Koenig Harold G
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
J Health Care Chaplain. 2008;14(2):83-90. doi: 10.1080/08854720802129026.
Research forms the basis for all health care disciplines, including nursing, medicine, and psychology. This research is necessary to document both the benefits and the costs of health care services, and applies equally to the services and interventions that chaplains provide. It is important that chaplains do this research, rather than others without sensitivity to the main issues at stake. Unfortunately, training in how to conduct research is not usually part of the education that chaplains receive. There are specific skills that need to be acquired in order to identify a research question, design a study to answer that question, obtain funding, manage the project, and publish the results. Learning these research skills will at some point become non-optional if chaplaincy is to continue to grow and flourish as a profession and receive the recognition and respect that it deserves.
研究是所有医疗保健学科的基础，包括护理、医学和心理学。这项研究对于记录医疗保健服务的益处和成本是必要的，并且同样适用于牧师提供的服务和干预措施。重要的是由牧师进行这项研究，而不是由对关键问题缺乏敏感度的其他人来做。不幸的是，如何进行研究的培训通常并非牧师所接受教育的一部分。为了确定研究问题、设计回答该问题的研究、获得资金、管理项目以及发表结果，需要掌握特定的技能。如果牧师职业要继续发展壮大并获得应有的认可和尊重，那么学习这些研究技能在某个时候将变得不可或缺。
