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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The Health Research Fundamentals Training course offers the candidates the fundamental concepts in biostatistics related to research methods and epidemiology with an overview of the qualitative research methods and experimental study design respectively. The course provides a depth study of the principles of data collection and data management. The course deals with topics like qualitative research methods and experimental study designs in the epidemiological considerations in designing a research study.

The course is having a multi faculty member from the National Institute of Epidemiology to help the candidate during the course duration. There are in total 7 instructors in the course who are faculty members of the National Institute of Epidemiology. The Health Research Fundamentals is a free online course offered by swayam for a better understanding of the fundamentals of health research.

After the completion of the Health Research Fundamentals Certification Syllabus, the candidate will get an E- certificate once they clear the certification qualifying criteria. The mode of teaching will be online where candidates can study according to their time preferences.

The Highlights

Free course
Self-paced learning
Certified course
E-certificate
8 weeks program
Undergraduate
Course type elective
Online learning
Multi faculty from the National Institute of Epidemiology

Programme Offerings

audio lectures
Readings
Books
references
assessments
assignments
video lectures
case study

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	NIE Chennai

The student has to pay the Health Research Fundamentals Fees which is Rs.1,000 for the examination.

Fee structure	Amount in Rs.
Exam Fee	1,000

Eligibility Criteria

Education

To take the Health Research Fundamentals Certification Course the candidate must be a student of undergraduate in the dental or medical or the nursing students or the candidate from AYUSH stream should have graduated in any discipline in order to enrol in the course.

Certification Qualifying Details

To get the Health Research Fundamentals Certification the candidates should achieve 75% marks minimum in the final proctored exam. They should also get a minimum of 25% average marks in 8 out of 12 assignments.

What you will learn

Knowledge of epidemiology

The students in the Health Research Fundamentals Online Course will learn the below-mentioned topics after the completion of the program.

The student will learn about the descriptive and analytical study designs.
They will learn about the qualitative research methods and experimental study design respectively.
The student will understand the methods and techniques of writing a research protocol.
The participants will be able to understand the principles of data collection and data management.
They will understand the bio-statistical considerations in designing a research study.
The students will gain the skill of designing data collection tools and selecting the study population.

Who it is for

Health Officer

The Health Research Fundamentals Certification program can be taken by the following people:

The candidate who belongs to the potential or current health researcher can take this course for a better understanding of the concepts.
Any undergraduate from the dental or medical or nursing students or the candidate from AYUSH stream should have graduated in any discipline can take this course.

Admission Details

The candidates who want to take admission in the Health Research Fundamentals Online Course have to follow these admission steps to enrol in the course.

Step 1. First of all click on the link given to visit the course website from where you can enrol in the program https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_hs09/preview

Step 2. Now go through the course overview and once you are done click on the “Sign-in/Register” option available there.

Step 3. Next, you have to sign for enrolling in the course and you can use your swayam account or Facebook or Google, or Microsoft account to register in the course.

Step 4. Once you sign you have to fill in all the details asked on the portal and after filling up all the details you will get a verification code on the email id which you have used to register in the course.

Step 5. Now enter that verification code and press the “click” option to verify the code.

Step 6. After the email id is verified you can start the course for free and learn according to your time convenience.

The Syllabus

Conceptualizing a research study

Literature review – Dr. P Ganeshkumar
Introduction to health research – Dr. Sanjay Mehendale
Formulating a research question, hypothesis, and objectives – Dr. P Manickam

Epidemiological considerations in designing a research study (1/2)

Descriptive study designs - Dr. Prabhdeep Kaur
Analytical study designs - Dr. Manoj Murhekar
Measures of disease frequency - Dr. R Ramakrishnan

Epidemiological considerations in designing a research study (2/2)

Qualitative research methods: An overview - Dr. Tarun Bhatnagar
Experimental study designs: Clinical trials - Dr. Sanjay Mehendale
The validity of epidemiological studies - Dr. Tarun Bhatnagar

Bio-statistical considerations in designing a research study

Calculating sample size and power – Dr. R Ramakrishnan
Sampling methods – Dr. R Ramakrishnan
Measurement of study variables – Dr. R Ramakrishnan

Planning a research study (1/2)

Study plan and project management – Dr. Sanjay Mehendale
Designing data collection tools – Dr. Tarun Bhatnagar
Selection of study population – Dr. P Ganeshkumar

Planning a research study (2/2)

Overview of data analysis - Dr. P Manickam
Principles of data collection – Dr. Prabhdeep Kaur
Data management – Dr. P Manickam

Conducting a research study

Conducting clinical trials - Dr. Sanjay Mehendale
Ethical framework for health research – Dr. Sanjay Mehendale

Writing a research protocol

Preparing a concept paper for research projects – Dr. P Manickam
Elements of a protocol for research studies – Dr. Tarun Bhatnagar
Publication ethics – Dr. Sirshendu Chaudhuri
Manuscript writing – Dr. Jayashree K
Grant proposal writing – Dr. S.A. Rizwan

Instructors

NIE Chennai Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What are the Health Research Fundamentals Certification Benefits to the candidate?

The candidates will find the logo of IIT Madras and NPTEL on the certificate. This increases the overall candidate profile weightage. This can be added to the resume or CV which will make the candidate a valued professional in their medical field.

2: Who can enrol in the course or who is this course for?

The candidate who is the health researcher of the undergraduate from the dental or medical or the nursing students or the candidate from AYUSH stream should have graduated in any discipline can take this course.

3: Who is the mentor in the course to guide the candidate?

There are multi-faculty members from the National Institute of Epidemiology to guide the candidate in the course.

4: What is the medium of teaching and what are the class timings?

The medium of teaching will be in English. Since the program is a self-paced one, candidates can readily refer to the program as and when possible.

5: Can a candidate enrol him/her in the various swayam programmes at the same time?

Yes, the candidate can enrol them in the various swayam courses at the same time.

6: How will the course certificate be provided to the candidate?

The E-certificate will be mailed to the candidate's respective mail id.

7: What is the mode of examination for the course certification?

The mode of examination will be offline where the candidate has to visit their exam center to give the examination.

8: Who is providing this course to the candidates?

The program is provided under the name of Health Research Fundamentals by Swayam a program launched by the government of India.