For students education purpose

1. A.THANGAMANI RAMALINGAM
PT, MSc(PSY),PGDRM,ACS
PHD SCHOLAR
atramalingam@gmail.com

2.  Research –why?
 Research paradigms
 Research in
physiotherapy-scenario
 Research Evidence
Problem (What)
Search (Which)
Sources(Where)
Keywords(How)
Evidence (Types)
 Research Article
Components
Publishing

3.  Information to knowledge
 Empirical evidence creation/anecdotal
 Logical understanding /reasoning

5.  Unaware of research
designs/problems/evidence
 Struck with P<0.05
 Never quantify the effect of intervention

8. )  DynaMed
(www.dynamicmedica
l.com/)
 Essential Evidence
Plus
(www.infopoems.com
/)
 Cochrane Library
(www.cochrane.org/)
 Database of
Abstracts of Reviews
of Effectiveness
(www.crd.york.ac.uk/
crdweb/)
 FPIN (www.fpin.org/)
 Clinical Evidence
(www.clinicalevidenc
e.com/)

12.  Think from the point of view of the reader.
 Keywords should ideally be phrases of 2-4 words
 include words and phrases that are closely related
to your topic.
 4-5 keywords
 https://www.editage.com/insights/how-to-create-
keywords-for-a-research-paper

24.  Follow the format – IMRAD
 Mechanics of writing
 Guidelines for reporting- ICMJE Guidelines
(http://www.icmje.org
or http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_req
uirements.html)