Workshop on “Research Methods”

Workshop on “Research Methods”

The Department of Biostatistics at Christian Medical College, Vellore is organizing a Workshop on “Research Methods” from March 5-7, 2018. This course is targeted towards Medical Faculty, Researchers, Epidemiologists / Scientists, and Statisticians / Biostatisticians. The course will cover concepts of Data collection tools, Research Designs, Biostatistical Methods, Data Organization, Reference Managers, Protocol Development, Critical Appraisal and some basic concepts that are necessary to do research. The last date for registration is 19th February 2018. For More details
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Is Abstract = Full Text?

Is Abstract = Full Text?

Scoping Review of Comparisons between Abstracts and Full Reports in Primary Biomedical Research. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2017 Dec;17(1):181. Are you among those people who decide to cite a paper by reading only its Abstract? If yes, then you need to think again. The possibility is you may miss some important findings which the abstract failed to include from the full text! Some of the reasons why readers almost always rely on the abstract alone are - the full text is in a foreign language, it is just not available anywhere, or it is too expensive to lay one's hands on.…
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Guest post: Dr Priyadarshini Kulkarni, Palliative Care Physician

Guest post: Dr Priyadarshini Kulkarni, Palliative Care Physician

I am a Palliative Care physician. I ventured to do a part time MSc in Palliative Care, with an International University. One element of this program was to write a systematic review on a topic as part of the thesis fulfillment. I had never done one before. And time was really scarce considering my work commitments and learning something new for research purposes. (A palliative care physician mostly sees patients in their terminal stages, and so cannot afford to delay attending to them). I was worried about the literature searching requirement, as I had never done a systematic search at…
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