WSHN 700 Research Methods in Health and Well Being: Searching, Writing

Before you begin what do you want your research to focus on using the PICO method search strategy:

• PATIENT/PROBLEM -      What are the characteristics of the patient or population or problem?
• INTERVENTION -              What do you want to do with this patient or population or problem?
• COMPARISON -                  What are the alternatives to consider?
• OUTCOME -                                      What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve or affect?

1. Are you looking for a Therapy (treatment), Diagnosis, Harm/Etiology (identify causes for disease) , Prognosis (estimate patient's clinical course), Prevention?
2. What Type of Study are you looking for Systematic reviews, Random Controlled Trials (RCT) , cohort study, case control?  For more definitions click on this CREDO database search link.

For sample papers take a look at journal articles published in JAMA which uses the AMA format : https://jamanetwork-com.ezproxy.rit.edu/journals/jama/fullarticle/202260?resultClick=1

For specific AMA formatting questions look through the chapters of the AMA Manual of Style https://ezproxy.rit.edu/login?url=http://www.amamanualofstyle.com

Chapters 2, 3, etc.

https://www-amamanualofstyle-com.ezproxy.rit.edu/view/10.1093/jama/9780190246556.001.0001/med-9780190246556

 PURDUE OWL does not have a sample AMA paper only for APA and others https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/ama_style/electronic_sources.html

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_sample_paper.html