Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research

by Browner, Warren S.

• ISBN13: 9780781795067
• ISBN10: 0781795060
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-24
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This book is an excellent practical primer for researchers who wish to learn how to organize, present, and publish the results of their research. Written in a crystal-clear style with numerous examples, tables, and figures, the book shows how to produce a successful abstract, poster and/or manuscript for publication. This updated edition reflects the growing use of software in preparing and submitting presentations and publications. The posters and oral presentations chapters have been completely rewritten to cover PowerPoint technology. Emphasis is placed on learning how to create graphics for written research. This edition also includes new clinical examples.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Overview	1	(4)
Who Should Use this Book?	1	(1)
When Will this Book Be Useful?	2	(1)
How to Use this Book	3	(2)
Title and Abstract	5	(16)
The Title	6	(2)
Abstracts	8	(1)
Preparing an Abstract for a Scientific Meeting	8	(3)
Getting Started on a Meeting Abstract	11	(1)
The Abstract Submission and Review Process	12	(1)
Why Abstracts Are Rejected	13	(2)
Fitting an Abstract into Its Space	15	(3)
Abstracts for Manuscripts	18	(3)
Introduction	21	(6)
The Background of the Research Question	21	(2)
Previous Research in the Area	23	(1)
Problems with Past Research	24	(1)
What You Did to Fix Those Problems	25	(2)
Methods	27	(18)
Design	28	(2)
Subjects and Setting	30	(3)
Measurements	33	(3)
Analysis	36	(4)
Special Situations	40	(1)
Miscellaneous Points	41	(4)
Results	45	(32)
Descriptive and Analytic Results	46	(14)
Statistics	60	(8)
What Readers Will Expect to Find	68	(2)
Getting Started	70	(7)
Appendix: Converting Regression Coefficients into Clinically Meaningful Terms	73	(4)
Tables	77	(20)
Table Components	78	(3)
Types of Tables	81	(11)
When to Combine Tables	92	(2)
What Should Be Left Out of a Table?	94	(1)
Preparing the Table in Your Manuscript	94	(1)
A Final Test	95	(2)
Figures	97	(18)
Photographs as Figures	98	(1)
Diagrams or Cartoons as Figures	98	(1)
Figures That Present Numerical Data	99	(13)
Figure Legends and Text	112	(1)
Submitting Figures with a Manuscript	113	(2)
Discussion	115	(14)
Structure	116	(1)
What You Found	117	(1)
What You Think the Results Mean and How Strongly You Believe Them	117	(4)
Secondary Results	121	(1)
How Do Your Results Compare with Prior Knowledge?	122	(1)
Limitations of the Study	123	(2)
Conclusions and Implications	125	(1)
Putting It All Together	126	(3)
References and Electronic Publishing	129	(8)
References	129	(3)
Electronic Publishing	132	(5)
Authorship	137	(8)
The Practicalities	138	(2)
How Does One Tell Nonauthors Their Fate?	140	(1)
Order of Authorship	141	(1)
How and When Do You Move Yourself Up or Down on the List?	142	(1)
What Constitutes a Paper?	143	(1)
Acknowledgments	144	(1)
A Special Plea to Senior Investigators	144	(1)
Conclusion	144	(1)
Posters	145	(8)
The Basics	145	(1)
Getting Started	146	(1)
General Advice about Panels or Components of the Poster	147	(1)
Example Poster	148	(2)
Using Presentation Software to Make a Single-Panel Poster	150	(1)
Making a Multiple-Panel Poster	151	(1)
Getting the Most Out of a Poster Session	152	(1)
Oral Presentations	153	(16)
The Basic Order of a Presentation	153	(7)
Making Your Slides	160	(1)
Slide Format	161	(1)
Timing Your Talk	162	(1)
What to Say	162	(1)
Practicing Your Talk	163	(1)
Dealing with Anxiety	163	(1)
The Talk Itself	164	(1)
Answering Questions	164	(2)
Advice for Non-English Speakers	166	(1)
Some Final Thoughts	166	(3)
Choosing a Journal and Responding to Reviews	169	(12)
Choosing a Journal	169	(1)
What to Put in the Cover Letter	170	(1)
Suggesting Reviewers	171	(1)
The Manuscript Itself	172	(1)
The Response to Your Manuscript	173	(1)
Responding to Comments	174	(1)
Other Changes in a Revised Manuscript	175	(1)
Editorial Changes	175	(1)
Dealing with Rejection	176	(2)
Submitting to Another Journal	178	(3)
Suggestions for Writing Well	181	(14)
Aiming for Clarity	182	(5)
Achieving Brevity	187	(1)
Developing a Style	187	(4)
Writing Numbers and Formulas	191	(1)
Overcoming Writer's Block	192	(3)
Appendix A. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals	195	(8)
Manuscript Preparation and Submission	195	(8)
Appendix B. A List of Resources	203	(2)
Additional Suggestions about Style and Presentation	203	(1)
Some Suggested Books about Biostatistics	204	(1)
Index	205