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Finding Empirical Evidence
PUB5757 – Clinical Epidemiology
Research Workshop
Finding Empirical Evidence
PUB5757 – Clinical Epidemiology
Research Workshop
Lucia Ravi, LibrarianMedical and Dental LibraryLucia Ravi, LibrarianMedical and Dental Library
Workshop Purpose
•RCT Research Proposal
– Background research of the evidence
– Research methodology
•Journal Article Critique
– Study characteristics, critical analysis tools
PUBH5757 Assessment Summary:
Research Skills
– Construct an effective search strategy– Know what types of medical resources are
available and how to search them– Understand the different levels of hierarchies
of evidence; – Focus your search strategy on high level,
synthesised sources of evidence
Relevant Search Skills:
Search Strategy
What are the causes of poor diet in Australia?
Identifying key concepts, terms:
Unhealthy Eating Impact Australia
“poor diet” causesconsequences
reasons
Western AustraliaWA
Search Strategy
Your turn – activity 1
•Write out a broad research topic you are interested in researching
•Identify your key concepts and other similar terms that could be used to describe them
Use worksheet provided.
The Grey Literature
Finding grey sources: Guide link
Grey Literature Searching
Grey Literature sources:
•Australian Indigenous – Health InfoNet•AIHW – Australian Institute of Health & Welfare•WA Health Department – Health for…•wa.gov.au – global google search of WA Government•ABS – Australia Bureau of Statistics Topics @ Glance•WHO – World Health Organisation Heath Topics
•Jessica Tyndall’s “Databases for Research in Health”
Grey Literature Searching
Your turn – activity 2
•Look at one of the suggested Grey Literature sources or identify a source from the database listing
•Browse the site to identify if they have broad topics of interest to you, or carry out a simple search (try boolean)
•Think about how you might join them together to form a search string
Use worksheet provided.
Search Tips Grey Literature
Have a go:
Search one of the sources•AIHW •ABS•WHO
Identify one possible item, share with a neighbour
Contact the University Library
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