Introduction to Research and Medical Literature for Health Professionals + Online Access

Overview

Introduction to Research and Medical Literature for Health Professionals is an essential resource to help students, faculty, and practitioners understand the research process, interpret data, understand the results and incorporate the findings into practice. From choosing a research project, acquiring grant funding, and developing the research process design, to the systematic gathering of information, analysis, interpretation of data, differentiation between conflicting results, and finally, understanding the overall evaluation — Introduction to Research and Medical Literature for Health Professionals will ease any fears and help students and practitioners to incorporate what is useful and best for their patients.

Instructor Resources

• Sample Syllabus
• Transition Guide
• Instructor's Manual
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Image Bank
• Test Bank including: Discussion Questions, Essay Questions, and Student Activities

Key Features

Additional topics covered include:

• Writing for publication and poster presentations
• Grant writing
• Dealing with Institutional Review Boards
• Ethical considerations in research

Appendices include:

• Glossary
• Research Worksheet
• Electronic Resources
• Style Manuals

Instructor Resources

• Sample Syllabus
• Transition Guide
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Image Bank
• Test Bank

Table of Contents

• Section I Why Research
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Essays on Research in the Health Professions
• Chapter 3 Ethics in Research
• Chapter 4 Regulatory Protection of Human Subjects in Research
• Chapter 5 Funding The Research - Grants
• Section II Getting Started
• Chapter 6 The Research Problem
• Chapter 7 Review of the Literature
• Section III The Research Process – Design
• Chapter 8 Methodology
• Chapter 9 Clinical Investigations
• Chapter 10 Survey Research
• Chapter 11 The Clinical Review
• Chapter 12 Qualitative Research
• Chapter 13 Community-Based Participatory Research
• Section IV The Research Process – Outcomes
• Chapter 14 Data Analysis
• Chapter 15 Results
• Chapter 16 Discussion
• Chapter 17 References
• Section V Uses for Your Research
• Chapter 18 What to Do with What You Have
• Chapter 19 Writing and Publishing in the Health Professions
• Chapter 20 Interpreting the Literature
• Appendix A Glossary
• Appendix B Research Worksheet
• Appendix C Resources
• Appendix D Electronic Resources
• Appendix E Style Manuals

About the Author(s)

J. Dennis Blessing, PhD, PA-Associate Dean, School of Health Professions, UT Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas is a graduate of Sam Houston State University (BS 1973), Wichita State University (MHS 1985), and Kansas State University (PhD 1989). He has been a physician assistant educator since 1983, holding faculty appointments at Wichita State University, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is a tenured Associate Professor and Department Chair. He has worked clinically part time during his educational career and has experience in family medicine, rural health, Native American health, indigent health, emergency medicine, transplantation, surgery, and urology. He is a Vietnam veteran.

Dr. Blessing's contributions include serving on the boards and committees of the North Carolina and Kansas academies and committees of the Texas Academy. He was president of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs and is a member of several committees, and the advisory board for the Pedersen Research Institute. He has been a delegate to the American Academy of Physician Assistants House of Delegates, served on reference committees, the Education Council, and a research committee. Dr. Blessing has held a number of educational offices and served on a number of educational committees. He is the editor of two books; Physician Assistant's Guide to Research and Medical Literature and Clinical Problem Solving for Physician Assistants. He has over 100 publications and he has received almost a million dollars in research and training grant funds.

Dr. Blessing's honors and recognitions include; teaching awards, faculty excellence awards, leaderships awards, honor society appointments, service awards, and appointment to a faculty fellowship in the Professional Capacity Building Program of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Blessing has received the Outstanding Research Award (first recipient) from the Association of Physician Assistant Programs, Gold Award for the Best Regular Column/Contributed from the American Society for Health Care Publishers and Editors, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Duke University Physician Assistant Program, Outstanding Service Award from the Association of Physician Assistant Programs, and an Army Commendation Medal. Dr. Blessing is active in faculty development and research.

J. Glenn Forister, MS, PA-C-Associate Professor, Program Director, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, UT Health Science Center San Antonio