Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Hi Dr. R: Good to see you today at the clinic. I have one comment about your paper. From a research standpoint, people may want to know the n's (the numbers in the groups) for your graph on weight loss at 1, 3, etc months. It is sort of misleading when you say 643 people have undergone the MGB (some may believe you have that many at 1-year post-op), and then the n's are not reported for each point on the graph. Obviously, since your volume has gotten so much greater lately, there are many people in your overall N who do not average in at the 3, 6, and 12 month post-op time. To ward off any criticism, you may want to go ahead and report the n's for each post-op period. This is probably how a chart would read in an academic journal. Other than that, I thought the paper was well-written, to-the-point, and very informative. If you REALLY want some constructive criticism, I can have my boyfriend read and critique it for you (just let me know). You will recall that he is a health psychologist at Duke Medical Center and ALL he does is research. He is constantly writing grants for funding and reviewing peer papers for journal publication. So, he is VERY good at it. I'm sure he'll be glad to do it -- but I warn you that he would be thorough! But, he can also pick up things that people (especially research-minded ones) at he conference might -- and you'd be ready! BTW, he helped me find a good QOL (quality of life) measure for Ruth. Please tell her I'll be getting in touch with her soon! Best of luck at your conference. I will be thinking of you and sending you " good vibes. " Dr. J ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Good suggestion. Yes him read it please. RR Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery 4301 Ben lin Blvd. Durham, N.C. 27704 Telephone #: Fax #: Email: DrR@... ************************************************ Please Visit our Web site: http://clos.net ************************************************ Durham Regional Hospital: Also, Please consider joining the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at http://www.onelist.com MiniGastricBypass is a general discussion of the Mini-Gastric Bypass ( http://www.onelist.com/community/MiniGastricBypass ) Talk with lots of other Pre and Post Op patients and friends. Keep up to date on the latest news about the Mini-Gastric Bypass. Dr. R -- your paper > Hi Dr. R: > > Good to see you today at the clinic. > > I have one comment about your paper. From a research standpoint, people may want to know the n's (the numbers in the groups) for your graph on weight loss at 1, 3, etc months. It is sort of misleading when you say 643 people have undergone the MGB (some may believe you have that many at 1-year post-op), and then the n's are not reported for each point on the graph. Obviously, since your volume has gotten so much greater lately, there are many people in your overall N who do not average in at the 3, 6, and 12 month post-op time. To ward off any criticism, you may want to go ahead and report the n's for each post-op period. This is probably how a chart would read in an academic journal. > > Other than that, I thought the paper was well-written, to-the-point, and very informative. If you REALLY want some constructive criticism, I can have my boyfriend read and critique it for you (just let me know). You will recall that he is a health psychologist at Duke Medical Center and ALL he does is research. He is constantly writing grants for funding and reviewing peer papers for journal publication. So, he is VERY good at it. I'm sure he'll be glad to do it -- but I warn you that he would be thorough! But, he can also pick up things that people (especially research-minded ones) at he conference might -- and you'd be ready! > > BTW, he helped me find a good QOL (quality of life) measure for Ruth. Please tell her I'll be getting in touch with her soon! > > Best of luck at your conference. I will be thinking of you and sending you " good vibes. " > > Dr. J ;-) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Good suggestion. Yes him read it please. RR Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery 4301 Ben lin Blvd. Durham, N.C. 27704 Telephone #: Fax #: Email: DrR@... ************************************************ Please Visit our Web site: http://clos.net ************************************************ Durham Regional Hospital: Also, Please consider joining the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at http://www.onelist.com MiniGastricBypass is a general discussion of the Mini-Gastric Bypass ( http://www.onelist.com/community/MiniGastricBypass ) Talk with lots of other Pre and Post Op patients and friends. Keep up to date on the latest news about the Mini-Gastric Bypass. Dr. R -- your paper > Hi Dr. R: > > Good to see you today at the clinic. > > I have one comment about your paper. From a research standpoint, people may want to know the n's (the numbers in the groups) for your graph on weight loss at 1, 3, etc months. It is sort of misleading when you say 643 people have undergone the MGB (some may believe you have that many at 1-year post-op), and then the n's are not reported for each point on the graph. Obviously, since your volume has gotten so much greater lately, there are many people in your overall N who do not average in at the 3, 6, and 12 month post-op time. To ward off any criticism, you may want to go ahead and report the n's for each post-op period. This is probably how a chart would read in an academic journal. > > Other than that, I thought the paper was well-written, to-the-point, and very informative. If you REALLY want some constructive criticism, I can have my boyfriend read and critique it for you (just let me know). You will recall that he is a health psychologist at Duke Medical Center and ALL he does is research. He is constantly writing grants for funding and reviewing peer papers for journal publication. So, he is VERY good at it. I'm sure he'll be glad to do it -- but I warn you that he would be thorough! But, he can also pick up things that people (especially research-minded ones) at he conference might -- and you'd be ready! > > BTW, he helped me find a good QOL (quality of life) measure for Ruth. Please tell her I'll be getting in touch with her soon! > > Best of luck at your conference. I will be thinking of you and sending you " good vibes. " > > Dr. J ;-) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Good suggestion. Yes him read it please. RR Rutledge, M.D., F.A.C.S. The Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery 4301 Ben lin Blvd. Durham, N.C. 27704 Telephone #: Fax #: Email: DrR@... ************************************************ Please Visit our Web site: http://clos.net ************************************************ Durham Regional Hospital: Also, Please consider joining the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at http://www.onelist.com MiniGastricBypass is a general discussion of the Mini-Gastric Bypass ( http://www.onelist.com/community/MiniGastricBypass ) Talk with lots of other Pre and Post Op patients and friends. Keep up to date on the latest news about the Mini-Gastric Bypass. Dr. R -- your paper > Hi Dr. R: > > Good to see you today at the clinic. > > I have one comment about your paper. From a research standpoint, people may want to know the n's (the numbers in the groups) for your graph on weight loss at 1, 3, etc months. It is sort of misleading when you say 643 people have undergone the MGB (some may believe you have that many at 1-year post-op), and then the n's are not reported for each point on the graph. Obviously, since your volume has gotten so much greater lately, there are many people in your overall N who do not average in at the 3, 6, and 12 month post-op time. To ward off any criticism, you may want to go ahead and report the n's for each post-op period. This is probably how a chart would read in an academic journal. > > Other than that, I thought the paper was well-written, to-the-point, and very informative. If you REALLY want some constructive criticism, I can have my boyfriend read and critique it for you (just let me know). You will recall that he is a health psychologist at Duke Medical Center and ALL he does is research. He is constantly writing grants for funding and reviewing peer papers for journal publication. So, he is VERY good at it. I'm sure he'll be glad to do it -- but I warn you that he would be thorough! But, he can also pick up things that people (especially research-minded ones) at he conference might -- and you'd be ready! > > BTW, he helped me find a good QOL (quality of life) measure for Ruth. Please tell her I'll be getting in touch with her soon! > > Best of luck at your conference. I will be thinking of you and sending you " good vibes. " > > Dr. J ;-) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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