Resources

Emergency Care Research: A Primer- free electronic version

If you wish to order a hard copy of the book, please visit the ACEP Bookstore. 

For novice investigators, the primer offers an introduction to emergency care research with a hands-on guide to initiating, completing, and disseminating research. The chapters in this manual address what emergency care research is, how to identify a research topic, find a mentor, address key issues in emergency care research, training in research, basics of grant writing, presentation of  research results, getting published, top 10 commandments of emergency care research, and how to start a research career.

Scientific Writing: Taking an Abstract to Manuscript
Resources to assist investigators in bridging the gap between abstract to successful manuscript publication.

Statsoft
Comprehensive statistics online textbook

Part I: Understanding Clinical Studies
Part II: Interpreting Medical Research
A basic primer on medical study design and research

NIH Grant Resources:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grants_process.htm

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/Grants.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/GrantPubs.html

Non-NIH International Grant Opportunities: 
http://www.fic.nih.gov/Funding/NonNIH/Pages/health-professionals.aspx

Select "Health" Category:  
http://www.grants.gov/search/category.do

EMF Grant Resources: 
http://www.emfoundation.org/applyforagrant/

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Grants/Research 

• Research Methodology/Study Design  
• Chart Reviews in Emergency Medicine Research - Eric Gilbert, MD, 1996
• Conducting Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Studies:Didactic Guidelines - Walter L. Deville, 2002
• The CONSORT statement: Revised Recommendations for Improving the Quality of Reports of Parallel Group Randomized Trials - David Moher and Kenneth F Schulz, 2001
• The Achitecture of Diagnostic Research - D. L. Sackett and R.B. Haynes, 2002
• Good Practice in the Conduct and Reporting of Survey Research - Kate Kelley, Belinda Clarke, Vivienne Brown, and John Sitzia, 2003
• Ruling a Diagnosis In or Out - Daniel Pewsner, 2004
• Accuracy of Diagnostic Tests - C.T. Loy, 200
• Reassessing the Methods of Medical Record Review Studies in Emergency Medicine Research - Andrew Worster, MD, MSc, 2005
• Guidelines for Retrospective Studies - A.C. Jansen, 2005
• Translating Clinical Research into Clinical Practice: Impact of Using Predicition Rules to
  Make Decisions - Brendan M. Reilly, MD, 2006
• A Methodology for Conducting Retrospective Review Research - Robin E. Gearing, PhD, MSW, 2006
• Grant Writing  
• An Evidence-Based Guide to Writing Grant Proposals for Clinical Research-S.K. Inouye, 2005 
• Statistics  
• EMA Statistical principles for clinical trials
• Clinical Utility of Likelihood Ratios - E.J. Gallagher
• Descriptive Statistics and Graphical Displays - Martin G. Larson, SD
• Manuscript Preparation
• How to Write a Scientific Masterpiece - Ushma S. Neil, 2007
• How to Review Papers
  • How to Review a Paper - Dale J. Benos, Kevin L. Kirk, and John E. Hall, 2002

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