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MCI – Online Course in Research Methodology

MCI – Online Course in Research Methodology

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We recently learned that the MCI had made it mandatory for PG students and faculty to complete an online course - Basic course in Research Methodology. From what I checked and understood, the course is of eight weeks duration and students can take a little longer to complete it. They do need to complete it within certain stages of their PG duration. I checked the section "Literature Review". It is a half hour session. The session explains why one must do a literature review. It mentions some sources they must search. There is a short explanation about the use of…
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Delving into the minds of our target audience

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For nearly nine years, we at QMed, have been teaching, either by delivering lectures, or conducting workshops. In addition, we have helped people with their literature searches for their theses, articles they write, and even systematic reviews. It is indeed wonderful that we have reached out to a huge audience. The crying need in the country is however, tremendous. And we deliberate as to why we are unable to reach out to more, when everyone has praised our programs and sworn that they are very important. While there are several specific reasons for our workshops not reaching large enough numbers, we…
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Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years – a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years – a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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Ilic D, Tepper K, Misso M. Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Med Educ. 2011 Jul 28;11(1):49 This article is a protocol for an RCT which will be conducted in the Monash University, to assess the need, importance and various other aspects of teaching 3rd MBBS students about how to ask a focused question and how to do a literature search for EBM. The comparison will be done between a study group that receives training and a control group that does not. The…
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