Title | Principles and Practice of Research [electronic resource] : Strategies for Surgical Investigators / edited by Hans Troidl, Walter O. Spitzer, Bucknam McPeek, David S. Mulder, Martin F. McKneally, Andrew S. Wechsler, Charles M. Balch |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer US, 1991 |
Edition | Second Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0371-8 |
Descript | XXVIII, 566 p. online resource |
I. Investigators and Investigation -- 1. Historical Evolution: Methods, Attitudes, Goals -- 2. Roles for the Surgical Investigator -- 3. The Development of Surgical Investigation -- 4. The Academic Surgeon -- 5. Strengthening the Research Environment -- 6. The Marburg Experiment: Developing the New Specialty of Theoretical Surgery -- II. Starting the Research Process -- 7. Taming the Literature -- 8. How to Organize Your Reference Material -- 9. Systematically Reviewing Previous Work -- 10. Critical Appraisal of Published Research -- 11. Formulating an Initial Research Plan -- 12. Ethical Principles in Research -- 13. Selected Nonexperimental Methods: An Orientation -- 14. Experimental Methods: Clinical Trials -- 15. Clinical Biostatistics: An Overview -- 16. Case Studies for Learning Basic Biostatistical Concepts -- 17. Endpoints for Clinical Studies: Conventional and Innovative Variables -- 18. Risk and Prognosis -- 19. Evaluation of the Diagnostic Process -- 20. Scaling, Scoring, Staging -- 21. Using Computers in Research -- 22. Ten Tips on Preparing Research Proposals -- 23. Writing Grant Applications for Laboratory Research -- III. Implementation of Research -- 24. Why Clinical Research? -- 25. Organizing a Clinical Study -- 26. Using the Operating Room as a Laboratory -- 27. Research in the ICU -- 28. Experiments in Human Volunteers -- 29. Multicenter Collaborative Clinical Trials -- 30. Health Services Research -- 31. Health Policy Research: A Surgical Perspective -- 32. Technology Assessment -- 33. From the Bedside to the Laboratory and Back -- 34. Research in the Surgical Laboratory: A Brief Historical Appraisal -- 35. Animal Experimentation -- 36. Recombinant DNA Technology -- 37. The Isolated Organ in Research -- 38. Using Computer Models -- IV. Reporting Your Work -- 39. Your First Abstract -- 40. Writing an Effective Abstract -- 41. The Ten-Minute Talk -- 42. Commenting on a Ten-Minute Talk -- 43. Facing the Blank Page -- 44. Writing Your First Scientific Paper -- 45. Writing for Publication -- 46. What to Do When You Are Asked to Write a Chapter for a Book -- 47. How to Review Manuscripts -- 48. Audiovisual Support for Scientific Presentations -- 49. The Longer Talk -- 50. Presenting Your Work at International Meetings -- 51. Strategies for Coping with Jet Lag -- 52. Organizing Your Slides -- 53. Organizing Meetings, Panels, Seminars, Symposia, and Consensus Conferences -- V. International Perspectives on Surgical Research -- 54. Surgical Research in Canada -- 55. Contributions from France -- 56. Traditions and Transitions in Germany -- 57. Surgical Research in Italy -- 58. Japanโs Integration of Eastern Values and Modern Science -- 59. New Initiatives and Ideas in Spain -- 60. Orderly Evolution to a Better Future in Sweden -- 61. The Confluence of Private and Public Resources in Switzerland -- 62. Opportunities, Achievements, Problems, and Solutions in Surgical Research in the United Kingdom -- 63. Research Challenges and Solutions in the United States -- 64. International Exchange for Surgical Education -- 65. Common Characteristics and Distinctive Diversity in Surgical Research: Some International Comparisons -- VI. Opportunities in Research -- 66. Future Horizons in Surgical Research -- About the Editors