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Want to tap the expertise of your Research, Scholarly Activity and Innovation EM colleagues? This members-only community is the ideal place for networking, exchanging ideas and collaboration. There are two easy ways to participate:

1) Log on to https://engaged.acep.org/home using your ACEP web credentials, select the Research, Scholarly Activity and Innovation Section community and start a new discussion thread.
2) Send an email to the community.

Questions about engagED?  Email Community Manager, Kelly Peasley.

Resources

Resident Research and Scholarly Activity: A Primer (2021)

This primer is written for those who supervise or engage in EM resident research and other scholarly activities, including retrospective chart review and prospective research studies. Special attention is paid to study design, practical aspects of research implementation, common methods for dissemination of research findings, and funding available to EM resident researchers. Common pitfalls for resident researchers are addressed, including challenges in developing and executing resident-level scholarly activities. Emergency care research fellowships are also described.

Emergency Care Research: A Primer (2012)

This primer is written for novice investigators, offering an introduction to emergency care research with a hands-on guide to initiating, completing, and disseminating emergency care research. Chapters in this primer include how to define emergency care research, how to identify an appropriate research topic, how to find a mentor, key issues and training in emergency care research, the basics of grant writing and presentation of research results, keys to getting published, the 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

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:  
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html

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

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Grants/Research 

• Research Methodology/Study Design  
• 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 Architecture 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
• Translating Clinical Research into Clinical Practice: Impact of Using Prediction 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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