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Abstract
Doing Clinical Healthcare Research: A Survival Guide will help students, academics and healthcare staff identify and overcome organisational barriers to conducting research in busy clinical environments and show how research should be project managed in order to guarantee successful outcomes for all involved.
Dr. Sarah Winch is Nursing Director Research (Princess Alexandra Hospital), and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Australia.
Dr Amanda Henderson is Nursing Director Education (Princess Alexandra Hospital), Adjunct Professor (Nursing), Griffith University and Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Professor Linda Shields is Professor of Nursing Practice and Education, University of Hull, UK.
"The content is practical, and language and approach easy to get along with. Anyone contemplating clinical research should read it." - Irene Mabbott, Nursing Standard
Doing Clinical Healthcare Research: A Survival Guide will help students, academics and healthcare staff identify and overcome organisational barriers to conducting research in busy clinical environments and show how research should be project managed in order to guarantee successful outcomes for all involved.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover \r | Cover | ||
| Half-Title\r | i | ||
| Ttile | iii | ||
| Copyright\r | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| List of tables and figures | ix | ||
| Acknowledgements | x | ||
| About the authors | xi | ||
| Introduction | xiii | ||
| Part one: Preparing your research | 1 | ||
| 1 Overcoming organizational barriers: getting into and around healthcare organizations | 3 | ||
| The healthcare organization: maximizing your chances for success | 4 | ||
| Getting ‘legs’ for your research idea: the hook and the heart | 7 | ||
| Tips for developing useful research questions | 8 | ||
| Understanding key professional groups and the contribution they can make to your project | 9 | ||
| Champions and sponsors | 10 | ||
| The team: identifying and accessing relevant players | 12 | ||
| ‘Getting started’ making contact and keeping people on-side | 16 | ||
| Summary | 21 | ||
| References | 21 | ||
| 2 Ethical considerations: informed consent and protecting vulnerable populations | 23 | ||
| The role of ethics committees | 24 | ||
| The history of ethical approval for research | 24 | ||
| Adhering to ethical standards | 25 | ||
| Informed consent | 27 | ||
| Ethical issues for different groups | 33 | ||
| Ethical issues with respect to hearing/observing unethical behaviour | 37 | ||
| Ensuring privacy and confidentiality | 38 | ||
| Debriefing | 39 | ||
| Summary | 39 | ||
| References | 39 | ||
| 3 Multicultural considerations | 41 | ||
| Doing research overseas: cultural considerations | 42 | ||
| Ensuring culturally sensitive research | 43 | ||
| Trans-cultural research | 45 | ||
| Developing country access | 49 | ||
| Summary | 53 | ||
| References | 53 | ||
| Part two: Design and implementation of research | 55 | ||
| 4 Writing the ‘master’ research proposal: gaining ethics approval and funding | 57 | ||
| Writing the ‘master proposal’ | 57 | ||
| Template of the master research proposal | 58 | ||
| The ethics approval process | 65 | ||
| Using your master research proposal to gain funding | 67 | ||
| Legal issues and research governance | 74 | ||
| Summary | 76 | ||
| References | 76 | ||
| 5 Identification, access and recruitment of research subjects | 77 | ||
| Identification and location of the target population | 78 | ||
| Building bridges to potential participants | 79 | ||
| Advertising | 81 | ||
| Entering healthcare facilities | 83 | ||
| Recruitment of research subjects | 84 | ||
| When timing is crucial | 85 | ||
| Discharge information | 87 | ||
| Decision-making during the illness trajectory | 87 | ||
| The value and limitations of databases | 88 | ||
| Planning the amount of time in the field: deliberations and considerations | 89 | ||
| Maximizing retention: trials and longitudinal studies | 90 | ||
| Summary | 90 | ||
| References | 91 | ||
| 6 The hard work begins: maximizing participation | 93 | ||
| Gaining traction – ‘marketing the research’ | 94 | ||
| Marketing the research to the population | 94 | ||
| Health facility staff as participants | 95 | ||
| Patients and carers as participants | 101 | ||
| Accessing carers | 104 | ||
| Use of secondary records and archive information | 104 | ||
| Observation: less demanding on participants? | 106 | ||
| Intervention studies: a competitive edge | 108 | ||
| Making a difference through clinical research | 108 | ||
| Summary | 109 | ||
| References | 109 | ||
| Part three: Collecting data and disseminating findings | 111 | ||
| 7 Operationalizing the data collection | 113 | ||
| Planning calendars (and task-tracking documents) | 114 | ||
| Employment of staff | 117 | ||
| The use of a journal | 118 | ||
| Collecting data: considerations in intervention studies | 119 | ||
| Collecting data: considerations for focus groups | 120 | ||
| Collecting data in the field: recording observations on paper | 121 | ||
| Collecting data: considerations for organizing surveys | 123 | ||
| Providing feedback about your sample | 124 | ||
| Data entry | 126 | ||
| Keeping records | 129 | ||
| Summary | 130 | ||
| References | 132 | ||
| 8 The interpretation and analysis of your findings: gaining value from the research process | 133 | ||
| Organizing the data | 135 | ||
| Examining the data | 137 | ||
| Reporting meaningful findings | 139 | ||
| Summary | 139 | ||
| References | 140 | ||
| Further reading for guidance on the application of research methods | 142 | ||
| 9 Disseminating findings | 143 | ||
| Choosing how to disseminate research | 150 | ||
| Writing journal articles | 152 | ||
| Research reports | 153 | ||
| Newspapers: feature articles and press releases | 155 | ||
| Summary | 155 | ||
| References | 156 | ||
| 10 Creating and sustaining research-friendly environments | 156 | ||
| Setting the research agenda: writing the strategic research plan | 159 | ||
| Communicating and adhering to your research direction | 159 | ||
| Creating research infrastructure | 160 | ||
| Building research capacity | 162 | ||
| The ‘Visiting Scholar’ program | 163 | ||
| Research training | 164 | ||
| Research governance | 165 | ||
| Measures of success | 166 | ||
| Summary | 166 | ||
| Reference | 167 | ||
| Doing clinical research: a summary | 171 | ||
| Index | 130 |