Conducting Your Pharmacy Practice Research Project: A step-by-step guide

Conducting Your Pharmacy Practice Research Project: A step-by-step guide

Second edition

This second edition has been restructured to aid its navigation and comprehensively revised and expanded in recognition of the increased diversity of projects undertaken by students.

Research in pharmacy practice and medicines use is an important component of many postgraduate and undergraduate pharmacy programmes. It is seen as invaluable in informing professional practice and service development. This clear and concise handbook considers the stages of the research process in logical order, from planning of the project through to dissemination of the findings.

Divided into three comprehensive sections, contents include:

• preparation, planning and management
• scientific enquiry and research methodology
• writing up and dissemination of the findings

Contents

Part A: Operational Aspects of Conducting a Pharmacy Practice Research Project

1. The Preparation and Planning Stages

2. Types of Study: Design and Approaches

3. Audit Projects

4. Guidance for Supervisors 

 

Part B: Methodological Issues

5. Selecting the Sample and Recruiting the Participants

6. Methods of Data Collection and Research Instruments

7. Data Processing and Analysis

8. Writing Up and Disseminating the Findings:

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