A Workshop on Research Methodology in Epidemiology & Biostatistics from 16th to 20th March 2020

A Workshop on Research Methodology in Epidemiology & Biostatistics from 16th to 20th March 2020

The workshop is organized by Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Collaboration with UDEHP) KAHER, Belagavi, Karnataka. This workshop will be useful for Faculty in Medicine, Health Research Scholars and Students preparing for Entrance Exam for Higher Ph. D etc The workshop covers: - Designing Studies, Protocol Writing & Statistical Fallacies; Literature Search & Review, Impact Factor; Study Designs, Sampling Techniques and Analysis; Sample Size Estimation and Study Designs and Diagnostic evaluation For more details: Contact: Organizing Secretary Dr. N.K. Tyagi, Professor and Head, KLE Acamedy Of Higher Education And ResearchDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, JNMC campus, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi -590010…
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The new PubMed is here! Learn something about it

The new PubMed is here! Learn something about it

In mid November 2019, the National Library of Medicine, USA announced the launch of the new PubMed. They mentioned that the new one will become the "default" from Spring 2020 - which will be around the 19th of March, 2020. It is time for us to start getting used to the new PubMed - both the good and the not so good, about the new PubMed. Here are some points of learning: The site address The new PubMed is available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ . If you have bookmarked the old, one, you will get a message asking you to try the…
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Research methodology teaching for undergraduate medical students – an interesting project

Research methodology teaching for undergraduate medical students – an interesting project

Development and implementation of a competency-based module for teaching research methodology to medical undergraduates. Patra S, Khan AM J Educ Health Promot. 2019 Aug 30;8:164 PMID:31544129 The authors did this study as a part of a FAIMER fellowship program (CMCL-FAIMER). It aimed to develop and carry out a "competency-based research methodology" training module for undergraduate students  and get the students' feedback on this. It was carried out in the Community Medicine Department, for 25 students in their 4th semester . The study was done in the year 2017. This group of 25 students were made to work in groups under…
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