Publishing Military Medical Research: Appreciating the Process
| Autor: | Ramin A. Khalili, Patricia A. Reilly, Jennifer J. Hatzfeld, Teresa L. Hendrickson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Biomedical Research
Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Military medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Humans Military medical ethics 030212 general & internal medicine Military Medicine Duty media_common Publishing 021110 strategic defence & security studies Notice business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Public relations Medical research Psychological resilience business |
| Zdroj: | Military medicine. 181 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X |
| Popis: | Aside from being a key driver to better medical care, such research also serves to identify tangible ways to prevent illnesses and injuries, and to enhance individual physical and mental performance. Once completed, the process of disseminating these data must be one that enables easy accessibility to clinicians and thought leaders. Without this effort, medical research findings have a limited ability to influence current and future practice, training, and even policy. As a medical publishing community, effective dissemination of this practice-changing information may be our most important responsibility. In a military setting, the publishing of evidence-based data in peer reviewed journals is particularly critical. The health of military members, as well as their families, directly influences the ultimate success of the military mission. The phrases “return to duty, ”“ resilience, ”“ force health protection,” and even “esprit de corps” all serve to address seemingly trivial activities such as eating, sleeping, fitness, and the balancing of work and family responsibilities. Yet as military clinicians, we recognize that these directly influence the ability of a service member to excel in their assigned tasks or to effectively deploy at a moment’s notice. Just as importantly, this evidence about health also includes the ability to recover from life-threatening injuries in a way that inspires the other members of a military unit to continue a potentially dangerous mission, and also maintain important and healthy personal relationships. It is for these very reasons that publishing military medical research is so important. Why then, does it take so long to get results published? Research itself is methodical work. It begins with the careful development of a question to be addressed, then assembling a study team that brings the right balance of skills and expertise to the project, followed by spending time carefully crafting a research plan that can adequately answer the question. Executing this plan—collecting the information at the right times and in the right way, meticulously entering and maintaining the data, and thoughtfully analyzing the results— can be just as difficult with many competing priorities and unanticipated events that occur during the course of the study. This is particularly true for military clinicians, whose research responsibilities are often assumed in addition to their primary clinic or hospital duties. |
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