Crash Course Medical Research, Audit and Teaching: the Essentials for Career Success, 2nd Edition
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Crash Course Medical Research, Audit and Teaching: the Essentials for Career Success, Second Edition – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 20 years, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated – with an improved full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
This volume concisely brings together the wide range of skills needed for interpreting or conducting medical research and audit. It starts with the basics of medical data analysis and interpretation, followed by how to critically review published studies and even extends to advice on career advancement including CV writing, securing academic opportunities and teaching. This book will allow you to build competence and confidence in the world of medical research.
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- Written by senior students and recent graduates - those closest to what is essential for exam success
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Section 1 The Essentials for Career Success
1. An introduction to research, audit and teaching
2. Evidence-based medicine
3. How to get involved
4. Presenting your findings
5. Publishing your findings
6. Writing a successful Curriculum Vitae
Section 2 Research Methodology
7. Handling data
8. Investigating hypotheses
9. Systematic review and meta-analysis
10. Research design
11. Randomised controlled trials
12. Cohort studies
13. Case–control studies
14. Measures of disease occurrence and cross-sectional studies
15. Ecological studies
16. Case report and case series
17. Qualitative research
18. Confounding
19. Screening, diagnosis and prognosis
20. Statistical techniques
21. Economic evaluation
22. Critical appraisal checklists
23. Crash course in statistical formulae
Section 3 Audit and its Loop: The Modern Approach to Improving Healthcare Practice
24. Clinical audit
25. Quality improvement
Section 4 Teaching Theory and Practice
26. Medical education
27. Designing a teaching session and teaching programme
28. Teaching methods
29. Teaching materials
30. Evaluation, assessment and feedback
31. Dealing with the student in difficulty -
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