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Development of research skills

Development of research skills Some 50 years of research on mental disorders has given this writer some grasp of what is helpful in developing a country's research capacity and, more importantly, how people can enjoy it. Doing research is not for everyone – and that is perhaps fortunate. The principal characteristics of those who do take it up are drive, an inner need to enquire, and scepticism about what is happening around them. When Charles Darwin was being recruited as the scientist to sail on the Beagle, the Professor of Botany at Cambridge, Henslow, wrote in his letter of recommendation, “He is a young man of enlarged curiosity” ( Brent, 1981 ). This is the attribute, above all others, that one needs to have, or acquire. Some of the trait is innate, but it can be augmented by working in a setting where enquiry is contagious, because this is how others think as they treat their patients. Let us consider the following: 1 Why do research in the first place? 2 Finding a conducive environment 3 Choosing a topic 4 Getting started 5 Involving nonmedical scientists 6 The matter of biostatistics 7 The anatomy of a successful project: imperatives in design 8 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Psychiatry Wiley

Development of research skills

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry , Volume 1 (3) – Dec 1, 2009

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2009 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
ISSN
1758-5864
eISSN
1758-5872
DOI
10.1111/j.1758-5872.2009.00034.x
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Abstract

Some 50 years of research on mental disorders has given this writer some grasp of what is helpful in developing a country's research capacity and, more importantly, how people can enjoy it. Doing research is not for everyone – and that is perhaps fortunate. The principal characteristics of those who do take it up are drive, an inner need to enquire, and scepticism about what is happening around them. When Charles Darwin was being recruited as the scientist to sail on the Beagle, the Professor of Botany at Cambridge, Henslow, wrote in his letter of recommendation, “He is a young man of enlarged curiosity” ( Brent, 1981 ). This is the attribute, above all others, that one needs to have, or acquire. Some of the trait is innate, but it can be augmented by working in a setting where enquiry is contagious, because this is how others think as they treat their patients. Let us consider the following: 1 Why do research in the first place? 2 Finding a conducive environment 3 Choosing a topic 4 Getting started 5 Involving nonmedical scientists 6 The matter of biostatistics 7 The anatomy of a successful project: imperatives in design 8

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Published: Dec 1, 2009

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