This program will provide an overview of the process of clinical investigation and getting started in research. Steps necessary to formulate defined and focused questions that are researchable will be introduced.
Participants are encouraged to bring at least one research idea, or a sample of a research question with a research hypothesis or specific aims from a planned project, project under development, or current project.
This session is open to all meeting registrants and is part of the Research and Scholarship Academy programming.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the steps to formulating questions that are researchable.
2. Practice the interactive process of creating a defined and focused research question using PICO and FINER criteria.
3. Recognize basic concepts which underpin the research process and clinical investigation, such as the role of confounding variables and how different study designs account for their impact.