1. In the textbox provided, brainstorm a list of keywords related to your topic. a. Cultural medicine b. FDA approval, experimental treatments c. Displacement of individuals, medicine d. Different countries, medical care 2. Now type those keywords into an Internet search engine, such as Google. Spend some time looking through the results. In the textbox below, jot down the titles and hyperlinks of a few of the most interesting articles and websites that come up in your search. Write down at least one article and the corresponding hyperlink for each keyword or group of keywords. a. cultural medicine i. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3042343/ ii. https://ethnomed.org/cross-cultural-medicine/ b. Different countries, medical care i. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195144/ ii. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue- briefs/2020/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2019
3. What are you finding? What new information have you learned about this issue? What new questions or thoughts do you have now that you have done some preliminary research? a. My keywords do not bring enough attention to cultural and religious differences in the way that I am looking for. However, I have learned a lot about different forms of healthcare in different countries and the way they deal with their illnesses. Not so much a new question, but a different side of it is how those who are displaced and seriously religious are finding medical treatment in their new areas and if they will ignore their condition and not receive treatment at all if a trusted party can not be found. 4. Can you narrow your focus at all? If so, what do you wish to focus on? If you have a few options, what are they? (You don't necessarily need to narrow your focus. Mark found this helpful to do because his topic is very broad.) a. I really want to focus on the religious aspect of healthcare and how it differs from country to country or even within the US healthcare system, which has become especially prevalent in current times. 5. Based on the broad search, refine the list of keywords that you created on the previous page. List here any keywords or keyword combinations that returned results that are relevant to your social science issue. Then, note which keywords or combinations you will no longer use, as they returned off-topic or overly broad results. a. Keywords that I will continue to use are Cultural medicine, religious medicine. different countries and medical care. I will be dropping FDA approval and my discussion of experimental treatments.
6. What professional organizations (other than social science organizations) might have relevant information about your issue? For example, someone researching war might utilize information provided by the United States Department of Defense.Find 1-2 organizations, and note them here. a. One organization that has been very helpful has been https://www.nlm.nih.gov/ this is the National Library of Medicine. b. Secondly the CDC website. https://www.cdc.gov/ 7. Now select one of the digital libraries or organizations mentioned in this learning block (Shapiro Library, Google Scholar, etc.), and plug your keywords into that site. What credible sources come up in your search? Repeat th