The Student Paramedic Podcast

S5 Ep4: Research Mini-Series: Time to get your head out of the sand and get started with a research idea

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Show Notes

Welcome back to the 'Research Mini-Series'.

Things we've discussed in this episode to help you on your journey: Setting up 'Google Scholar Alerts'

Using platforms such as: EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley etc. to keep all of your articles in one place - this can assist you with finding out a methodology to use and you may find that there are the same groups of people doing particular studies around your topic.

Much more...

Please check out this textbook Introducing, Designing and Conducting Research for Paramedics to help break down these topics more.

Link to the Hexoskin study.

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