LBORC Workshops 1&2 Developing Osteopathic Research Proposals Leading to Grants LBORC workshops in research, AAO 3/2015 Presented by Charles J Smutny III, DO, FAAO [email protected] Successful Osteopathic Researchers Subset goals: growing the research culture Understanding more than one way to do research Increasing literacy in doing, reading and supervising research Obtaining meaningful results by asking better questions Developing a team to secure improved results 1. Background of the study Why this question, what has been done, generate interest, give context (Sell the idea) assume reviewers know nothing (they might not) 2. Statement of the problem or thesis statement Must be a testable Hypothesis 3. Objectives of the study, specific anticipated outcomes, what you hope to accomplish 4. Significance of the study (why should they give you money?) what is the potential value of the answer, how does it matter, does it effect patient health, patient care, physician education, diagnostic precision, clinical efficiency, cost of care, etc. 5. Limitations of the study How can this be challenged, what does it leave out that could effect its outcome, how weak might it be as a predictor, explain in advance what cant be said 6. Definition of terms Glossary terms, avoid new language, think key search terms that cross disciplines 7. Literature review Thorough, specific, relevant citations, recent and past if needed (sometimes old has relevance, sometimes old may hurt) 8. Methodology How will this be done, what measures, what protocols, what trainings, what statistics, data types *Mentor* Following the requirements of the funding organization in detail Draft, draft again Multiple pre-reviewers, sciences, grammar, spelling, context, metrics, statistics, budget, facilities, permissions Institutional Review Board (IRB) a resource not a foe Funding responsibilities Well done protocols simplify this process D.O. Due Diligence First Follow specific application requirements to the letter. Don’t Know? = Ask! Receiving a decision or ⏎ What to do next? ASK AGAIN! If the idea had meaning it is worth fighting to meet the standards required to obtain the funding Financial oversite Protocol oversite Training oversite Statistician Data collection oversite Official help at every corner Make your job easier facilitating your own success Mentors are irreplaceable at this point Making clear data based connections not speculations, correlations vs. associations Speaking to failures Quantification of success through statistics When does this lead to additional research? Bigger studies? Repetition of this study for validation? Etc.
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