What is the Lung Information Needs Questionnaire (LINQ)? LINQ is a self-complete questionnaire that measures the information needs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). LINQ can also be used for patients with some other chronic lung diseases. It is not suitable for patients with asthma. What is it used for? LINQ is designed… Continue reading Lung Information Needs Questionnaire
Author: SamH
Publishing Ethics – who should be named as an author?
People not involved in research may consider this a silly question, as the answer is obvious: the people that did the work or at least wrote it up for publication. But what happens when lots of people did something, or there is a senior member of the department who historically gets their names on the… Continue reading Publishing Ethics – who should be named as an author?
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
I am particularly happy as I have just found out that a journal article I have written has been accepted for publication in the peer review journal – International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The title of the article is: The Impact of Peri Operative Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on the Quality of Life of… Continue reading International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Conference
What should you expect when you attend an academic conference? I guess the first thing to say is that to date I have only been to one conference when I have not been presenting either a poster, or giving an oral address, and usually I am doing multiple things. So I have relatively high expectations… Continue reading Conference
CV enhancement – the reason junior medics/researchers submit abstracts to conferences
It has been the case for quite some time that a medics (Doctor) CV is greatly enhanced by the addition of published research. Ideally ‘published’ means an article in a high powered peer review journal. But it is not until you have been doing research for a year or two that it really strikes you… Continue reading CV enhancement – the reason junior medics/researchers submit abstracts to conferences
Self-plagiarism, really?
Having been on the fringes of academia for so many years I have been able to balance theoretical knowledge and what ‘should be done’, with practical application and what ‘can be done’. Unfortunately or fortunately I’m not sure which, I had never had to explain the concept of plagiarism to a group of people that… Continue reading Self-plagiarism, really?
Maxillofacial Conference Abstracts
Research is always fun to do. Part of that is figuring out how to actually accomplish what you want to do. However the bit which all bosses want are the outputs. After a considerable amount of trawling through medical notes, patient interviews, postal surveys and then data analysis, I and several doctors have written and… Continue reading Maxillofacial Conference Abstracts