I experienced how research promises your ability to analyze, criticize, and go deeper through a specific topic or generally in all aspects of your life. Somehow, database searching skills become attached to you, and the search becomes a belief. Being a student with basic research skills is a super WOW! Recently, I wondered to what extent is it true to give a student basic research skills? I mean: what about the integration principle in the educational process! When I am doing an article, the more I search for a topic, the more I discover missing visions. The answer here may be "try to find a supervisor" but, what if I have no professional supervision and it is a trial and error youtube guided learning process! Should I stop doing research and look for a supervisor? Or is it Ok to keep going till the professional supervisor appears?
If the second choice, what about statistics? I learn statistics principles from non-medical sources, either financial stat or data analysis courses. Both fields provide friendly beginner levels, unlike the medical stat courses, then I apply on a medical topic. To what extent is it true?
Hi Azza Srour
I agree totally with your points. I only got this experience three years after I finished at university and it has made such a huge difference. I later used it for the projects/ideas I developed. Now I try to help students and junior trainees to understand these skills so they can do research projects.
For statistics, I have found there are a lot of good websites to provide advice.
Dear Ms. Srour!
You raised an essential topic. I really think interdisciplinary - projects and teams are essential in these turbulent, unpredictable times of COVID-19 pandemic. I would continue searching for a supervisor, but would not stop attending online or offline events either. The more you work and extend your network, the more chances you create for yourself:
1) Chris, Yiu 2021. A research and policy agenda for the post-pandemic world. Future Healthc J. 2021 Jul; 8(2), Free access: Article A research and policy agenda for the post-pandemic world
2) A case-study: Yu Z, Duan W, Jiang L, Yuan Z, Kong Y, Wang J. Interdisciplinary Bridging Response Teams in the COVID-19 outbreak aid provision in China. International Social Work. 2021;64(5):783-789. doi:10.1177/00208728211021145 Free access: Article Interdisciplinary Bridging Response Teams in the COVID-19 ou...
3) May I suggest you join Elsevier Researcher Academy in case you consider a career as a researcher as a possibility:>> it is a free of charge portal (community) to join:
a) https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/
b) Priyanka Kalra (2019). Researcher Academy: An introduction to e-learning resources for researchers, A BrightTALK webinar, January 22, 2019, free of charge access: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/15611/344820
>> To join the BrightTALK - platform please visit: https://www.brighttalk.com/join/
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
Dr. Joseph C Lee, I have been trying to handle these skills for about four years. Do you have a website or a project where I can be a member?
Great thanks.
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