​​​​​​​​​​Clinical Research Useful References

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These are just a few references to help you with the research:

1. How to find a research question

Thabane L, Thomas T, Chengln Ye, Paul J. Posing a research question: not so simple. Can J Anaesth 2009; 56:71-79.

Can J Anaesth. 2009 Jan;56(1):71-9. doi: 10.1007/s12630-008-9007-4. Epub 2008 Dec 24

2. Tips for navigating PubMed

McGill University Health Centre. 10 Tips for navigating PUBMED​

​3. Cleaning your data before analysis:

Jan Van den Broeck*, Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham, Roger Eeckels, Kobus Herbst. Data Cleaning: Detecting, Diagnosing, and Editing Data Abnormalities. PLoS Medicine, October 2005 | Volume 2 | Issue 10 | e267

4. How to write an article:

These are a series of articles published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. Each aspect is one page long and a very good summary of what to do.

1. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 1: how to get started. 
   
2. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 2: title and abstract.
   
3. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 3: introduction.
   
4. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 4: methods.
   
5. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 5: results.​
   
6. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 6: discussion.​
   
7. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 7: tables and figure
   
8. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 8: references
   
9. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 9: authorship​
   
10. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 10: choice of journal
    
11. Effective writing and publishing scientific papers-Part 11: submitting a paper
    

5. Responding to the editor/reviewers of your article

Annesley TM. Top 10 tips for responding to the reviewer and editor comments. Clinical Chemistry 2011; 57:551-554

​6. Basic statistics:

These are a series of primers written in the Journal Effective Clinical Practice. The journal no longer is published but these are one-page introductions to basic statistical concepts are useful for clinicians.

1.  Primer on interpreting surveys.
2.  Primer on before and after studies.
3.  Primer on group randomised trials
4.  Primer on correlation coefficients
5.   Primer on statistical significance and p values.
6.  Primer on 95% confidence intervals.
7.  Primer on geographical variation in health
8.  Primer on type 1 and type 2 errors
   
9.  Primer on absolute vs. relative differences
10.  Primer on probability and interpreting their ratios
11. Primer on scores: what counts?
12.  Primer on cost-effective analysis
13.  Primer on dissecting a medical imperative
    
14.  Primer on lead-time, length and overdiagnosis.
15.  Primer on the 95th confidence interval and the number needed to treat​

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