The Roadmap of Research,
Edition 1 A Guide to Understanding and Writing a Medical StudyEditors: Edited by Vincenzo Giordano, MD PhD FBCS FBAMM, Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina, Md, MSc, Fernando Manuel Bidolegui, MD and Robinson Esteves Pires, MD
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Description
The Roadmap of Research: A Guide to Understanding and Writing a Medical Study helps readers easily grasp the context, methodologies, findings, and implications of research studies, build on previous work, avoid redundancies, and identify areas where new studies can contribute significantly. The book enables researchers to innovate, propose new ideas, and design studies that contribute novel perspectives or methodologies to the field. Each step in this roadmap plays a pivotal role in the research process, from building a foundation of knowledge through reading and understanding, to generating new ideas through critical thinking, and finally, disseminating findings through clear and effective writing.Key Features
- Presents knowledge to facilitate the formulation of research questions that address gaps in knowledge or challenge existing paradigms
- Offers skill building to communicate research findings effectively for dissemination and peer review
- Helps readers validate hypotheses, generate empirical evidence, and contribute directly to advancing medical knowledge and practice
About the author
Edited by Vincenzo Giordano, MD PhD FBCS FBAMM, Miguel Couto Municipal Hospital (Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil); Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina, Md, MSc, Professor, University of Antioquia, Columbia; Fernando Manuel Bidolegui, MD, Head of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Sirio Libanés Hospital and Orthopaedics Department, Otamendi Sanatorium, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Robinson Esteves Pires, MD, Professor of orthopaedic surgery and traumatology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil
1 Problem definition—PICOT
Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina, Robinson Esteves Pires, Vincenzo Giordano, Fernando Bidolegui
2 Literature and evidence search in scientific research
Fernando Bidolegui, German Garabano
3 Types of scientific study
Carlos Oliver Valderrama Molina, María Fernanda García Rueda
4 Evidence-based medicine
Asdrubal Falavigna, Maria Eduarda Lima Viapiana, Vincenzo Fin Falavigna
5 How to conduct a systematic review—Basic tutorial
Alejandro Vallejo-Díaz, Noémie Reinert, Fintan Moriarty, Iván Florez
6 How to schedule your writing time
Phillip Thomas Grisdela, Joshua Layne Gary
7 Definition of the scheme: Theme, importance, hypotheses, objectives
William Obremskey, Vincenzo Giordano, Reece Vesperman, Andres Fidel Moreno-Diaz
8 Anatomy of an article: Introduction
Kodi Edson Kojima
9 Anatomy of an article: Methods
Matheus Azi, Alexander Joeris
10 Anatomy of an article: Results section
Ahmed Kholeif, Mahmoud Badran
11 Anatomy of an article: Discussion, conclusion, and references
Robinson Esteves Pires, Gustavo Waldolato
12 Anatomy of an article: Title, summary, and keywords
Robinson Esteves Pires, Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina, Vincenzo Giordano, Fernando Bidolegui
13 Checklist before submission
Cyril Mauffrey, Cameron William Harris
14 Risk measures and interpretation of the p-value in clinical research
José L. Osma-Rueda, Juan C. Uribe-Caputi
15 Power calculation and sample size
Daniel Camilo Aguirre Acevedo, Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina
16 Randomization strategies
John Jairo Zuleta-Tobón, Jorge Hernando Donado-Gómez
17 Meta-analysis
Vincenzo Giordano, Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina, Robinson Esteves Pires, José L. Osma-Rueda, Fernando Bidolegui
18 Understanding inclusion and exclusion criteria
Rodrigo Pesántez, Maria Fernanda Echeverry
19 Guidelines for adapting and obtaining informed consent
Jorge Enrique Velarde Bouche
20 Guidelines for ethical review of the protocol
Juan Manuel Concha, Amparo Gomez
21 What are the principles and when to apply your project to an ethics committee
William Belangero, Gustavo Waldolato
22 The importance of good medical practice as a basis of evidence in the decision-making process
Peter Giannoudis, Paul Rodham, Charalampos Pitsilos
23 How to search for an article and how to use referral programs
An Sermon, Anne-Catherine Vanhove
24 Bad editorial practices
Martin J. Stoddart, R. Geoff Richards
25 Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT)
Robinson Esteves Pires, Carlos Oliver Valderrama-Molina, Vincenzo Giordano, German Garabano, Sebastian Pereira, Fernando Bidolegui
26 Critical reading of an article (WORKSHOP)
Vincenzo Giordano, Anderson Freitas, Adriano F. Mendes Jr., Pedro Labronici
27 The seven principles of education
Madeline C. MacKechnie, Janneke I. Loomans, Olesja Hazenbiller, Theodore Miclau III
28 Gamification
Danilo Taype Zamboni, Guido Carabelli, Jorge Barla
29 Virtual reality in medicine
Claudia Arroyo Berezowsky, Marco Antonio Altamirano-Cruz
30 Augmented reality in medicine
André Wajnsztejn, Lys Kang
31 Artificial intelligence
Oscar Javier Morales-Guerrero