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The Northern College of Acupuncture

These e-learning sessions are dedicated to the memory of the early pioneers of acupuncture education in the UK, including Denis Lawson-Wood, Sidney Rose-Neil, Keith Lamont, Mary Austin, Royston Low, Jack Worsley and Dick van Buren

Taster Session 1 - How to Find Online Research Evidence: Section 4

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How to pose a research question

  1. Curiosity
  2. What is the evidence so far? Checking your literature
  3. Refining your question
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Activity: Try writing a question that interests you. Once you have your question, you can begin to develop some keywords to find the research in that area.

To see some examples, go to our MSc Abstracts page and view some of our past students' research!!

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How to use search words

- Use tutorials when available

  • Not the same for all databases

- Truncate when possible

  • Integrated / Integrative medicine = integrat* medicine
  • Diarrh* (diarrhoea, diarrhea)

- Use your Boolean logic indicators noted earlier:

  • Headache OR migraine
  • Headache NOT Migraine

- Don't forget related conditions

  • IBS, spastic colon, abdominal pain
  • MeSH lists: Irritable Colon; Colitis, Mucous Colitis
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Example:

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What keywords would you use to find this article?

Evidence-Based Medicine & Complementary & Alternative Therapies

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How to log your results

  • Storing search histories on PubMed: tutorial
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End of Session 1

Congratulations on reaching the end of your free taster e-learning session for our online MSc courses at the Northern College of Acupuncture
  • What is evidence?
  • How to use electronic databases
    • How to use PubMed
    • How to use DARE
  • How to pose a research question
  • How to use search words
  • How to log your results

 

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