ICMR Online Certification Course on Health Research Fundamentals: Apply by Aug 6

About:

National Institute of Epidemiology [NIE], Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR] is offering online programmes on conduct of human bio-medical research. The programme will be offered as NIE-ICMR e-Certificate – NieCer – Courses.

The first in this series, NIeCer 101: Health Research Fundamentals is a basic level course in health research methods. It will explain the fundamental concepts in epidemiology and bio-statistics related to research methods. This course will provide an overview of steps and principles for designing bio-medical and health research studies among human participants.

For whom:

Any current or potential health researcher. ICMR-NIE expects this course to be useful for individuals interested in pursuing health research in the roles of study investigators, clinical/public health researchers (physicians/counsellors, research associates, social scientists, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, data and quality managers etc.), scientists, ethics committee members and project managers.

Pre-requisites:

• Undergraduate students in medical / dental / nursing/ AYUSH streams.
• Graduate in any discipline.

Institutions That Will Value This Course:

Government/ private sector, public health service institutions/agencies, Post graduate institutions in biomedical and allied sciences, Medical Colleges/Universites,NGos engaged in health research, Clinical research organizations, Pharma companies and marketing research organizations.

Course Instructor:

All the instructors are faculty members for the two-year Master of Public Health [MPH] programme at the ICMR School of Public Health of the NIE, Chennai, India.

Course Duration:

20 hours in 8 weeks.

Learning Mode:

• Video lectures.
• Presentation slides.
• MCQ quizzes.
• Readings.

Final score will be calculated as: 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score.

Application Deadline: August 6, 2018.

Click here to register.

Contact:

Email: niecercourse@gmail.com

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