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ArticleAEM education and training2020

Behind the Scenes of Successful Research in Emergency Medicine: Nine Tips for Junior Investigators.

Marc A Probst, Nicholas D Caputo, Bernard P Chang

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Article in AEM education and training, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Clinical trials in the emergency department: Concierge coordinators to reduce attrition.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marc A ProbstDepartment of Emergency Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-7178
Nicholas D CaputoDepartment of Emergency Medicine Lincoln Medical Center Bronx NY.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5583-0712
Bernard P ChangDepartment of Emergency Medicine Columbia University Medical Center New York NY.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-7140
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USLincoln Medical Center · US

Funding

The Identification of Modifiable Emergency Department and Sleep Factors Contributing to Psychological and Cardiovascular Risk in CliniciansR01HL146911 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CHANG, BERNARD P., SHECHTER, ARI · 2020 to 2024
$4.3M
Testing a rapid outpatient management strategy on PTSD, cardiovascular and rehospitalization risk in TIA and minor stroke survivors evaluated in the Emergency DepartmentR01HL141811 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CHANG, BERNARD P. · 2018 to 2022
$3.5M
SYNDICARE: Syncope Decision Aid for Emergency CareK23HL132052 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI PROBST, MARC · 2016 to 2019
$678k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL132052NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141811NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146911
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Education related to clinical research often focuses on methodology, statistics, ethics, and study design. While knowledge of these conventional skills is essential to the operationalization of research, many "soft" skills related to leadership, communication, and team management are critical to the successful conduct research in the real world. Conducting clinical research in the emergency department is generally a challenging endeavor. Based on our prior experience as clinical researchers and a narrative review of the published literature, we offer nine practical strategies to help junior investigators conduct research. To successfully execute a research study, investigators must know how to motivate their team, create a brand around their study, communicate effectively, maximize clinician and patient engagement, and celebrate victory, among other skills. These skills and strategies are often missing from the formal research education and in peer-reviewed manuscripts but are, in fact, invaluable to the successful development of junior investigators. Thus, we offer the "story behind the study" in an effort to contribute to research education with material that is not typically covered in formal curricula.

Identifiers

PMID32072110
PMCPMC7011424
OpenAlexW2966172553

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Registered trials

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