Short Course on Statistical Computing using Epi Info

Short Course on Statistical Computing using Epi Info

The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is organizing a Short Course on "Statistical Computing" from 23rd - 25th May 2018.  This course will cover concepts of Data Management and Biostatistical Analysis using Epi Info software. Epi Info 7 is an open source software that enables creation of easy data entry forms, database construction, customized data entry and data analyses with epidemiological statistics, maps, and graphs for public health professionals.  The course is targeted towards Faculties, Ph.D and PG students from Health and Medicine background having basic knowledge of Bio-statistics. For more information Click here
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Researcher and Author Profiles: Opportunities, Advantages, and Limitations.

Researcher and Author Profiles: Opportunities, Advantages, and Limitations.

Gasparyan AY, Nurmashev B, Yessirkepov M, Endovitskiy DA, Voronov AA, Kitas GD. Researcher and author profiles: opportunities, advantages, and limitations. Journal of Korean medical science. 2017 Nov 1;32(11):1749-56. Have you often found yourself wondering- "Are the online platforms I use for getting information all very similar, or are they different?" For instance, how do you know if PubMed is any different from Publons? Would ScienceDirect give you the same results as ScienceOpen? So many of you use PubMed, but how many of you know that ORCID issues unique identifiers for authors and contributor names in PubMed so that you don't…
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Online access to health information resources in India, what more should we be doing?

Online access to health information resources in India, what more should we be doing?

My two recent posts - Literature searching and the ideal researcher, and Country wide access to databases / journals: an urgent need both brought in several comments and I thank every reader for these. We will be compiling the comments to see how we should move ahead. I am also happy to add that since my last posts, I have learned of one important development - that AIIMS Delhi and PGI Chandigarh are the first academic libraries in India to subscribe to EMBASE! I learned this at an event I attended at AIIMS Delhi last month. In fact this institution's library has access…
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