Reading Research - E-Book (eBook)

A User-Friendly Guide for Health Professionals

Barbara Davies, Jo Logan (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021 | 7. Auflage
96 Seiten
Elsevier Health Care - Major Reference Works (Verlag)
978-0-323-75925-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Learn how to evaluate and apply health sciences research with this beginner's guide A User-Friendly Guide for Health Professionals, 7th Edition provides a clear introduction to reading and understanding research articles, with practical guidelines for implementing research into clinical practice. It describes how to interpret common research methods including qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches, and explains how to find relevant, reliable research on the internet. Written by Barbara Davies and Jo Logan, both of whom are noted educators and research experts, this easy-to-use pocket guide is ideal for both students and health professionals.

• Concise overview of health?sciences-related research maximizes your study time and makes it easier to understand qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research.
• Succinct introduction to reading and understanding health sciences research articles is accompanied by practice worksheets and other learning resources on an Evolve website.
• Helpful guidelines suggest how to find interesting research results, identify how to use research results towards planning and delivering best practices and improving?patient outcomes, and recommend actions to address barriers to using research in practice.
• UNIQUE Alert Enhanced worksheet exercises on the Evolve website demonstrate how to apply knowledge gained from the text, based on research articles drawn from Australia, Canada, Europe, and the USA, on a variety of health issues encountered in hospital and community settings.

Barbara Davis, RN, PhD, FCAHS