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Developing Your Research Question

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Upon completion of this activity, learners will be able to:
Describe the process of developing a research question.
Explain how a research question and hypothesis are important in generating your research strategy.
Detail the common pitfalls of a research study.

References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOj9TimZU7k
https://ocr.od.nih.gov/courses/ippcr_info.html 

Author: Robert R. Riss, MD

Dr. Robert Riss is an associate director of medical student education and director of curriculum for the highly regarded pediatric clerkship at Children’s Mercy. His leadership in revising the pediatric clerkship curriculum using a scholarly approach and innovative facilitation of technology is cited as a reason for improved performance of students taking their NBME exams.

He has served on many leadership committees at UMKC and Childrens’ Mercy and currently serves as co-chair of the Medical Student Education Special Interest Group with the Academic Pediatric Association. He is also a faculty member of the association after recently completing the organization’s Educational Scholars Program. Riss has received many awards for teaching and leadership including UMKC’s Elmer F. Pierson Good Teaching Award, as well as the Children’s Mercy Gold Apple Mercy Mentor Award and a faculty award for outstanding teaching support of student medical education.

 

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Resources

Questions to Start a Research Project

GBeck Statistics Worksheets

Maggio Literature Review Foundation for Research

You have an Idea for a Research Project