Time

Category Type

Speaker

9am to 10.30am

Session I

 (60 min)

(15 min) Skill Assessment

(15 min) Feedback Assessment

Category 1

 

 

Category 3

Category 3

 Sample size determination and power analysis

 Contents:  Issues in sample size selection, determining optimal sample size in t test, ANOVA and survey studies, finding power in experimental research.

10.30am to 10.45am

 

Tea Break

10.45am to 12.15pm  

Session II

 (60 min)

(15 min) Skill Assessment

(15 min) Feedback Assessment

Category 1

 

 

Category 3

Category 3

Considerations in developing research studies in medical science.

Contents: Procedure in developing experimental study by enhancing systematic variance, controlling extraneous variance and minimizing error variance; ways and means of controlling the effect of extraneous variance.

12.15pm to 1.15pm

 

Lunch

1.15pm to 2.45pm  

Session III

 (30 min)

(30 min) Skill Assessment

(15 min) Feedback Assessment

Category 1

 

 

Category 3

Category 3

Different experimental designs in medical research

Contents: Understanding different types of designs and the situations in which they are used, case control designs for epidemiologic studies, non randomized trial designs and randomized controlled trials, Independent and repeated measures designs.

2.45pm to 3pm

 

Tea Break

3pm to 4.30pm

Session IV

 (30 min)

(45 min) Skill Assessment

(15 min) Feedback Assessment

Category 1

 

 

Category 3

Category 3

Practice session

Content: Use of SPSS for analyzing data on Clinico-Epidemiologic research; exercise on comparing of means in independent measures design with one-way and two way ANOVA, solving factorial experiment.

4.30pm to 5pm

Session V

Category 3

Open session: Question and answer.