Training Yourself In Research

How to use this site to train yourself on how to do Research:

We have set up this research site with all of the topics and links to resources to help you be able to:

Develop a research design
Do a literature search
Research and prepare a grant
Do a research study
Write up the results of the study
Find the correct journal to send in the manuscript

Start at the top of the page and go through each topic. Read each of the documents and go to each of the links. Each document will contribute to your information and expertise. If you have questions please let one of the research committee co-chairs know by email. We will be happy to help!

Section 1: Finding a Funding Source and Writing Your Grant

CAM-specific funding sources

Research idea development

http://ceng.usc.edu/~bkrishna/anr/workingpapers/HowToDoResearch_ANRG_WP02001.pdf http://www.cswe.org/cms/17157.aspx http://www.healthqwest.org/decisionmaking/fileuploads/hq_dmg_research_strategy_mar_06_v2-8647.pdf

Literature Searches and Systematic Evidence Review

Proposal Writing

Proposal Review Example

Section 2: Ethics and the Human Studies Protection Process

Ethical Principles & Procedures (IRB, HIPAA)

CITI Certification for Researchers
- https://www.citiprogram.org/default.asp?language=english
IRB Agencies
- Western IRB
  - http://www.wirb.com/
- Sterling IRB
  - http://sterlingirb.com/
Human Subjects

Section 3: Research Design Basics

Clinical Research

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/clinicalresearch http://www.acrpnet.org http://www.clinicalresearch.com

Phases of Research

http://faculty.frostburg.edu/mbradley/phases.html -20k http://www.abacon.com/graziano/ch02/tsld008.htm http://www.cheniere.org/articles/Phases%20of%20Research%20and%20Development%20and%20Some%20Problems1.doc

Section 4: Project Implementation

Project Implementation

http://www.crlsresearchguide.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/researchproject/weblinks.asp

Recruitment & retention

http://irb.ufl.edu/docs/recruitsubjects.doc https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/patient-information/participate-research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1905931/ http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/irb/irb_chapter4.htm

Data Management

Data Analysis and Practical Qualitative Methods

Influence Diagram Sample

Influence Diagrams

Section 5: Writing Up The Results

How to write up the research

http://www.smpp.northwestern.edu/~jim/how_to_do_a_research_project_and_write_a_paper.pdf