delivering health and social care by encouraging high standards and providing support and communication networks. The Forum is an inclusive organisation open to all involved in R&D, including directors, managers, administrators, consumers and researchers themselves. The activities of the Forum encompass research across the full range of health and social care including community and primary care, secondary and tertiary care, public health and social services. Membership is free and gives you access to information from the Forum and allows participation in all our activities. The site includes a discussion board.


Journals on the Web


Bandolier
The journal of the Oxford and Anglia NHS region containing bullet points of EBM. May run several months behind printed version.


BUBL Journals
The BUBL Service (Bulletin Board for Libraries) is a UK Service aimed at the academic and research community and is organised by Bath University. Contains abstracts or full text of 220 current journals including medical journals.


Electronic BMJ
This is the electronic equivalent of the printed version and has many useful features such as links to Medline references at the end of journal articles.


Psychwatch
This group has a links page with pointers to hundreds of on-line journals in the field of psychology, psychiatry, and mental health.


The Health Service Journal
Main journal for UK health policy and management. Provides access to some of the contents of the journal, plus over 600 links to other web sites including primary healthcare sites.


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