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This essential recent addition to the series clearly brings together the related disciplines of evidence-based medicine, statistics, critical appraisal and clinical audit – all so central to current study and to modern clinical practice. It starts with the basics that every student needs to know and continues into sufficient detail to satisfy anyone contemplating their own research studies. Excel in Student Selected Component (SSC) assessments and that dreaded evidence-based medicine and statistics exam! Ensure you know how to prepare the highest quality reports and maximize your chances of getting published.
If you are not sure:
- why you need to know the standard deviation of a sample
- when to use a case-control study and when a cohort study
- what to say to your patient who asks about the benefits and harms of a drug
- how to argue the case for the inclusion of a drug on the hospital formulary
- how to make audit and quality improvement work for you,
…then this groundbreaking book is for you! Answer these and hundreds of other questions and lay a foundation for your clinical practice that will inform every consultation over a lifetime in medicine.
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Contents
Section 1: The essentials for career successChapter 1. An introduction to research, audit and teaching
Chapter 2. Evidence-based medicine
Chapter 3. How to get involved
Chapter 4. Presenting your findings
Chapter 5. Publishing your findings
Chapter 6. Writing a successful Curriculum Vitae
Section 2: Research methodology
Chapter 7. Handling data
Chapter 8. Investigating hypotheses
Chapter 9. Systematic review and meta-analysis
Chapter 10. Research design
Chapter 11. Randomised controlled trials
Chapter 12. Cohort studies
Chapter 13. Case–control studies
Chapter 14. Measures of disease occurrence and cross-sectional studies
Chapter 15. Ecological studies
Chapter 16. Case report and case series
Chapter 17. Qualitative research
Chapter 18. Confounding
Chapter 19. Screening, diagnosis and prognosis
Chapter 20. Statistical techniques
Chapter 21. Economic evaluation
Chapter 22. Critical appraisal checklists
Chapter 23. Crash course in statistical formulae
Section 3: Audit and its loop: the modern approach to improving healthcare practice
Chapter 24. Clinical audit
Chapter 25. Quality improvement
Section 4: Teaching theory and practice
Chapter 26. Medical education
Chapter 27. Designing a teaching session and teaching programme
Chapter 28. Teaching methods
Chapter 29. Teaching materials
Chapter 30. Evaluation, assessment and feedback
Chapter 31. Dealing with the student in difficulty
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Authors
Amit Kaura, MSc (Dist), BSc (Hons), MB ChB, MRCP (UK), AFHEA, AMInstLM, Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; NIHR Academic Clinicl Fellow in Cardiology, Imperial College London; National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London UK
