你刚才的问题是什么来着？医学研究的类型。

What was your question again? Types of medical studies.

作者信息

Jupiter Daniel C

机构信息

Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine; and Research Scientist I, Scott and White Memorial Clinic and Hospital, Temple, TX.

出版信息

J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 May-Jun;53(3):388-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2013.06.002. Epub 2013 Jun 13.

DOI:10.1053/j.jfas.2013.06.002

PMID:23769154

Abstract

Medical literature comes in all shapes and sizes, from animal studies to prospective clinical trials to retrospective chart reviews. In all of these cases, it is worth asking: What are the intellectual goals of the study: description, hypothesis testing, or hypothesis generating? This differentiation can help shape our view of the success or failure of the scientific effort.

摘要

医学文献形式多样，涵盖从动物研究到前瞻性临床试验，再到回顾性病历审查等各个方面。在所有这些情况下，值得一问的是：该研究的学术目标是什么：描述、假设检验还是假设生成？这种区分有助于塑造我们对科研工作成败的看法。