How to do study or research ?

[Aymen Eshene]

hello everyone >>

 

iam preparing for the second part arabic board , and its mandatory to do research ...

 

iam interested to expand my knowledge in this area  but i dont know from where to start ?

 

in my country (Libya ) we have sever data deficiency syndrome !! 

 

iam interested in the neonatal field ...  

 

so do you have an idea that help in this circumstances ???

 

 

 

[Stefan Johansson]

First of all, you need a mentor/tutor to be your guide.

 

Do you have some kind of academic structure around you?

[Aymen Eshene]

yes ,, libyan council for medical specialization.

[Stefan Johansson]

Good start!

So, next steps - 1. identify a specific aim/hypothesis and 2. find someone who can guide you to study that aim/hypothesis.

 

Do you have any current ideas yourself?

(a trick is - to nail down a really defined/simplistic idea, that can be studied in your current context.)

[Aymen Eshene]

Iam working now in pediatric endocrine OPD , so  i have the chance to choose in which field my research will be but unfourtunatly  i cant figure our anything 

 

iam not trained to do research and its a bit difficult to have a free supervisor to guide .

 

any helpfull idea ?

[Stefan Johansson]

Sorry for slow feedback.

I'd suggest you start something simple (that is possible) - such as a case series of a specific condition you care for in your NICU.

 

One of my favourite ideas currently is: among infants admitted due to hypoglycemia, compare iv glucose infusion with enteral "food infusion". You can consider many outcomes, but the main outcome could be something along the lines "time to reach normoglycemia" or "time to independent feeding (breast/bottle)"

[Aymen Eshene]

hi >>

 

sorry for late replying >> i have my area of interest regarding my research , i do need some help  .

anyway  my research field is the factors affecting mother choice to breast ot bottle feed her baby ?

 

so what is helpful now ? questionnaire ? how many parents do i need to make my study sounds good (scientificly).