Research Preliminary work Dr Pushpa Raj Sharma Professor

Research: Preliminary work Dr. Pushpa Raj Sharma Professor of Child Health Institute of Medicine

Choosing a topic • create a sense of interest in a subject • Exposure to subject • Peers influence • Resources, etc.

Why have I a interest in this subject? o. I can repeat from others. o. It is a problem I face very often. o. There are no appropriate answers. o…………………………….

Problem statement o. Relevance o. Avoidance of duplication o. Feasibility o. Applicability o. Urgency o. Ethical acceptability

Formulation of the problem statement o o o Socioeconomic and cultural characteristics Statistics to justify the problem The nature of the problem The past work Expected result

Summary questions you must have asked when you have chosen the topic for your study: • What is the problem? • What is the relevance of this problem? • What information is already available? • What do you hope to achieve by your study?

Literature review • Where did the problem came from? • What is already known about this problem? • What other methods have been tried to solve it?

Literature review • What additional data are needed to meet the objectives? • How these data are collected? • Is it ethical to conduct the study in the way you want to do?

Literature review • How these collected data are going to be analyzed? • What is the expected outcome and how much it is useful? • How does the article compare in relation to other studies, discussing particularly any differences in results.

Literature review • How does the article compare in relation to other studies, discussing particularly any differences in results. • Meaning of the study: Possible mechanism and implications for clinicians or policy makers. • Unanswered questions and future research.

Literature review • What are the principal findings • Strength and weakness of the study.

Summary: Literature review o. What is the research question? o. What is the population about which the research questions is being asked? o. How are the data presented? o. How results are interpreted and evaluated? o. Final evaluation?

Where to look? o. Non electronic versions o. Electronic versions nwww/http/healthnet. org. np nwww. prsharma. com. np