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Short Courses on Biostatistics

Short Courses on Biostatistics

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The Biostatistics Resource and Training Center, Department of Biostatistics at Christian Medical College, Vellore is organizing its thirty-sixth Short course in Biostatistics from April 17-24, 2018 at CMC Vellore. The course is designed to introduce the principles of biostatistics, basics of epidemiological research and statistical procedures. It also intended to train researchers to calculate sample size in a simple manner using "nMaster 2.0" software. This course is targeted towards researchers of varied profession such as medicine, public health, life sciences, social sciences, nursing, epidemiology, biostatistics etc. Sr. No. Course Date Last date for Registration 1 Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Principles of Epidemiology…
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Sengupta’s Research Academy

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Writing a research project, may be a thesis or an article is something each health professional has to do throughout their medical career (or at least once during one's working life!).  However, many professionals find it difficult due to absence of proper understanding of research writing.  With years of research experience Dr. Sabhyasachi Sengupta felt that, lack of adequate training at in “research techniques” during undergraduate and postgraduate education creates big hurdle in research publication. Sensing this lacuna, he come up with the solution "Sengupta’s Research Academy" . "Sengupta’s Research Academy" is a web based portal dedicated to different aspects of medical…
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Finding Our Way Through Shades of Gray: 6 Virtues to Guide Researchers in Planning, Conducting, and Writing Up Research.

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O'Brien BC, Balmer DF, Maggio LA. J Grad Med Educ. 2017 Oct;9(5):555-559.  An article in a previous blog post offered a checklist of recommended practices that can help researchers to avoid the consequences associated with the ‘‘7 deadly sins’’ in medical research.  However, authors of this article felt that decisions in research are not always straightforward and also require consideration for uncertainty, complexity, circumstances, competing priorities, and values.  Hence,  they offer a set of six guiding principles to complement the recommendations on ‘‘7 deadly sins.’’ 1.Thoughtfully convening a research team:  While selecting team members a researcher should be clear about the goals of the research project and…
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