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Researching and Writing an Effective Background Section of a Research Paper
Lori Fitterling, MLSUniversity LibrarianKansas City University of Medicine & [email protected]
Lori Fitterling, MLSUniversity Library DirectorKansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences
Instructor of Medical Informatics and Information Literacy
26 years working in libraries 16 years working in medical libraries
ObjectivesExplain what should be included in the background section of a
research paper
Describe the process for conducting an effective literature review and why it is important in research methodology
Identify strategies used in database searching
Summarize ways to critically analyze results
Recognize the written elements of the background section of a research paper
How to begin?
Clearly define research objectives/purpose– Is topic researchable? – What is the scope – too broad, too narrow?– Is the topic timely, relevant, original or innovative?– Who is your audience? Who will be interested in your
research?– What methods of analysis will you use?– Has this research been done before? – Identify preliminary information sources
Beginning the Research Process
Initial Question/Topic
Keywords/Search strategy
Search
Review/Evaluate Results
• Select keywords, phrases to define your topic
• Look for relevant information on topic
• Repeat as often as necessary
• Enlist the help of librarians
BACKGROUND SECTION• Initial review and introduction
• Relevant information
• History
• Foundation for scientific inquiry
• Research methodology
• Thorough, unbiased, strong
Purpose is to introduce and support the validity of the research study
Background Section Must Have’s
Introductory thesis statement, research question, hypothesis
Statement of relevance of study
Specific aims and research objectives
Summary of current research
History of past research, noting problems with previous studies
Key issues and significance of the research
Conclusive statement
Good research design begins with a good Literature Review
“Failure to conduct a thorough, accurate, and up-to-date literature review identifying an important problem and placing the study in context is consistently identified as one of the top reasons for rejection.”
Maggio LA, Sewell JL, Artino AR Jr. The Literature Review: A Foundation for High-Quality Medical Education Research. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 Jul;8(3):297-303. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-16-00175.1. PubMed PMID: 27413425.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Discover what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers
Organize results and define exclusion criteria
Synthesize results
Note controversial findings
Summarize
Trying to find out
everything you can about your topic can be daunting
Critical SKILLSInformation
Seeking
Search efficiently
Know what search results
mean
Critical Appraisal
Assess trustworthiness
Assess relevance
Searching for Information• Primary literature
• Secondary literature
• Print/electronic
• Books, Journals
• Scholarly, peer-reviewed, indexed
• Grey literature
• Mainstream
• Social media
Looking for evidence– Primary Studies, unfiltered
– Clinical trials– Randomized Controlled Trials– Multicenter studies
– Secondary, pre-appraised, or filtered– Reviews– Meta-analyses
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Research_design_and_evidence.svghttps://academicguides.waldenu.edu/healthevidence/evidencepyramid
The Search• Select databases
• Keywords, phrases, indexed terms; break topic into specific concepts
• Create a search strategy• Read the article, more than just the abstract
• Look at the article references
• Utilize exclusion criteria to create a reference list
• Refine and narrow search and repeat
Search StrategyUse Boolean Operators to broaden or narrow search: AND, OR, NOT
Set filters, limits
Example search:
CT scan AND head trauma searched as Keywords in PubMed("tomography, x-ray computed"[MeSH Terms] OR ("tomography"[All Fields] AND "x-ray"[All Fields] AND "computed"[All Fields]) OR "x-ray computed tomography"[All Fields] OR ("ct"[All Fields] AND "scan"[All Fields]) OR "ct scan"[All Fields]) AND ("craniocerebral trauma"[MeSH Terms] OR ("craniocerebral"[All Fields] AND "trauma"[All Fields]) OR "craniocerebraltrauma"[All Fields] OR ("head"[All Fields] AND "trauma"[All Fields]) OR "head trauma"[All Fields])
Article/publication type Publication dates Species Language Sex Subject Ages
Compile the Results – Example
McFarland DC, Hamilton JG, Fox R, Holland J. Putting the “Person” in personalized cancer medicine: A systematic review of psychological aspects of targeted therapy. Personalized Med Oncol. 2014;3(8):438–47.
Literature Search Diagram – Example
Evaluating the Potential Use of Modeling and Value-of-Information Analysis for Future Research Prioritization Within the Evidence-Based Practice Center Program [Internet].Methods Future Research Needs Reports, No. 5.Myers E, Sanders GD, Ravi D, et al.Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011 Jun.
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DATABASE SEARCHING
What are your resources?
• Libraries – access to databases, reference books, E-books, print books, E-journals, print journals
• Social media websites, i.e. ResearchGate
• Faculty, Clinicians, researchers
The World of Medical Databases• MEDLINE/PubMed
• Clinical Key
• Web of Science
• Scopus
• Science Direct
• EBSCO Academic Search Elite
• Google Scholar
• CINAHL
• UpToDate
• DynaMed Plus
• Access Medicine
• TRIP
NO ONE DATABASE WILL
HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION
THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR RESEARCH
Database searching• Choose the database
• Choose search terms
• Create search strategy using Boolean operators
• Apply limits
• Use Advanced Search features
Maggio, LA, Tannery, NH, Kanter, SL. AM Last Page: How to perform an effective database search. Acad Med, 2011 Aug:86(8):1057.
National Library of Medicine -- 28 million bibliographic recordsOrganized by MeSH – MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
MeSH organized in “trees”
Indexed Articles
Automatic Term Mapping
MeSH Major Topic
4 Types of MeSH vocabulary terms: Headings
Subheadings
Supplementary Concept Records
Publication Characteristics (or Types)
Create a search strategy using MeSH
– Select MeSH– Type in a term– Click on the term– Select Subheadings
Create a search strategy in PubMed
– Click to add it to your search builder– Add more terms or search PubMed– Look at results
Google ScholarMeta-crawler search engine
Indexes scholarly full text articles and other publications
Grey Literature• Grey literature (or gray literature) are materials and research
produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_literature
• Publications types
• Examples of grey literature: conference abstracts, presentations, proceedings, meeting minutes, regulatory data, unpublished trial data, government publications, reports (such as white papers, working papers, internal documentation), dissertations/theses, patents, and policies and procedures.
Grey LiteratureRecently revised and updated, CADTH’s free online resource for grey literature searching - Grey matters: a practical search tool for evidence-based medicine is now available.
• CADTH website: https://www.cadth.ca/grey-matters
CRITICALLY ANALYZE SEARCH RESULTS
Checklist to evaluate published studies
Critically appraise the evidence for its validity, impact, and applicability
– Is it legitimate?– Is it important?– Can it help?
• Did the study address a focused question?• Did the study use valid methods?• What were the results?• Will the results help me in caring for my
patients?
Consider
• Study population– Representative sampling of target
population– Randomized, non-biased– Informed consent obtained
• Data collection methods– Valid data collection methods– Valid instrument
• Study design– Reproducible– Research methodology valid for
study
• Results – Variables in results accounted for– Results analyzed– Future considerations
Tools• CASP -- https://casp-uk.net/
• JAMA Evidence Critical Appraisal Worksheets
ELEMENTS OF THE BACKGROUND SECTION
Elements of the Background Section
Background
Thesis statement
Research objectives
Summaries of previous
studies
Conclusive statement
Checklist Thesis statement, research question, hypothesis
Specific aims of the research--objectives
Authoritative information on topic; summaries of current research
Relevant background information
Key issues that clearly define the topic and are pertinent to the study – significance of the research
Thorough evaluation of the topic
Conclusive statement
Example
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362649/pdf/13063_2015_Article_615.pdf
Cerritelli F, Cicchitti L, MartelliM, Barlafante G, Renzetti C, Pizzolorusso G, Lupacchini M, D'Orazio M, Marinelli B, Cozzolino V, Fusilli P, D'InceccoC. Osteopathic manipulative treatment and pain in preterms: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Mar 8;16:84. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0615-3.
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