Handbook of Veterinary Clinical Research [Paperback]

The first accessible information on how to carry out veterinary clinical research. This book is an aid to increasing the quantity and quality of such research within veterinary clinical practice. Covering all the core research methods as well as aspects specific to veterinary medicine. Clinical research aims to optimize decision making in practice by answering questions on the best diagnostic options and treatments. Reading this book will help you take the intellectually rewarding step towards improving prognoses and outcomes through informed decisions. Special attention is given to ethical and legal issues, how to maximise the power of studies when faced with small numbers of patients, and how to go about research with few obvious resources to hand.Foreword.

1. Introduction.

1.1 What Is Veterinary Clinical Research?.

1.2 What Is The ‘Scientific Method’?.

1.3 Errors And Truth.

1.4 Why Do We Perform Veterinary Clinical Research?.

1.5 Research From Practice.

References.

2. Establishing The Hypothesis.

2.1 What Is The Question?.

2.2 What Are The Characteristics Of A Good Research Question?.

2.3 Selecting The Research Questions.

2.4 The Hypothesis.

2.5 The Question Doesn’t Translate Into A Hypothesis.

2.6 Initial Study Design.

2.7 Problems With The Research Question And Study Design.

Further Reading.

Mcqs.

Answers To Mcqs.

3. Sampling, Subject Selection Criteria And Recruitment.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Surveys.

3.3 Observational Clinical Studies And Clinical Trials.

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