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Health Care Administration - Houston

Health care administration research guide for TWU students, faculty and staff.

Learn About Plagiarism, Databases & Library Research

  • Take Tutorials in Canvas on Avoiding Plagiarism and Library Research Here

  • Learn PubMed Database Searching Here

  • Learn the current Version of PubMed Here

  • Learn RefWorks Bibliographic Citation Management Here

  • Be sure to know RefWorks

 

Doing Research: Tutorials

Getting Published

Let TWU help you to get published in reputable sources

Consult the initial process at Sharing Your Research and more detail at Publishing Your Research and find information about the Directory of Open Access Journals the Creative Commons network at https://network.creativecommons.org/about/ and organizations like SPARC. Once you know where and how you want to get published, be careful to work with only the best quality publishers who will make your work shine!

Evidence Based Practice PICO Worksheet

Use the EBP Worksheet above to define your research question using PICO(T).

Identify:
Problem
Intervention
Comparison Groups
Outcomes

What is a Systematic or a Scoping Review?

A systematic review is a detailed research process often taking a year of the creator's (your) time. Many wonderful resources describe this product, including the Cochrane Handbook (at https://training.cochrane.org/handbook), and at the Library for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (at https://www.cdc.gov/library/researchguides/systematicreviews.html).  Much has been written about this process using PRISMA (see http://prisma-statement.org/).

Scoping reviews (see https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M18-0850?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org) also can use PRISMA, which is a kind of checklist of items needed to consider for inclusion within either research process. Scoping reviews are described at Cochrane training (see https://training.cochrane.org/resource/scoping-reviews-what-they-are-and-how-you-can-do-them). Cochrane has much helpful information on doing in depth research well.

Either a systematic or a scoping review involves a detailed process where an exhaustive search of the literature is made and then the data is managed. This means that you will select which databases are the best for your searching (see A-Z Databases.)  In the health sciences, some great databases to which TWU subscribes are  PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Science Direct.The data downloaded will need to be carefully curated or managed. This management of data can be facilitated with the RefWorks bibliographic manager (see https://libguides.twu.edu/refworks). Other information management tools may include the no-cost Rayyan (see https://www.rayyan.ai/) and other products. Your TWU librarians can be of help you you in your journey through these processes.

                                                                                 

Don't forget RefWorks 3.0 to help you manage your research! Here is a exhaustive 30 minute video explaining RefWorks.

Writing a Systematic or Other Review

Evidence Based Practice PICO Worksheet

Use the EBP Worksheet above to define your research question using PICO(T).

Identify:
Problem
Intervention
Comparison Groups
Outcomes

PICO in Many Languages: More Searching Help