This book provides a step-by-step summary of how to do clinical research.It explains what research is and isn’t, where to begin and end, and the meaning of key terms.A project planning worksheet is included and can be used as readers work their way through the book in developing a research protocol.The purpose of this book is to empower curious clinicians who want data-based answers. Doing Research is a concise, user-friendly guide to conducting research, rather than a comprehensive research text.The book contains 12 main chapters followed by the protocol worksheet.Chapter 1 offers a dozen tips to get started, Chapter 2 defines research, and Chapters 3-9 focus on planning.Chapters 10-12 then guide readers through challenges of conducting a study, getting answers from the data, and disseminating results.Useful key points, tips, and alerts are strewn throughout the book to advise and encourage readers.