Research Methods

Biomedical Research is defined as:

• Used when others forms of research have yielded positive results
• Use of predictions to analyze a sample
• research performed on deceased humans; used to formulate hypotheses on cause of death
• Science devoted to the study of the processes of life; the prevention and treatment of disease; and the genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors related to disease and health

Research to increase fundamental knowledge is

• Applied
• Basic
• Clinical 
• Medical

Research directed toward a specific objective is

• Clinical
• Basic
• Medical
• Applied

Which type of research provides building blocks for all the others

• Clinical
• Applied
• Basic
• Medical

One strength of the computer model for research is

• Speed and efficiency
• Critical to study organisms like viruses
• Provide the best surrogate for humans
• Does not generate new data

In vitro means

• In the lab
• In the womb
• In the blood
• In glass

In vitro testing is limited because

• It can not replace laboratory testing
• Federal regulations
• Can not generate new data
• Does not tell us how a substance will affect a complex system

Animals provide the best known surrogate for humans in research

• True
• False

Who experimentally inoculated their son with cowpox?  

• Jonas Salk
• Edward Jenner
• Clara Barton
• George Papanicolaou

What invention created by Dr. George Papnicolaou has helped with early detection of cervical cancer?  

• Pap test
• A1C labs
• CBC
• Hemoccult Smear