Introduction : thinking about clinical research? / Piers Page -- The literature review / William Eardley -- Types of research / James Carr ... [et al.] -- Research design / James Carr ... [et al.] -- Writing your research proposal / William Eardley & Piers Page -- Funding / Piers Page -- Ethics / Alan Weir & Kate Macdougall -- Data collection and research conduct issues / Piers Page -- Statistics / James Carr -- Writing up research / William Eardley & Piers Page -- Evidence-based medicine / Raghbir Khakha & Adam Hill -- Taking your research career further / David Chadwick ... [et al.].