Hello fellow sufferers and researchers,
From what I can gather, many of you who use this forum are like me, keen researchers.
Most seem to have had limited or no success through the conventional healthcare systems and have therefore chosen to take responsibility for their own health.
To do this many embark on extensive reading and deep research to learn how best to progress towards better health in their particular case. This certainly presents challenges. Particularly in ME/CFS as:
perhaps visit them each in enough detail to establish where on the priority order they should be positioned and then revert back to a former higher priority topic without losing your place or thoughts.
In addition, while we all think and process information in slightly different ways, it strikes me that some visual overview of the entire project would be an invaluable aid in spotting patterns or less than obvious linkages that could represent a breakthrough for an individual.
I have tried mind maps - these have good visibility when the scope is small but rapidly become too large to fit on a monitor and still see/read the text. But perhaps I am not getting the best from the tools
I have also tried windows folder structures, MS excel tables and Chrome bookmarks but still feel i am somehow missing something better. Perhaps there is a software tool that is ideal for this out there or perhaps seasoned researchers have developed a methodology that works well
I wonder if this challenge of how to collate, prioritize and organize research is something many of you have already come across, and I am interested if any of you kind souls would like to share the ways you find most helpful.
Please post your preferred way with a few words as to why you like to do it like that
Screenshots or such like would be fantastic.
Wishing you all very good health.
Ben
Topics: research, organize, organisation, mind-map, mindmap, prioritization, differential diagnosis, software, folder structure, chart, diagram
From what I can gather, many of you who use this forum are like me, keen researchers.
Most seem to have had limited or no success through the conventional healthcare systems and have therefore chosen to take responsibility for their own health.
To do this many embark on extensive reading and deep research to learn how best to progress towards better health in their particular case. This certainly presents challenges. Particularly in ME/CFS as:
- the illness etiology is poorly understood at present,
- there are almost as many theories as there are doctors/researchers
- there are a large number of potential differential diagnoses that may need to be eliminated
- there is a huge amount of published research in many different research areas that may be relevant
- the scope soon becomes exceedingly large, and the network of ideas complex and interconnected
- in addition the ME suffering researcher will have limited time and especially energy to pursue the work
perhaps visit them each in enough detail to establish where on the priority order they should be positioned and then revert back to a former higher priority topic without losing your place or thoughts.
In addition, while we all think and process information in slightly different ways, it strikes me that some visual overview of the entire project would be an invaluable aid in spotting patterns or less than obvious linkages that could represent a breakthrough for an individual.
I have tried mind maps - these have good visibility when the scope is small but rapidly become too large to fit on a monitor and still see/read the text. But perhaps I am not getting the best from the tools
I have also tried windows folder structures, MS excel tables and Chrome bookmarks but still feel i am somehow missing something better. Perhaps there is a software tool that is ideal for this out there or perhaps seasoned researchers have developed a methodology that works well
I wonder if this challenge of how to collate, prioritize and organize research is something many of you have already come across, and I am interested if any of you kind souls would like to share the ways you find most helpful.
Please post your preferred way with a few words as to why you like to do it like that
Screenshots or such like would be fantastic.
Wishing you all very good health.
Ben
Topics: research, organize, organisation, mind-map, mindmap, prioritization, differential diagnosis, software, folder structure, chart, diagram
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