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Ethics in Research and Professional Practice | Evidence-Based Practice | Grant Writing | Preparing Scientific Presentations | Publishing Your Research | Other Resources | Statistics Resources
Ethics in Research and Professional Practice
Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Research: Ethics and the Publication Process.
ASHA Code of Ethics sets forth the fundamental principles and rules considered essential to preserving the highest standards of integrity (revised January 1, 2003).
The 2008 International Compilation of Human Subject Protections lists about 900 laws, regulations, and guidelines from 84 countries on human subject protections, including four new countries: Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, and Turkey.
Evidence-based practice offers clinicians the opportunity to support their treatment plans with scientific evidence. The evidence-based practice approach assures administrators, payers, and consumers of highest-quality care.
Compendium of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Systematic Reviews
ASHA's National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders (N-CEP) offers this compendium of clinical practice guidelines from around the world related to audiology and/or speech-language pathology. Only those guidelines with an overall rating of "Highly Recommended" or "Recommended with Provisos" based on the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) Framework are included in this compendium. In 2006, N-CEP expanded the compendium to include evidence-based systematic reviews. Unlike practice guidelines, however, there is no single widely accepted set of standards for what constitutes a well-done systematic review. This part of the compendium therefore contains all of the reviews that are identified. Staff have included with each listed review five commonly used quality indicators, so members can, at a glance, decide whether they are comfortable with the quality of the review. New reviews are added weekly, but the list is far from comprehensive at this point.
Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders: An Introduction
Improve the quality of the evidence base supporting clinical practice and ultimately improve the quality of clinical services.
Evidence-Based Practice in Schools: Evaluating Research and Reducing Barriers
This journal article examines the clinician/researcher relationship, suggests directions for improving the relationship, and discusses avenues for transferring information from research to clinical practice.
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
Find information on evidence-based practice (EBP), including an outline of key steps in the EBP process, a list of Web-based tutorials/resources that relate to different aspects of EBP, a calendar of EBP events, EBP documents and reports, the ASHA Advisory Committee on EBP, a glossary of EBP terms, and a listing of ASHA Leader articles on EBP.
Research Facts: Clinical Trials
Obtain answers to the basic questions concerning clinical trials and their use in the communication sciences and disorders field.
Wanted: A National Standard for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Outcomes
The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH, 2000) has presented principles and guidelines for universal newborn hearing screening and early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI).
Grant Writing
Preparing a Grant Application: Steps to Success [PPT]
On June 25, 2005, Shelley Benjamin and Karen Rudzinski from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) made a slide presentation on grantsmanship at the 11th Annual National Research Service Award (NRSA) Trainees Research Conference. The PowerPoint provides information on the grant application process for AHRQ and NIH while providing useful tips and frequent pitfalls in the grant writing process.
New Health Services Research Web site Available
The AcademyHealth HSR Methods Web site was designed to help researchers or research users cross-walk the language, study designs, and methods used by researchers in the variety of fields contributing to health services research.
Resources for Grants and Funding
Get tips on how to seek funding from private and public sources.
Grant Writing 101
Tips for writing grant proposals, submissions to the National Science Foundation, and general grantsmanship.
Six Fallacies of National Science Foundation Proposal Writing [PDF]
Some lessons learned from experience.
The National Science Foundation
Provides grant proposal submission criteria and tracking information on grant proposals.
The Grantsmanship Center (TGCI)
Offers samples of successful grant proposals in a variety of research areas.
Insider's Guide to Peer Review for Applicants [PDF]
Tips on grant writing from the NIH Center for Scientific Review.
Preparing Scientific Presentations
Preparing an Oral Presentation
Suggestions and strategies for scientific and academic settings.
Public Speaking: Conquer Your Anxiety
Advice for graduate students.
Designing Effective Visuals
Tips for scientific presentations.
Publishing Your Research
Information for Journal Authors
Detailed instructions for submitting manuscripts to ASHA journals. Includes how to prepare manuscript, submitting a new or revised manuscript, and an insider's guide to the publishing process.
How to Write Academic Articles for Publication
Concise tips for success.
The National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
Offering publication tips for researchers submitting papers for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
Other Resources
National Postdoctoral Association
A national association dedicated to providing resources and advocating for postdoctoral scholars.
A Policymaker's Primer on Education Research: How to Understand, Evaluate and Use It [PDF]
Practical tools for those who want to incorporate research findings in policy decisions.
Communication Fact Sheets
The Communication Fact Sheets offer general population incidence and prevalence figures on speech, language, voice, and hearing disorders, as well as special populations that may be served by speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists.
Electronic Statistics Textbook
Electronic textbook providing both basic and in-depth exploration of statistical concepts.
American Statistical Association (ASA)
A compendium of links to electronic resources.
ASA's Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice
Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An Internet Resource List
Compiled by the University of Miami libraries.
Research Databases
Links to various research databases available online.
Alternative Models of IRB Review Workshop Summary Report
A report summarizing the proceedings of a national conference held on November 19-21, 2006, entitled "National Conference on Alternative IRB Models: Optimizing Human Subjects Protections" are available here.
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