RESEARCH PROPOSAL WORKSHOP: PROGRAMME Week 1 (Half of the class [Group A+B or Groups C+D] divided into three subgroups): Well-come and introduction Group working- I : Parts of an article Steps in designing and conducting an epidemiologic survey: Comparison and hypothesis development Survey methods (I) Observational vs. experimental studies, descriptive and analytic studies Survey methods (II) (Cross-sectional studies) Evaluation of the day Week 2 (Within subgroups) Survey methods (III) (Case Control studies) Survey methods (IV) (Cohort studies) Survey methods (V) (Experimental studies) Group working: To decide most appropriate research design for a given problem Formulating the objectives (Topic, title, purpose) Group working: Formulating the general objectives, specific objectives for a given study Evaluation of the day Introduction to the Clinical Practice Year Two / 2012-13 RPW Week 3 (Within subgroups) Study population and sampling: definition of the specific terms
RESEARCH PROPOSAL WORKSHOP: PROGRAMME Week 1 (Half of the class [Group A+B or Groups C+D] divided into three subgroups): Well-come and introduction Group working- I : Parts of an article Steps in designing and conducting an epidemiologic survey: Comparison and hypothesis development Survey methods (I) Observational vs. experimental studies, descriptive and analytic studies Survey methods (II) (Cross-sectional studies) Evaluation of the day Week 2 (Within subgroups) Survey methods (III) (Case Control studies) Survey methods (IV) (Cohort studies) Survey methods (V) (Experimental studies) Group working: To decide most appropriate research design for a given problem Formulating the objectives (Topic, title, purpose) Group working: Formulating the general objectives, specific objectives for a given study Evaluation of the day Introduction to the Clinical Practice Year Two / 2012-13 RPW Week 3 (Within subgroups) Study population and sampling: definition of the specific terms