Short EpiData course: do participants use the data entry tool two years post-training?

Kumar AM, Chinnakali P, Shewade H, Gupta V, Nagpal P, Harries AD.Short EpiData course: do participants use the data entry tool two years post-training?Public Health Action. 2015 Dec 21;5(4):261-5. PMID: 26767181 Dr Ajay Kumar, the first author of this article, shared this study with us, since lots of it was relevant to the scenarios we faced with training. The study describes how the authors conducted workshops on the use of the tool EpiData for data entry of research data, and then studied the impact two years later. They discuss how accuracy in data entry is vital for research, but making students  aware…
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MECOR 2016 – A Research Methodology Workshop with a difference!

MECOR 2016 – A Research Methodology Workshop with a difference!

WHAT:  MECOR 2016- Methods in Epidemiology, Clinical & Operational Research - an event that takes place in India (MECOR India) every alternate year. The workshop is organized by a group of Physicians from the American Thoracic Society, USA, in collaboration with the Public Health Institute (USA), and in India, with the Indian Chest Society and the National Center for Disease Control. MECOR offers the program at three levels. Participants have to qualify for each level before going to the next one. The faculty includes three Indians - who have been participants in earlier MECOR programs. I have been a special lecturer in four out of…
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Resource: Therapeutic Guidelines

Resource: Therapeutic Guidelines - http://www.tg.org.au/Therapeutic Guidelines is a resource from Australia. It has a set of guidelines on several topics, written principally for prescribers (general practitioners and trainee physicians in particular) to provide clear, practical, succinct and up-to-date therapeutic information, for the management of patients with specific conditions. They cover all common disorders seen in clinical practice. Topics and sections are arranged according to diagnostic entities. Each section gives sufficient surrounding information to orient the reader, followed by succinct and explicit recommendations for therapy. The website specifies that the Guidelines are not primarily meant to instruct, but rather to assist…
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