| Seq #227 | Saturday, 11 March 2006 | |||||||
| 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Swan Hotel 8, Workshop | ||||||||
| [JOINT] Tips and Tricks for Getting Started with Clinical Research | ||||||||
Sponsored by: ADEA | ||||||||
| Description: This workshop will help faculty get started with clinical research. Participants learn strategies for identifying gaps in clinical evidence and practice using the P-I-C-O format to write researchable questions. Participants complete a preliminary plan for a research study and receive feedback from peers and workshop faculty. Participants discuss fatal flaws in research methodology, identify sources of data contamination, and analyze pitfalls in conducting clinical research. Strategies for avoiding these problems are described. Types of research designs are reviewed and types of publications for disseminating findings are demonstrated including case reports, brief updates, and evidence-based literature reviews. After the workshop, participants will be able to identify strategies to detect researchable unknowns pertinent to disease processes and oral health care, use the P-I-C-O format to write evidence-based research questions, write testable hypotheses, designate independent and dependent variables and identify the study sample and groups, and identify common problems in clinical research. Creation of a larger cadre of dental school faculty and practitioners who have the capacity to implement clinical research will enhance the evidence-based foundation for patient care in dentistry. The workshop will be hands-on; participants will actually identify gaps in scientific evidence that need to be explored, develop research questions and associated hypotheses, and create a preliminary study design. Participants will depart the workshop with a step-by-step research planning manual that will guide development of the overall research methodology and help participants avoid common pitfalls | ||||||||
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