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Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist
Janet Houser, PhD, Regis University, Joanna L. Bokovoy, DrPH, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Penn State College of Medicine

Softcover: 277 pages
ISBN 0763738751
9780763738754
Jones & Bartlett
April 2006
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In today's healthcare environment, every clinician is accountable for determining the value of their interventions. Fortunately, some of the most useful patient care research is conducted in the living laboratories that are clinical settings.

Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist is a straightforward guide to reading, evaluating, and using research in these clinical settings. The guide helps the bedside scientist take a study from question to design to practice.

In a straightforward, reader-friendly approach to a complex subject, the book arms the clinician with the information they to engage in the research process, and includes real-life research to illustrate the most essential concepts of practice-based research. Clinical Research in Practice is an excellent guide to translating clinical work into an actual research project. Topics include:

  • Bedside science

    • The role of research in clinical practice

    • A step-by-step guide to research in practice

  • Building a Foundation for a Bedside Science Project

    • The research question

    • Scanning the literature

    • Soliciting organizational commitment and resources

  • Designing the Structure of a Bedside Science Project

    • Design, study methods, and procedures

    • Sampling strategy

    • Don’t fear the numbers

  • Using Bedside Science in Practice

    • Can we use it?

    • The role of survey and qualitative research

    • Communicating results to larger audiences

  • Glossary

  • Appendices

    • An informed consent for a bedside science project

    • A survey for a bedside science project

    • A published study: what to look for

    • Reading the research: a summary evaluation checklist

    • A bedside science research flow sheet

Janet Houser, PhD is Associate Professor of Health Services Administration at Regis University, where she teaches statistics for the health professions, research methods, and quantitative analysis for both undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Houser spent 20 years in health care administration prior to her academic career, and in her last position, managed the clinical research function for a health system with 29 facilities. Dr. Houser's research agenda focuses on the development of an evidence-based, comprehensive clinical workload measurement system. She provides consultation in research design and analysis for multiple research projects, including research in palliative care and the effectiveness of professional practice models. Dr. Houser has more than 30 publications in journals and books, and has presented at both regional and national conferences.

Joanna L. Bokovoy, DrPH is a passionate researcher actively involved in a wide variety of clinical, health services and epidemiological research projects. Using her abilities as a medical epidemiologist with a nursing background, she can take complex research principles and makes them relevant and easy for busy clinicians to understand. Since 2001, she has been Director, Healthcare Research for a busy 771-bed regional acute care, tertiary health care teaching hospital system. She is responsible for research activities throughout Patient Care Services and is also Adjunct Assistant Professor at Penn State College of Medicine and Associate Professor, Cedar Crest College, School of Nursing.

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