Fabio Fiorino, MD

Articles

The K.T.E. Method for Teaching Learning Operative Procedures

Presentation, Index and Consultation notes



         Research is the challenging process aiming at the knowledge of  truth. It involves our past, is supported by individual aspirations and  needs and could be         responsible for our own future, for that of other people and for  the future of the surrounding environment.

         My own sequence in research methodology is reported below.  Although the sequence itself can help in the research process, every  step will be analyzed at depth in forthcoming articles.

         This on-line course, written for OBGYN.NET, is fully dedicated  to younger trainees and postgraduates aiming to reach the core of  knowledge.




 (coming in June 2001)
         1.	Research motivation and targeting
         2.	Types of research in Medicine
         3.	Research as a step-by-step process



 (step-by-step analysis)
         4.	Getting the idea
         5.	Literary review
         6.	Epicrisis
         7.	General definition of the research
         8.	Protocol editing
         9.	Data collection
         10.	Data analysis
         11.	Results interpretation
         12.	Results presentation




         13.	Research in Perinatal Medicine
         14.	Research in Reproductive Medicine
         15.	Research in Gynecologic Oncology




         16.	Multiple research
         17.	Multicentric research
         18.	Miscellaneous





         The above index page is interactive: the chapters already  written are linked to the related pages. At the end of each chapter you  will find links to the index and to the other chapters. Interactivity  will also be found inside the chapters.





         The index will be modified during the creation of the on-line  course, since this is, actually, an on-line book writing. A “last  update” note will be found below the title. Please review the index and  consultation notes before reading each new chapter. A definite index  will be established at the end of of the course creation.  In the case  of chapter modification an “m” will be put in brackets after the chapter  title.





         After the first chapter, which might put you off research  forever,  the second and the third will bring you back inside the  researching process and are a summary of what is reported in the  following section, so you don’t need to wait until the end of the  on-line book making in order to start.




         In this section the researching process is analyzed at depth,  step-by-step, from the idea generating the research to the wide range of  research results presenting.




         Although the basic research process can be simply applied to  Obstetrics and Gynecology, in this section all the particular aspects of  the research process in Ob-Gyn main fields are reported.




         This last section is related to the organizational problems you  have to face in performing multiple and/or multicentric research. The  last chapter is a collection of research related subjects not included  in the previous sections.





         Each chapter reports the related subject as in the index.  According to the different needs, a chapter could be divided into  paragraphs numbered as 1.1., 1.2, and so on.  Each chapter has been  drafted as in the “lorem         ipsum” chapter (see below).




         Tables refer to the chapter; eg.: tab. 1.1, means the first  table of the first chapter. The same applies to the figures. 

         To overcome problems in the HTML version and to avoid slow  download, all the chapter figures are linked to a different window; open  it at the beginning of the chapter reading and reduce the window to  icon, so you can go there whenever you need.




         This is a “short sentences review” of the chapter subject, underlining the main concepts involved.




         This is a collection of quotations from other people,  underlining, directly or undirectly, the relevant concepts in the  chapter.




         Practice exercises in the chapter subject are here reported.




         References will be inserted at the end of each chapter, they may  refer to   printed articles, e-papers, and links to web sites. The same  applies to further readings.




         At any point you can find three different icons:



” icon; will bring you to further analysis of the subject; 

” icon; will bring you to other web resources on the subject;

” icon; will bring you to practical tools to help in achieving the the chapter aim while doing research.

Note: the Lorem Ipsum  practice chapter text has been retrieved from Microsoft (r) Office  example pages. Microsoft Office programmes are a very useful tool for  the whole research process; we will analyze their use ahead in the  on-line course.



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Research is the challenging process aiming at the knowledge of truth. It involves our past, is supported by individual aspirations and needs and could be responsible for our own future, for that of other people and for the future of the surrounding environment.

Fabio Fiorino, MD

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The K.T.E. Method for Teaching Learning Operative Procedures

Research methodology in Obstetrics and Gynecology: basic and particular aspects