NRSICON 2019- National conference on Systematic Review -A tool for Evidence based Practice- November 28- 30, 2019

NRSICON 2019- National conference on Systematic Review -A tool for Evidence based Practice- November 28- 30, 2019

MGM New Bombay College of Nursing have organized the 23rd Annual Conference – Nursing Research Society of India at MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai.The objective of the workshop is to learn basics of evidence health care, describes stages of systematic review, formulate research review questions, conduct relevant literature search, assess the quality of evidence, analyze and interpret the findings and finally write a review report. Our CEO, Vasumathi Sriganesh will be a key resource speaker on the topics – Literature searching and Reference management with Mendeley. For more information click here: http://www.nrsindia.org/
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Medical colleges & research outputs – need for escalation!

Medical colleges & research outputs – need for escalation!

Medical Research in Medical College in India: Current Scenario and Ways to Improve it Ghosh K, Ghosh K. J Assoc Physicians India. 2019 Apr;67(4):71-73. PMID: 31299844. The authors actually drop a bombshell when they say that they reviewed and discovered that 60% of research papers in indexed journals are published by just 6 - 10 medical colleges, when we have around 450 medical colleges in India! Now that is something to be concerned about! The authors have reviewed several papers and listed as well as cited various reasons for lack of good research out in the country's medical colleges. They…
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MCI – Online Course in Research Methodology

MCI – Online Course in Research Methodology

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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