Author of Article: DR. Gajanan Bhalerao (PT). MPTH NEURO, Certified Adult NDT therapist, HOD Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Dept in Sancheti Hospital Shivajinagar Pune, Associate Professor & HOD PT in Neuro Rehabilitation DEPT at Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Shivajinagar Pune
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik had organised a 7 day Research methodology workshop for all PhD scholars of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik from 16/04/2015 to 22/04/2015. Dr. Shekar Sakharam Rajderkar M.D ( Preventive & Social Medicine) Pro Vice-Chancellor Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik was the Chief organizer of workshop. The chief guest and one of the speaker was Prof. Dr. Arun Jamkar Vice-Chancellor.
We – all the PhD scholars are thankful to both of them fro organizing such an enriching and informative workshop on research methodology . In seven days they covered all the aspects of research methodology.
SCHEDULE OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP FOR P.h.D. SCHOLARS 16th – 22nd April 2015
Day 1 –16th April 2015
Time | Session | Facilitator |
10.00 to 10.30 am | Registration & Breakfast | |
10.30 to 11.30am | Inauguration | Hon.V.C. Prof. Dr. Jamkar Hon. Pro V.C.Dr. Rajderkar Hon.Registrar Dr.Garkal |
11.30 to 01.00 pm | Motivating people for Research | Hon. V.C.Prof.Dr.Jamkar |
01.00 to 01.30 pm | LUNCH | |
01.30 to 03.00pm | Criteria for Ph.D. Research | Hon.Pro V.C.Dr. Rajderkar |
03.00 to 05.00 pm | Types of Bio Medical& Social & Over Look Research(Tea will be served in the session) | Hon.Pro V.C.Dr. Rajderkar |
05.00 to 05.30 pm | Group Activity |
Day 2 – 17thApril 2015
Time | Session | Facilitator |
09.00 to 10.00 am | Breakfast&Tea | |
10.00 to 11.30am | Descriptive – Cross Sectional Studies | Dr. A.P.Kulkarni |
11.30 to 01.00 pm | Analytical Case Control Studies | Dr. A.P.Kulkarni |
01.00 to 01.30 pm | LUNCH | |
01.30 to 03.00pm | Descriptive –Longitudinal Studies | Dr. A.P.Kulkarni |
03.00 to 04.30 pm | Cohort Study, Nested Case Control Studies(Tea will be served in the session) | Dr. A.P.Kulkarni |
04.30 to 05.30 pm | Ethics in Medical Profession | Dr.Chavan K.D.(COE,MUHS) |
[Day 3 –18th April 2015
Time | Session | Facilitator |
09.00 to 10.00 am | Breakfast& Tea | |
10.00 to 12.30pm | Motivating people for Research | Hon. V.C. Prof. Dr.Jamkar |
12.30 to 1.30pm | Experimental Studies (Animal Studies) | Dr.M.D.Gokhale |
01.30 to 02.00 pm | LUNCH | |
2.00 to 03.30 pm | Invitro, invivo ,in ovo Studies, Xeno Diagnosis ,Transgenesis | Dr.M.D.Gokhale |
03.30 to 04.30 pm | Non Randomized Experimental Studies | Dr. J.V. Dixit |
04.30 to 05.30 pm | Randomized Control Trial(Tea will be served in the session) | Dr. J.V. Dixit |
Day 4 – 19thApril 2015
Time | Session | Facilitator |
09.00 to 10.00 am | Breakfast& Tea | |
10.00 to 11.30am | Types of Sample, Sampling Techniques, Cluster Sampling, Convenience Sampling | Dr. Ashok Vankudre |
11.30 to 01.00 pm | Pro’s & Con’s of Probability & Convenient Sampling, Sampling Errors, Bias, Confounding factor | Dr. Ashok Vankudre |
01.00 to 01.30 pm | LUNCH | |
01.30 to 03.00pm | Importance of Representative Sample in Ph.D. odds ratio, Relative Risk, Attributable Risk & Strength of Association | Dr. Seema Patrikar |
03.00 to 05.00 pm | Test’s of Significance(Tea will be served in the session) | Dr. Seema Patrikar |
05.00 to 05.30 pm | Group Activity |
Day 5 –20th April 2015
Time | Session | Facilitator |
09.00 to 10.00 am | Breakfast& Tea | |
10.00 to 11.30am | Research Methodology – Continued. Part – II | Hon.ProV.C.Dr.Rajderkar |
11.30 to 01.00 pm | Research Methodology – Continued. Part – III | Hon.ProV.C.Dr.Rajderkar |
01.00 to 01.30 pm | LUNCH | |
01.30 to 03.00pm | Health System Research with srt Impact evaluation of National Health programmes. | Dr.Daniel Joseph |
03.00 to 05.00 pm | Hypothesis ,Null Hypothesis ,Cooking or Tampering of data ,Plagiarism(Tea will be served in the session) | Hon.ProV.C.Dr.Rajderkar |
05.00 to 05.30 pm | Group Activity |
Day 6 – 21th April 2015
Time | Session | Facilitator |
09.00 to 10.00 am | Breakfast & Tea | |
10.30 to 11.15am | Ayurvedic Reseach Methodogy | Dr. Yogini kulkarniDr. Mohan Joshi |
11.15 to 12.15 pm | Ayurvedic Tools for Research | Dr. Yogini kulkarniDr. Mohan Joshi |
12.15 to 1.00 pm | Group activity 1:(Study designs, Ayurvedic Literature search) | All faculty |
01.00 to 02.00 pm | LUNCH | |
02.00 to 03.00 pm | Drug Research | Dr. Apoorva SangoramDr. Manasi Deshpande |
03.00 to 3.30 pm | Group activity 2:Drug Standardization for Ayurvedic Drugs | All Faculty |
03.30 to 04.30 pm | Clinical Trial, Reverse Pharmacology | Dr. Supriya BhaleraoDr. Yogini Kulkarni |
04.30 to 05.30 pm | Group Discussio, Question & Answer on:· Scientific Writing & Publication· Data Analysis, Statistics· Bibliography· Manuscriptology | Dr. Shekhar RajderkarAnd all faculty |
Day 7 – 22th April 2015
Time | Session | Facilitator |
09.00 to 10.00 am | Breakfast & Tea | |
10.00 to 11.30am | Homeopathic Research an over view | Dr.Kavishwar |
11.30o 01.00 pm | Homeopathy -The challenges in Research | Dr.Kumar Dhawale |
01.00 to 01.30 pm | LUNCH | |
01.30 to 03.00pm | Dr.Barwalia | |
03.00 to 05.00 pm | (Tea will be served in the session) | Dr.Bhasme |
05.00 to 05.30 pm | Valedictory | Hon.V.C.Prof.Dr.Jamkar Hon.ProV.C.Dr.RajderkarHon.Registrar Dr.Garkal |
Hon.V.C. Prof. Dr. Jamkar sir gave a very motivation and informative talk on “Motivating people for Research”.
Dr. Shekar Sakharam Rajderkar sir has given lot of emphasis on good research question and hypothesis of the study. If we are clear with the research question and hypothesis it is easy to design a study.
Research question-
- Should end with question
- Spell out variable- malaria, complication, cure
- Que framed correctly and ambiguously
- Who is the participant?- patient with malaria, typhoid
- Whould tell u the study design- descriptive, association,
- association study- factor a disease and B –risk factor
- association – analytical study
- efficacy/effect/efficiency study
Dr. A.P.Kulkarni gave very good lecture on Descriptive Studies. It made our idea more clear about descriptive studies.
Dr. J.V. Dixit explained the experimental studies very well.
Statistics is very difficult subject but Dr. Seema Patrikar made it look very simple.
Next few days there was discussion on Ayurveda and homeopathy research. It was good integration of different fields of medicines.
In day time we learned about the research and in evening time we enjoyed our stay in MUHS Nashik campus. They had arranged accommodation at the cost of just Rs 100/day. Staying arrangement was too good. It was good that we did not had TV in our room so we spent more time in interacting with each others, playing and walking around the university.
Every evening we physio and other faculty Phd scholars used walk daily 4-5 km around and out of University. These few moment with each others were the best moments of life. No professional tension, no personal issues. Just chatting around and walking. I never walked so much in my daily life. Going for dinner in different part of city. had dinner in hotels, food on small stalls, ice Gola, Pani puri..egg roll…. wow! The food was never tastier than that days.
After walking for dinner, we used to come back to university guest house, sit in the open lawns there and had brain storming session on discussing each others research project/synopsis. We discussed and refined our research question, study design, methodology hypothesis, statistical tests and review of literature. We had faculty from Ayurveda, biochemistry, homeopathy, PSM and physiotherapy. So we exchanged each others inputs in our project. Due to interdisciplinary discussion our problems solved in few minutes. It was the best learning session outside class room teaching.
I think, i learned and enjoyed the most only in these 7 days. It was the best learning experience with fun. I wish i could get chance to attend similar kind of workshops and stay in university campus every year. It was the best change from my professional life. I miss those day every day. That’s why i say ” SEVEN DAYS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP BY M.U.HS. NASHIK : THOSE WERE ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE!”
EXPERIENCE OF OTHER PHD SCHOLARS
Dr. Sachin S. Gawande PhD scholar Physiotherapist Lecturer Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Shivajinagar Pune
It was a huge knowledge fest for me, initially it was in mind that it will be boring oldies workshops around but it was so fascinated me that whole day it was research it has changed my mind a lot. those were days filled with fun with knowledge, morning roaming around the MUHS campus, then rush for Nashik special Break fast and brain stimulating research lecturer it was so fun.,
But its not end of it in the evening plastic ball cricket matches , roaming around the holy city of Nashik late night research discussions seriously it was not just a research workshop. it was a research picnic for me. 🙂 thank u guys for all this. thank Gajanan sir.
Dr. Saral Machhirke PhD scholar Physiotherapist Goverment Medical college and Hospital Nagpur
Note if any other PhD scholar want to share his or her experience here then he is welcome. Please send your experience on my email id gajanan_bhalerao@yahoo.com or you can write in the comments section. I will add that with your name in this blog.
those were days filled with fun with knowledge, morning roaming around the MUHS campus, then rush for Nashik special Break fast and brain stimulating research lecturer it was so fun.,
but its not end of it in the eveing plastic ball cricket matches 😛 , roaming around the holy city of Nashik late night research discussions seriously it was not just a research workshop. it was a research picnic for me. 🙂 thank u guys for all this. thank Gajanan sir.
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‘The seven days Research Methodology Workshop to be held by MUHS’ , the idea stating this was sucking before we were to register. It was how the hell university is going to do this on this short notice..and we were like..what we are going to do for seven days at university campus, leaving our family and responsibilty at home. we register and day came when we reached there..staying arrangement was done in guest house on sharing basis..Right from the start.. I found a amazing group of people from Sancheti College of Physiotherapy on the first day itself..I was knowing them by names only till then as they were my batchmates of Ph.D..but we met and I felt like we are friends from ages..and the journey started…registrations..lots of wonderful and educative sessions from Vice chancellor, Pro vice-chancellor and other faculties..very interactive, clear and mind-boggling sessions..we had so much of fun while studying too..and then at evenings it was the best time I ever had..Roaming in University campus, chats, roaming outside for dinner, movie masti, laughters till stomach ache, emotions, night chat kattas in campus and unending discussions over the thesis topics…everything was out of the world…I met and knew new people but some of them will remain in life for lifetime….leaving MUHS on last day was giving lump in throat !! Miss those days a lot …Hope they come again and we will live it to fullest again and again. Thanks MUHS for letting us know what is life all about !!!!
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