Research Equity : A Capacity Building Workshop of Research Methodology for Medical Health Professionals

Abstract EN

Research is a cornerstone for knowledge generation, which in turns requires capacity building for its tools and techniques.

Despite having a vast infrastructure in India the research in medical science has been carried out in limited and focused institutions.

In order to build the capacity in carrying out research activities a five-day planning workshop was conducted at state run medical college.

Total 22 medical faculty members participated in the workshop with average public health experience of 12 years (range: 5–25 years).

The knowledge was assessed objectively by multiple-choice questionnaire.

The mean score increased from 6.7 to 7.9 from pre- to posttest.

About seventy-percent participants showed improvement, whereas 21.0% showed deterioration in the knowledge and the rest showed the same score.

Apart from knowledge skills also showed improvement as total 12 research projects were generated and eight were approved for funding by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi.

It can be concluded that a supportive environment for research can be built with the technical assistance.