MEDICAL RESEARCH

Dr. Lucila De la Calle Andrade, M.D.

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

RIOBAMBA-ECUADOR

MEDICAL RESEARCH “Biomedical research (or experimental

medicine), in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research, applied research, or translational research conducted to aid and support the body of knowledge in the field of medicine”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_research)

CATEGORIES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Clinical trials: evaluation of new treatments

Preclinical research: elaboration of knowledge for the development of new therapeutic strategies

Translational research, iterative feedback loops between the basic and clinical research

FIELDS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Public Health › Epidemiology› Preventive medicine          

› Behavioral health

FIELDS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Cancer Aging Endocrinology

NeuroendocrinologyDiabetes

FIELDS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Cellular biology Molecular biology Pharmacology

› Psychopharmacology Neuroscience Genetics Virology

FIELDS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Biomedical

Informatics Biomedical

technology Animal testing Human

experimentation

BIOETHICAL PRINCIPLES The World Medical Association has developed the

Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other scientists that do medical research on humans.

Medical research involving human beings includes research on human material or identifiable information.

The physician's duty is to promote and safeguard the health of people. The Knowledge and the mind of a medical professional are dedicated to fulfilling that duty.

http://www.sld.cu/galerias/pdf/sitios/rehabilitacion-logo/declaracion_de_helsinky.pdf

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE

“Qualitative research may seem unscientific and anecdotal to many medical scientists. However, as the critics of evidence based medicine are quick to point out, medicine itself is more than the application of scientific rules.Clinical experience, based on personal observation, reflection, and judgment, is also needed to translate scientific results into treatment of individual patients”.

http://www.bmj.com/content/316/7139/1230.full

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE

“Qualitative methods can help bridge the gap between scientific evidence and clinical practice

Qualitative research findings provide rigorous accounts of treatment regimens in everyday contexts

This can help us understand the barriers to using evidence based medicine, and its limitations in informing decisions about treatment

Recognising the limits of evidence based medicine does not imply a rejection of research evidence but awareness that different research questions require different kinds of research

http://www.bmj.com/content/316/7139/1230.full

PUBLICATION OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Medical research is published through scientific magazines, virtual means or medical updating events.

BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.fisterra.com/mbe/investiga/i

ndex.asp http://www.sld.cu/galerias/pdf/sitios/reh

abilitacion-logo/declaracion_de_helsinky.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_research

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