Capstone Research Manual
Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine
Capstone Research Manual
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Contents
Introduction
AOM Research: Group Applications
Time Line
Research Project Approval
Project Completion
STYLE MANUAL
RESEARCH FORMAT
USE OF NUMBERS
PREFERRED TERMS AND COMMON MISSPELLINGS
CITATIONS AND REFERENCE LIST
References
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Introduction
This handbook will guide you through the development and
completion of your DAOM research project.
This project is an important part of your DAOM program and will
deepen your understanding of research in acupuncture and Oriental
medicine. This handbook provides a plan from the formation of your
research plan through the development of your proposal, approval of
your proposal to the completion of your project. The development of
the research project should take several months on a part time
basis. This project can take a variety of forms. Some forms are
listed below. The final document for this project will be between 50
and 100 double spaced typed pages, although documents outside
this range may be appropriate under specific circumstances.
Capstone research is supported by the following courses.
AOM Research Principles and Practices (3 unit/30 hours)
This course is designed to enable our graduates to demonstrate knowledge and
skills in clinical research and design sufficient to provide an understanding of
currently accepted research standards and methodology, as well as the current
scientific literature in the field. This sequence is designed to fulfill our objective
‘to critically evaluate research literature, design, carry out and report a study in
Oriental medicine.’ The course covers the basics of biostatistical analysis and
common statistical tests that are used to conduct biomedical research. It
examines concepts such as probability theory, population sampling, descriptive
statistics, inferential statistics, confidence intervals, statistical significance,
hypothesis testing, and comparison of paired and unpaired groups. It provides
the basis for the conceptual development of the research project through the
subsequent courses. In addition it teaches the ability to critically analyze the
quantitative portion of research from a consumer's perspective. The course
examines the research methodology utilized in contemporary biomedical
sciences for the assessment of clinical efficacy and physiological mechanisms
related to Oriental medicine.
Upon completion of this module, DAOM Students will be able to discuss design,
qualities and challenges in various types of clinical research projects in AOM.
Processes of IRB and historical issues will be understood. DAOM Students will
be able to access data base retrieval programs and produce a research proposal
by the end of the class. Students will be able to scientifically assess the value of
AOM research and learn how to appropriately evaluate evidence based
research. They are expected to be able to access these tools when evaluating
the use of new treatment techniques understanding how to carefully evaluate
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the viability of the research. DAOM Students will be able to design, direct and
implement rudimentary clinical research projects in AOM.
AOM Research: Group Applications
(3 unit/30 hours)
DAOM students will design and participate in groups of three and
four in various types of clinically based research projects. The group
proposal must include a description of the problem area, a specific
research question, a review of relevant literature and identify
research methods to examine the clinical question in a scholarly
manner. Formal proposals must be submitted to faculty and IRB for
approval prior to start of the project.
This course begins the process of designing data collection/
implementation for the final research project and the final approval
process. Content and format issues as well as recommendations for
further research are highlighted.
In this course students design, direct and implement their clinical
research projects. They will meet with the research advisor to
finalize and refine the research project, and continue working with
their committees on their research project. They will be able to
determine the different resources available to them to help them
complete their written projects. Candidates will also learn the
different methods and forms of acceptable research. They will be
able to design, work on, and conclude an acceptable project and this
course may be extended until the completion of the final written
research report.
All DAOM Students must satisfactorily complete and defend a
research project before the DPC as a requirement for graduation. The
project must incorporate the use of current literature and research in
acupuncture and Oriental medicine. The DAOM Student must
demonstrate the application of knowledge in the design and critique
of approaches to systematic inquiry and to the use of qualitative and
qualitative methods. The project must make a unique and
meaningful contribution to acupuncture, herbal medicine or Oriental
medicine and not merely a replication of an existing study. The
project must meet academic form and style suitable for peer review
professional publications. Research project formats may include:
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Theoretical Analysis,
Surveys & analysis of archival data,
Outcomes Research,
Systematic Qualitative Investigations,
Public Policy Issues,
Case Studies (outcomes must be unique and have significant
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impact),
● Evaluative research,
● Interpretive Translation Research and
● Educational Research.
Approved research projects must be submitted on paper designated
for formal documents. Four copies of the project suitable for binding
must be submitted to the Doctoral Director’s office.
PROJECT TYPES: NOT RECOMMENDED
Clinical Trials Research involving developing and executing a
prospective study assessing a treatment modality, herbal formula, or
some other clinical intervention on human volunteers is NOT
Recommended. This project is often the most demanding of time
and resources, and will require approval of an Institutional Research
Board (IRB). Because of the significant time commitment for such a
project, especially in the context of a doctoral program, it is
imperative to consider your time availability realistically, and to
consider a team based clinical project with one or more collaborators.
At the level of the research project, clinical research is most often in
the form of a phase 1 trial, which is a trial with one arm, more
specifically without a control arm, and involves a limited number of
human subjects. This study may be combined with a laboratory
study under certain circumstances. In some extraordinary
circumstances a phase 2-controlled study may be considered, but
such a project will require time, resources and collaboration that is
beyond the scope of a research project.
A laboratory study involves the development and implementation of
a design that in part or exclusively employs laboratory
methodologies to complete the research protocol. As this type of
project often involves highly technical laboratory skills, the
successful candidate for a laboratory based research project must
have experience using the laboratory equipment involved, or have
taken coursework on these procedures. This type of project is NOT
Recommended and will require IRB review unless human subjects are
not are involved. Such a project tends to be somewhat expensive
with respect to equipment and supplies, so project cost may limit
the scope of the study. Unless you already have the appropriate
training and skills for this type of study, you will be required have
extensive preparation for work in the analytical laboratory.
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RECOMMENDED PROJECT TYPES
Meta analysis. A meta analysis is a quantitative examination of a
series of research papers in a particular area of interest in order to
summarize this research and develop global conclusions based on
the review of a group of research papers. Because this type of
research involves a review of previously published papers and not
human subjects directly IRB review is not necessary. Such a study
does involve the use of sophisticated statistical analysis and should
only be attempted by you if you are comfortable with the statistical
review of published data. A meta analysis does not require
expensive resources and can be done on a flexible schedule.
Literature review. A literature review consists of the examination of
the literature in a particular area of interest. Such a review is less
statistically rigorous when compared to a meta analysis. A literature
review can be far ranging in the primary (research) and secondary
(review, meta analysis) and source text of the subject being studied.
This type of project is involves examination of a large number of
papers and other written and electronic resources. As such, a
literature review will have a highly flexible study design and
schedule, but require a large investment in time reading and analysis
of the documents contributing to the project. No IRB approval is
required. Expenses are generally limited to the procurement of
references that may not be available except by purchase from
non-university resources.
Translation study. For those DAOM candidates with fluency in
languages other than English, a translation study may be considered.
A translation project involved translating one or more documents into
English from another language either to complete as a translation as
a final project, or in order to develop an analysis of the subject from
the point of view of the non-English source material. While
translation can be challenging, it is a rewarding type of study, and
vital to the progress of a medical tradition in which so many of the
important textual sources are in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and
other languages. If a student does translation work in a language
not represented on the faculty of the university, there may be
additional financial costs to the student in terms of hiring outside
translators to assist with evaluating the project.
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Case study/case series A case study involves the uncontrolled
observations of one subject. (By uncontrolled, we mean observing a
subject without comparing them to another subject meeting the
same inclusion and exclusion criteria.). A case series involves the
uncontrolled observation of more than one subject. These types of
studies allow a researcher to complete observations on human
subjects without the restrictions or resource requirements of more
complex research protocols. Case study and case series projects
involved human subjects and as such must be reviewed by the IRB.
Retrospective clinical case review. A retrospective clinical case
series is an analysis of a group of cases regarding history,
examination, assessment and treatment. This study is historical,
that is done using preexisting clinical records. Such a case series
can be a valuable introduction to the analysis of a group of patients
without some of the time and resource challenges of a prospective
clinical study. Retrospective case series projects are limited in that
they involve the examination of a group of cases not originally
intended as research patients. Even when records are extensive,
they may not be systematic and as such several records may not be
directly comparable. As human subjects are involved, IRB approval
is needed, and patient privacy must be preserved.
Academic study. This last category is intentionally broad. Any
innovative idea will be considered as long as it meets several critical
factors. The proposal must be scholarly, that is represents an in
depth examination of the field of inquiry. Second, the proposal must
be rigorous, representing an examination of the topic in the proposal
that is well organized and academically sound. Third, the proposal
must represent the review of the literature available in the area of
inquiry. Sources may include theoretical literature, clinical studies,
review papers, source material of a historical nature and
philosophical treatises. Lastly the proposal must represent a body of
work commensurate with the level required of a research project in a
doctoral program.
Survey. Surveys are instruments that are completed by a population
of subjects such as prospective patients, healthcare providers, or
healthcare consumers. Surveys may cover a wide range of topics,
including attitudes about healthcare, patterns of utilization of
healthcare. In each case, the subjects’ responses to a variety of
questions are recorded. Surveys that accurately assess the subject
population’s responses with respect to the subject you are interested
are challenging to develop. Survey questions must be carefully
crafted to assess the knowledge, attitudes and demographics that
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will enable you to test the hypothesis in question.
Time Line
Training for your research project begins your first term. Each term
you will take one research oriented class. These classes are
summarized below in table 1. You will also meet each term with the
DAOM Director. The DAOM Director will help you develop your project
and locate the resources to complete your project. These resources
may be intellectual, that is faculty mentors who have skills that you
need to learn to complete your research project, equipment and
materials, and financial resources based on the demands of the
project. The timeline for your research project is in figure 1 below.
Your goal is to have your research project done by the end of the
final term in year 2. This means that your research project paper
has been written, submitted and approved by the end of your second
year. If you are on a part time schedule, then your research timeline
will be worked out in consultation with the DAOM director and the
academic advisor for the DAOM program.
It is important to work on the research document throughout the
Research series. Drafts of earlier sections of the research document
will be reviewed, edited and returned with comments and
suggestions. In this way, the document remains a work in progress,
and is constantly being improved. The stress of completing the
research document will be reduced if a steady pace is kept up with
regular feedback, rather than attempting to write the entire
document at the end of the winter term during the second year. It is
important for you to submit your draft research thesis to the DAOM
director before you have completed the rest of your DAOM program
credits.
Research project flow chart
Research Development
Term 1
Meet with DAOM Director to
discuss research project
Term 2
Follow up meeting to formulate
possible topics
Term 3
Develop project proposal and if
needed IRB EXEMPTION documents
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Term 4
Project is approved by DAOM
Review Committee and IRB
EXEMPT Research begins
Term 5
Develop research Question and
literature search
Develop methods. Start Project
Continue Project. Progress Meeting
Term 6
Term 7
Term 8
Complete research document and
submit to DAOM Director
Research Project Development
The critical phase of your research project is consideration of what
project to do. The most important facet of your project is; what
project interest you? What ideas do you want to think about? What
area of oncology or pain management do you want to explore? Are
you interested in clinical research? Laboratory research? Scholarly
investigation of the literature of Oriental medicine or biomedicine?
Once you have settled on an area of interest within oncology or
advanced pain management, the next step is to think about the size
of the project. Project size is important for three reasons. First and
foremost you need to be able to complete your research project in
the time allowed. If you are on a full time track you will have four
terms to develop and complete the research track of your DAOM
program in addition to your other academic and clinical work. The
project must be significant enough to demonstrate scholarly work in
the field, but must not be so large that it is difficult for you to finish
your program on time. The project must be of a size that can be
completed with the available resources. This means that funding
and resources for research projects are limited. Research projects
must be designed to use available resources so that they can be
completed.
You need to look at your skills, what you can bring to the research
project. It is important to do an inventory of your abilities and
decide if the project is right for you. If you are interested in doing a
translational project, do you have the language skills to complete
this type of project? If you are interested in doing a laboratory
based project, do you have the laboratory skills and experience to
complete such a project? If you do not have all the laboratory skills
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are you willing to take the additional coursework on laboratory
research needed to develop laboratory skills needed to complete the
project? If you are interested in doing clinical research, are you
interested and emotionally prepared to do work research on human
subjects. This self inventory is a critical part of deciding what project
is right for you.
It will be important to consider these issues in consultation with the
DAOM program director. Be prepared to make changes in your
project. It will also be important to have a “back up plan” in the
event that your first project does not go through either because of
review by the DAOM director, the faculty, or for resource or financial
reasons. All research projects, from research project to large project
funded by the National Institutes of Health go through extensive
review. It is a rare project that is not significantly modified as a
result of the review process.
Research Project Approval
Approval of your research project will go through several stages.
First, the DAOM director will review your project proposal to confirm
that the project is sound and the university has the intellectual,
material and financial resources to support your project. The DAOM
director will also help you develop a project that you can complete in
the time constraints of the DAOM program. Your consultation with
the DAOM director will be ongoing and develop over a series of
meetings with year 1 and extending to final research document
approval.
Your research project proposal will be graded by the instructor of
your Research course. It is during this course that your proposal will
be developed and evaluated by an experienced researcher, who will
assess the merits of the proposal, as well as the form and
completeness of the final research proposal document.
Your IRB EXEMPTION will be reviewed by the DAOM Director. IRB
EXEMPTION approval must be confirmed before research project can
begin. The IRB may also provide provisional approval and request
changes in the protocol or documents before protocol can be begun.
These changes will be coordinated with the DAOM Program Director
for final review and approval.
Project Completion
Project completion is determined by the DAOM director upon the
submission of the written research project document. The final
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document must be submitted to the DAOM director by the deadline
set for the project. The format for the final document must meet the
style requirements outlined in Table 2 below. Review of the final
document will be completed by the DAOM director, and may also be
reviewed by other reviewers with skills and knowledge in the subject
area of the research project. In the event that editorial changes are
required, these changes must be completed prior to final acceptance
of the document. Your research project document must be free of
errors. Your prose must be clear, readable and succinct. There must
be no hand corrections or typographical errors.
If your research required supervision of a consultant, such as a
translation project consultant fluent in a specific language, that
consultant will have to review the thesis and sign off for its accuracy
and completion. Once your draft thesis has been reviewed by the
DAOM director, the Academic Dean must also review it.
In the event that the DAOM director feels that there are a significant
number of grammar, punctuation or spelling errors, your draft
research thesis will be returned to you. You will be required to get
outside editorial assistance with these errors before your document
is reviewed for content. Editorial review must be completed at your
own expense and with an editor of you choosing.
Project Grading
Your thesis will be graded on the following criteria:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Completeness of the project
Quality of the writing
Organization of the research document
Quality of the work described in the project
In order to achieve the most positive outcome for this project, it is
important to remember several points. First, scholarship must be as
complete as possible to achieve the best possible outcome. While it
is impossible to specify the number of references for a given project,
there must be good evidence that a thorough literature review was
done, and that the literature reviewed represents the scholarly
activity needed to support the project. Second, the information in
the document should be well written and without spelling and
grammatical errors. Third, the document should conform to the
formatting requirements outlined in this manual. Fourth, the
document must represent a level of scholarship, academic work and
thinking commensurate with a research project in a doctoral program.
The document will be graded on a pass/no pass bases. On
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submission, if the document is not at a passing level, it will be
returned with recommended changes that must be completed and the
document resubmitted for a new review. If the document is rejected
a second time, at the discretion of the DAOM program director a
learning contract may be required before the document can be
re-edited a third time.
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Style Sheet Manual
STYLE MANUAL
● Use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (hereafter referred to as the APA manual) as a general
reference for style.
● For more detailed issues of grammar and punctuation that are not
covered in the APA manual, use The Chicago Manual of Style.
RESEARCH FORMAT
Table of Contents
The table of contents must be digitally generated, using the
appropriate function in Microsoft Word. Please do not type the
table of contents manually. In the table of contents, include
only the main headings. Do not include subheadings, table
headings or appendices labels.
Referencing Appendices and Tables
Make sure that any page number references to other items
within the document stay accurate. For example, if you write,
“See page 96 for Table 3,” make sure that this reference is still
correct after you are done with final formatting and edits. One
good way to do this is by linking the reference to the page that
the table or appendix is found on. If you would like a
tutorial/refresher on this skill, or have any other formatting
questions, contact the AOM program assistant in room 338
(ext. 3132) to set up an appointment.
Length
The length of the project is highly variable and should be
determined with assistance from the DAOM program director.
An average length is 50-100 pages.
Margins
Left margin: 1.5 inches. All other margins: 1 inch. This
includes every document in the Research Thesis, including
inserted tables and appendices.
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Paper
Use 25% cotton bond, 8.5 x 11 inches. The same kind of paper
must be used throughout, including the cover page.
Font
Use Times New Roman, 12 point, for text.
Use Arial, 12 point, for headings and subheadings (see
headings section for details)
Keep typeface and size consistent throughout the text.
Headings
Use the five levels of headings outlined in the APA manual, as
described below.
Heading Level
1*
Format
Centered, Bold, Uppercase and Lowercase
2
Flush Left, Bold, Uppercase and Lowercase
3
Indented, bold, lowercase, period at end.
4
Indented, bold, italicized, lowercase, period
at end.
5
Indented, italicized, lowercase, period at end.
* Use level 1 for main section headings, such as Methods and
Results.
Spacing
The text of the manuscript should be double spaced
throughout, with the following exceptions:
Tables and long quotations should be single spaced.
References should be single spaced, with a space between
each reference.
Insert one space (not two) between sentences.
Insert one space (not two) after a colon.
Indent the first line of each paragraph. If footnotes are used,
indent the first line of each.
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Pagination
Two distinct page numbering systems should be used for the
research , as follows.
The preliminary pages are numbered with small Roman
numerals (ii, iii, iv and so on). The title page is considered
page “i,” though that character is not printed. Preliminary
pages include all pages before the Introduction.
The text pages are numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3,
and so on). The text begins with the Introduction and is
numbered consecutively through the References and
Appendices.
All page numbers should be centered, at least one-half inch
from the bottom edge of the paper.
Layout
● Arrange sections of research document in the order shown below.
Section
Page numbering Comment
Title page
Not numbered
See attached sample
Acceptance page
Numbered, small
Roman numerals
(i, ii, iii, iv, etc.)
See attached sample
Acknowledgement
Optional
Abstract
200-250 words
Table of contents
Use a single level for
the Table of Contents,
not an outline.
List of tables
List of figures
Introduction
Numbered, Arabic Develops significance of
numerals (1, 2,
project and outlines
3, etc.)
major ideas and
hypothesis
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Comprehensive review
of literature
Review of literature of
the field
Methods
Description of
methodologies used, as
well as sources of
materials
Results
Describes the results of
the study
Discussion
Analysis of results,
conclusion, and
recommendations for
further study
References
List of all references
Appendices
USE OF NUMBERS ● Use words to express numbers below 10, and numerals to
express numbers 10 and above (e.g., one, two, seven; 14, 21,
567).
● If a sentence (or a paragraph with many numbers) contains
numbers both smaller and larger than nine, all numbers should
be in numeric form, to avoid confusion.
● For example, “The dog ate 14 bananas, 2 cookies, 6 pies, and
25 carrots.”
▪
(Sentences such as “The dog ate 14 bananas, two
cookies, six pies, and 25 carrots” are confusing and
distracting.)
● For items in two different categories that are in the same
sentence, numbers can be spelled out in one category if
appropriate.
● Three students ate 5 bananas each, two students ate 10
bananas each, and seven students ate 6 bananas each.
● Common fractions in narrative text should be expressed in
words (e.g. one-tenth of the class; a four-fifths majority).
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● For decimal fractions, use a zero before the decimal point.
● Numbers immediately preceding a unit of measure should
always be in numerals (e.g., 3 ft., 5-mg dose, 12 lbs.).
● Use numerals to express fractional quantities, percentages,
ratios, percentiles, time, dates, and ages (e.g., 0.25, 6%, 20th
percentile, 6 years old, 5:00 PM, 3 hr 45 min).
● Use words to express any number that begins a sentence.
Where this becomes awkward, try to reword the sentence.
PREFERRED TERMS AND COMMON MISSPELLINGS
● Health care (two words)
● traditional Chinese medicine (only Chinese begins with an
upper case letter)
● Chinese Medicine (Medicine begins with an upper case letter)
● acupuncture and Oriental medicine (only the proper noun is
upper case)
● Western medicine; Eastern medicine (Western and Eastern are
upper case)
Medical Terminology
● Names of diseases should be lower case, unless they contain
proper nouns. For example, hypertension, cancer, Hodgkin’s
disease.
AOM Herbal Formulas
● The names of herbal formulas should be in italicized pinyin. All
letters should be lower case.
● Names of individual herbs should also be in italicized pinyin,
lower case. For example, sheng di; mai dong.
● Pathogenic Influences
● Terms such as wind, fire, damp, heat, and blood should be in
regular type (not italicized or in upper case).
Pinyin Terms
● Standardized terms expressed in pinyin should appear in lower
case regular type. Examples: qi, pinyin, zang fu, yin, yang.
Organ Systems
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● The Western terms for organs should begin with a lower case
letter. For example, heart, lung, blood, stomach.
● The AOM organ systems should be in regular type, with an
upper case first letter. Examples: Liver, Lung, Heart, Kidney,
Pericardium, Spleen; Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Stomach,
Gallbladder, Urinary Bladder, Sanjiao (also Triple Heater, Triple
Burner, Triple Warmer).
Point Names
● Point names should be expressed as follows (in this order):
prefix (two upper case letters, except for REN points which are
three), hyphen, point number, followed by the pinyin name in
parentheses. The pinyin name should begin with an upper case
letter. Example: ST-36 (Zusanli).
Use of Chinese Characters in Text
● Chinese characters (in text) should appear in parentheses
immediately following the English or pinyin term.
Pharmaceuticals
● The first letter of a brand name drug should be upper case; the
first letter of a generic drug should be lower case. Example:
Tylenol; acetaminophen
PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR
Commas
● In a series of three of more items, use a comma between all items
and before the final “and” or “or.” Example: She bought a textbook,
a novel, a magazine, and a newspaper.
● If a series of three or more items has internal commas, use a
semi-colon (instead of a comma) to separate the items. Example: On
July 4th, they brought cake; cookies; and red, white, and blue candy
to the picnic.
Commas and Periods within Quotation Marks
● Periods and commas always go within the quotation marks. Example:
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“The side effects of chemotherapy include nausea, fatigue, hair loss,
and loss of appetite,” said Dr. Yang.
● A question mark, exclamation point, dash, or semicolon goes inside
only if it is part of the phrase or sentence quoted. Examples: He
asked, “Are you ready?” Did she say, “I’m not ready”?
Acronyms
Spell out the full term on first use, followed by the acronym (upper
case initials) in parentheses. Use only the acronym thereafter
(except as below). Example: Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
(AOM) is a growing field in the United States. Many accredited AOM
programs can be found across the country.
● If an acronym is first defined in the abstract, define it again on first
use in the manuscript body.
● If the acronym is used infrequently, or with long sections between
usage, it may be helpful to define again, for clarity.
Prefixes
In general, the prefixes pre and post do not require hyphens. For
exceptions and more detailed information, please see the APA
manual or The Chicago Manual of Style.
Examples:
▪
▪
▪
postoperative; preoperative (But if using the
abbreviation pre-op, insert a hyphen.)
postchemotherapy; prechemotherapy
postsurgical; presurgical
CITATIONS AND REFERENCE LIST
Order of Entries
● Place entries in alphabetical order, by the surname (last name)
of the first author. If there is no author listed, use the first
word of the agency or organization name (e.g., American
Cancer Society). If there is no listed author or organization,
use the first word of the title.
● If two documents are written by the same author or group of
authors, order chronologically, with the earliest date first (i.e.,
an article from 2006 would appear before an article from 2009).
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● For assistance with referencing, students may find the software
program endnote helpful. A copy is available for use in the
Bastyr University library.
Reference List
● For articles with seven or less authors, list all authors.
● For articles with eight or more authors, list the first six
authors, then insert three ellipsis points, followed by the last
author’s name.
● List journal names in full, in italics
● Include doi number if available.
● Include the issue number in parentheses, after the volume
number, if available.
● Examples:
Document retrieved online (No retrieval date is needed for online
citations. Include date of document, if available, in parentheses after
organization or author.)
● All sources cited in the text must be listed in the References
section; all entries in the References section must be cited in
the text.
● For correct formatting of additional types of references, such as
conference proceedings, presentations, doctoral dissertations,
unpublished materials, etc., refer to the APA manual.
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Figure 2: Sample title page
DONGGUK UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES
< RESEARCH
TITLE
>
Submitted in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of
DOCTOR OF ACUPUNCTURE AND ORIENTAL MEDICINE
BY
< NAME >
< YEAR >
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Figure 3: Advisor acceptance page
ADVISOR ACCEPTANCE PAGE
To the faculty of DULA:
The undersigned find that the research of < NAME > is satisfactory
and recommend it be accepted.
RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE:
< RESEARCH TITLE >
______________________________
_______________________________
Date
DAOM Director
_______________________________
_______________________________
Date
Dean
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