 Research: Which means to travel through or survey.

 RE+SEARCH= Search after search and search

 Careful search or inquiry into any subject matter.
 To investigate thoroughly
 What is Research?

 A scientific study to seek hidden knowledge

 A scientific study to answer a question
 A scientific study of causes and effects
 A scientific attempt towards new discoveries
 A systematic method of inquiry
 A logical attempt to find answers to problems
 A systematic approach to a (medical) problem
 A scientific attempt to discover the truth
 Areas of Medical Research

 Parameters of Health
 Parameters of Disease
 Risk of Disease
 Outcome of Disease
 Outcome of Treatment
 Evaluating Treatments and procedures
 Vital Statistics and Trends
 Why Do Research?

 Provides answers to unknown important questions

 Stimulates learning and gaining of new knowledge
 Research-based knowledge is usually authentic and
verifiable
 Develops a higher level of professional skill in the relevant
field
 Directly affects patient care and health policy
 Think of the who, what, when, where and why questions:

 WHY did you choose the topic?

 WHO are the information providers on this topic?
 WHAT are the major questions for this topic?
 WHERE is your topic important: at the local, national or international
level?
 WHEN is/was your topic important? Is it a current event or an historical
Research Process
 Topic should be

Relevant Specific

Analytical Original

Feasible
 Your research topic should be Feasibility

 Can you complete the project in the time available?

 Is this possible with your routine work and your daily observation?

 Do you have sufficient financial and other resources?

 Will you be able to gain access to data?

 Framing the objective

 what the research is trying to achieve.

 provides direction to the study.

 Objective should be:

 Frame in specific and epidemiologic terms

 Write in scientific/ epidemiological language

 Sort as primary and secondary objectives

 Be clear about the type of question

 Descriptive Question ( measuring a quantity)

 Analytical/ experimental questions (testing a hypothesis )

 Research should be

 Need based
 Solving a problem that existing
 Fill in the gap for something unknown
 Innovative
 How to conduct the research in our set up

Make a EC Start patient

Framing topic proposal enrollment

Feed the data

Drafting results Analysis
in excel

Publishing in
Writing
Conclusion Journal
manuscript
Thank you