Research Toolkit
CITI IRB training requirements
WVU+kc Electronic Research Administration tool (Kuali) for WVU IRB
PICOT template for asking researchable questions
WVU Libraries Research Commons workshops
Where to find literature and validated assessment tools: Use the WVU Libraries EBSCOhost to access the following databases:
- Health and Psychological Instruments (HAPI)
- CINAHL (nursing and allied health)
- MedEd Portal
- PubMed
- PsycInfo
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
- Mental Measurements Yearbook Online
- Repository of Instruments used in Simulation Research (INACSL)
- Cornell Critical Thinking tests
- Interprofessional Collaborative Competencies Attainment Survey (ICCAS)
- Assessment and Evaluation | National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (nexusipe.org)
- Healthy Simulation.com
- Individual Teamwork Observation and Feedback Tool (iTOFT)
Research methodology literature:
- Introduction to Health Research Methods by K H Jacobsen
- Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods by J W Creswell
- The Research Methods Knowledge Base by Trochim and Donnelly
WVCTSI Bootcamp modules
Having trouble getting started on a research project? The following are a few things scholars can consider when embarking on educational research.
- Formulating a research question
- Read about a problem or interest
- Find holes/gaps in the literature
- Ask a researchable question i.e. Not to broad, not too narrow
- Must have measureable outcomes
- Efficient literature review http://libguides.wvu.edu/LitReviews
- Go back not more than 10 years
- Argument to support or refute an idea
- Define constructs used in your study
- Keep looking until you’re seeing repeats in references
- Research design
- Consider your variables (independent and dependent)
- Experimental vs Observational studies
- Quantitative vs Qualitative
- Statistical analysis chart of tests
- Descriptive (Mean, SD, frequency, percent)
- Inferential (t-test and ANOVA, correlation, chi-square)
- Types of Data (ordinal, nominal, interval)
- Where/how to publish
- Medical Journal links annotated bibliography
- Med-Ed Portal http://www.mededportal.org
- Resources at HSC
- Grants http://research.wvu.edu/researchers/funding
- WVCTSI Assistance http://wvctsi.org
Other online toolkits: