Introduction to Research

This is complementary site for the elective course "Introduction to Clinical Research" held at the Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction to Clinical Research 2017 A
Introduction to Clinical Research 2017 B
Introduction to Clinical Research 2017 C
Introduction to Clinical Research 2017 D

This is an online learning resource for students interested in research methodology. It is used as companion website for Research Training course run as elective for 6 year MD program at Poznan University of Medical Sciences.

Module 1 - Biomedical literature - identifying sources and retrieval methods - how to use search in research?

Module 2 - Exploring the unknown - Responsible conduct of research - what is legal framework for discovery?

Module 3 - Data acquisition, analysis and visualization - statistical tools and visual presentation

Module 4 - Writing and publishing your research results

Module 5 - Future of Science and Medicine - Open Data and Open Science - What's next?

Introduction to Clinical Research

Module 1 - How to use search in research?

Biomedical literature - identifying sources and retrieval methods

Searching Biomedical literature

Learn the available knowledge databases

Databases

PubMed

PubMedCentral

Web of Science

Web of Knowledge

Scopus

How to navigate the world of research journals - Indexing and prioritizing

Scimago Journal and Country Ranking

Journal of Citation Reports - Web of Knowledge - Thomson Institute for Scientific Information

Scimago Collaboration analysis

Spatial distribution of research hubs

Measuring the influence

Impact factor

Citations

H-index

Searchingbiomedicalliteraturewhyandhow.ppt
Software tools for reference management

Module 2 - Responsible conduct of research - legal framework for discovery

Legal framework for research

Why informed consent?

When informed consent is required and why?

Dual-use technology

Kuhlau, Frida, Stefan Eriksson, Kathinka Evers, and Anna T Höglund. “Taking Due Care: Moral Obligations in Dual Use Research.” Bioethics 22, no. 9 (November 1, 2008): 477–487.

Ehni, Hans-Jörg. “Dual Use and the Ethical Responsibility of Scientists.” Archivum Immunologiae Et Therapiae Experimentalis 56, no. 3 (June 1, 2008): 147–152.

Regulatory oversight

Declaration of Helsinki developed by World Medical Association

Good Clinical Practice- FDA website

International Conference on Harmonization

EMEA Guideline on Good Clinical Practice

US Presidential Comission on Bioethical Issues

Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research

Legal and ethical constraint for medication and food products

Food and Drug Administration

History of the FDA

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HIPAA

Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP)

Institutional Review Boards (OHRP site)

Institutional Review Board @ PUMS

Responsible Conduct of Research

Authorship policies and peer review

Ethics in research and publication (by Elsevier)

Search and Write - resource on using resources in writing

Dealing with scientific fraud and scientific misconduct

Plagiarism in Medline database

A Tale of two citations

Dejavu - a database of highly similar citations [find your favorite duplicator ;) ]

eTBLAST search engine

Helioblast

Case studies

The Mind of a Con Man

Linguistic Traces of a Scientific Fraud

Module 3 - Data acquisition and analysis - statistical tools and visual presentation

Selecting scientific problem

How to choose a good scientific problem? by Uri Alon

Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery (open book)

Getting the data

queFX - Paper form scanning and processing in research studies

RedCap

Google forms

Limesurvey

Open Data

Statistical analysis

Case studies

Matching clinical problem with statistical solution

statistical papers section

Statistical analysis for publication

Stratton IM, Neil A. How to ensure your paper is rejected by the statistical reviewer. Diabet Med. 2005 Apr;22(4):371-3. Review.

Interpreting your results

Open Data Resources

HealthDataPalooza Video sessions BIG data discussion

Public data explorer - interesting way of using public datasets

Datamob

Data.gov

Data archive of The Journal of Statistical Education

SAS data archive

Handbook of Small Data Sets

Statistical Science portal datasets

Public Data on Amazon Web Services

Freebase

NASA geospatial data

GRANIT GIS data

Natural Resources Conservation Services - Plants data

Google fusiontables

Central Statistical Office - Poland

UCLA stat

Health Data Initiative

health Indicators Worldwide

Health Data Gov

Open Data Foundation

Data citation awareness

Opensource health

Open government data

HHS innovates

Smarter Poland

Bioconductor and microarray analysis of public data

Module 4 - Writing, publishing and influence metrics

How to create visually appealing conference posters and presentations?

Inkscape - open source software for creating vector graphics

Optimize your Conference poster's Impact - tutorial

Conference Poster Guidelines

Conference poster guideline II

Presentation: Billboard science by Kendall Powell

Better Posters blog - examples and case studies

Poster Design From Colin Purrington

Getting published in scientific journal

Publishing guidelines in Radiology journal

UNC Abstract handout

How to write an abstract by Philip Koopman

Alexandrov & Hennerici - Writing a good abstract

Singer & Hollander - How to write a manuscript

Alexandrov - How to write a research paper

How to survive peer preview from BMJ Books

How to get published guidelines from UC Santa Cruz

Guidelines for writing medical research papers

The inside view on writing for medical journal by Richard Smith (BMJ editor)

Guidelines on Good Publication Practice

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals

How to get published - guide for authors from Elsevier

Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing

Title Says It All

Online Seminars on writing and publishing scientific papers

Elsevier webinar

How to get published - #1 - Preparing your manuscript

How to get published - #2 - Using proper language

How to get published - #3 - Structuring an Article

Writing matters - Stanford science writing resources

Paul Silvia - How to Publish a lot and still have a life - part 1, 2, 3, 4

Coursera resources on Scientific Writing - "Writing in the Sciences"

Citations

Journal of Citation Reports (ISI)

Self-archiving

Journal ranking (SCIMAGO)

Impact factor debate

Citation Impact Center - ISI Thomson

What is an impact factor?

Controversies regarding impact factor

JAMA - defining journal impact factor denominator

How journal impact factor is calculated?

History and meaning of impact factor by Eugene Garfield

Impact - special Issue of Nature

Alternative influence metrics

Hirsch Index - h-index

Open Access and Open Data repositories

PLOS

Peer-review

JAMA The Peer Review Congresses by Robert Steinbrook

The history of peer review and ideas how the process can be improved

COPE - Comitee on Publication Ethics

Module 5 - What's next?

Planning your research career in academia, industry or clinical medicine

Fix the PhD - Nature editorial on the future of PhD

The PhD factory

How not to get a PhD - Guardian

Ten easy ways to fail PhD

Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career book by prof. Alan Johnson

Science and Society

The future of the PhD - Nature 2011 Special report

Real science crisis: bleak prospects for young researchers

Reforming Science: Methodological and Cultural Reforms

Reforming Science: Structural Reforms

Don't Become a Scientist! - Jonathan I. Katz

Has Modern Science Become Dysfunctional?

Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic

How Science Goes Wrong

Open data science and reproducibility

Other resources

BMJ talks

BMJ presentations - search: filetype:ppt site:resources.bmj.com

RSNA Core Curriculum Research training for radiology residents

Poznan University of Medical Sciences IRB

Books

How to get a PhD: a handbook for students and their supervisors

Estelle M Phillips, Derek.S. Pugh. Open University Press; 5 edition (1 Oct 2010)

ISBN-10: 0335242022; ISBN-13: 978-0335242023

The Craft of Research, 3rd Edition

Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams

University Of Chicago Press; ISBN-10: 0226065669, ISBN-13: 978-0226065663

Interview with the authors of The Craft of Research

Scientific Writing: Easy When You Know How

Jennifer Peat, Elizabeth Elliott, Louise Baur, Victoria Keena

BMJ Books; ISBN-10: 0727916254; ISBN-13: 978-0727916259

How to write and Publish a Scientific Paper

Robert A. Day, Barbara Gastel

Greenwood; 6 edition; ISBN-10: 9780313330407; ISBN-13: 978-0313330407

Primer of Biostatistics

Stanton Glantz

McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0071435093; 9780071435093

Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career

Prof Alan Johnson

Free e-book from Elsevier

Interview with Prof. Alan Johnson

Video resources

Things you don't want to know in your early research career.

Advices to young researchers on search and discovery - An interview with Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht

Charting the course for successful research career - Alan Johnson


Old MSc seminar resources

If you are interested in learning about research start with The Craft of Research. In case you are not convinced read this interview with the authors of check the book on google books. The book addresses key questions from the start and saves a lot of time in teaching students.

Lektura obowiazkowa

The Craft of Research

Primer of Biostatistics


Optional training

MIT Open Course Ware

Udacity

Coursera

EdX

Introduction to AI at Stanford

Khan Academy

Open Yale Psychology

Iversity

Citation metrics

Hirsch Index

Creativity

What makes people creative?

Can we learn to be creative?

Is creativity in your right frontal lobe?

Links

Sir Ken Robinson

Out of our minds: learning to be creative

Visual communication blogs

Spoken Poetry - Sarah Kay

The RSA