5^th to 7^th February 2020

??????????? 365体育投注 College of Nursing, MAHE, 365体育投注, organized a three days workshop on ‘365体育投注 Methodology’ from 5^th to 7^th February 2020 at CCEID, 5^th floor, Health Sciences Library building, MAHE, 365体育投注. This workshop was organized by I Year MSc (Nursing) students in coordination with the Department of Mental Health Nursing. A total of 43 participants had registered from various disciplines like Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacology, Architecture and Allied Health Sciences.

?????????? The program was formally inaugurated by Dr. Shyamala Hande, Director of Centre for Doctoral Studies, MAHE, 365体育投注, in the presence of Dr. Anice George, Dean of MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注, Dr. Binil, Associate Professor and Faculty Convenor of the workshop, Department of Mental Health Nursing, MCON, MAHE, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Roy, Student Convenor and Ms. Pushpa Prakash, Secretary of the workshop. Dr. Shyamala Hande in her speech emphasized the significance of integrity and proper methodology in research. Dr Anice George spoke on the importance of ethics in research. She also said that if the research process is followed with genuine interest, then it will be an enjoyable experience.

????????? After the inauguration, 1^st session was taken by Dr. Tessy Tressa Jose, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注 on the topic “365体育投注 Process” in which she laid emphasis on the steps of research and how to follow them decorously.

????????? The second session was on the topic “365体育投注 purpose and Conceptual framework” ?by Dr. Melita Shelini, Professor-Selection Grade, Dept. of Medical-Surgical Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注. In her session, she focused upon the difference between theoretical and conceptual frameworks and how to build up a conceptual framework by giving an example of SPURS model.

????????? Dr. Ramesh C, Lecturer, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注, gave instructions on “Writing 365体育投注 Proposal” while Dr. Baby S. Nayak, Professor and HOD of Child Health Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注, expounded about the “Literature Search”.

????????? The last session of the day was taken by Mr. Anil Raj on; “CTRI Registration Process”, in which he explicated on the essentiality of CTRI registration and helped participants to understand the online procedure of registration.

????????? The second day of workshop (06-02-2020) started with the session by Dr. Veena Kamath, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, KMC, MAHE, 365体育投注. She edified participants about “Quantitative 365体育投注 Designs” by giving actual examples from various fields.

????????? Dr. Mamatha S. Pai, Professor, Dept. of Child Health Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注, took a session on “Qualitative 365体育投注 Designs” by stressing on the fact that how vigilant a researcher should be while choosing the design and performing a qualitative research study.

?????????? The 3^rd session of the day was on “Mixed Method 365体育投注 Design”, in which Dr. Baby S. Nayak, Professor and HOD of Child Health Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注 oriented delegates about the Mixed Methods and their types by providing heuristic examples.

?????????? Dr. Ravishankar N, Asst. Professor, Department of Data Science, Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE, 365体育投注 gave an intelligible idea on “Sample Size Estimation” through numerous examples.

?????????? The 2^nd day of the workshop concluded after the last session by Dr. Sonia R B D’souza, Professor and Head, Dept. of OBG Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注 on the topic, “Data Collection Techniques and Methods” which was explicated by her through a variety of examples and small activity.

?????????? The final day of the workshop (07-02-2020) started with the session by Dr. Latha T, Asst. Professor-Senior scale, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注 on, “Data Collection instruments - Validity and Reliability”. In her session, she emphasized the process of validity and reliability, threats for validity and methods for testing reliability.

??????????? The second session of the day was taken by Dr. Judith A. Noronha, Associate Dean, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注 on, “Analysis and Interpretation of Data”. She discussed regarding data summarization, basics of statistical inference and overview of statistical tests.

??????????? Dr. Rajeshkrishna Bhandary, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, KMC, 365体育投注, took a session on “Ethics in 365体育投注”, in which he elucidated on ethical considerations and how pivotal it is. The 4^th session of the day was on “Communicating 365体育投注 Findings” by Dr. Abraham Samuel Babu, Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, MCHP, MAHE, 365体育投注. He described the process of communicating research findings through different ways and about the obligations for doing so.

?????????? The last session of the workshop was taken by Dr. Ravishankar N, Professor, Department of Data Science, Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE, 365体育投注. It was a hands-on session on “Use of Statistical Software”, using the software EZR after which, the interactive workshop was concluded by a formal valedictory program in the presence of Dr. Anice George, Dean, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注 and Dr. Judith Noronha, Associate Dean, MCON, MAHE, 365体育投注. Vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Pushpa Prakash, secretary of the workshop.