Introduction to clinical research

All research to be conducted in any MOH facilities, data collected from MOH staff OR patients require registration on _____________

• NMRR

• MREC

• Department HOD

• UKM/UM/USM

RESEARCH is a systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to falsified data collection

• TRUE

• FALSE

Research is important except to...

• gain knowledge

• create innovation

• to have policy impact

• to finish up department budget

in P.I.C.O., P stands for

• policy

• permanent

• population/patient

• presentation

in P.I.C.O., 'I' stands for...

• international

• impossible

• innovation

• intervention

in P.I.C.O., C stands for

• comparison

• correctness

• company

• case study

in P.I.C.O., 'O' stands for

• operation

• outcome

• output

• observation

Hypothesis is to...

• Has to be rejected immediately

• Be totally independent from research question

• Has no function in the research proses

• Transform research question into a testable statement

Statements below are correct regarding research objective EXCEPT

• to be irrelevant to the variables of the study

• to outline the outcomes that you aim to achieve by conducting research

• to determine the study design and study type

• to be 'answered' by the investigator by the end of the study