A significant proportion of pharmacy courses require postgraduate and undergraduate students to conduct a practice research project. This new, 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.
Contents include :
" The preparation and planning stages
" Types of study: design and approaches
" Selecting the sample and recruiting the participants
" Data processing and analysis
" Writing up and disseminating the findings
" Further reading
This systematic guide to pharmacy practice research projects will be of use to undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students. It will also appeal to researchers unfamiliar with health services research methods and to practicing pharmacists new to conducting a research project.