First Cycle of Clinical Workshops---Report

First Cycle of Clinical Research Capacity Development Program
The KMU Directorate of R&D has developed a comprehensive clinical research capacity development programme for faculty and postgraduate students of health academic institutions. The programme includes training in the three basic essential fields of health research: Research Methodology and Proposal Development, Biostatistics and Bioethics. The programme which comprises of five workshops is planned to be implemented in regular 6 months cycles. The five workshops offered are:

1. Health Research Orientation Workshops
These two days workshops familiarize participants with the fundamental concepts of health research and give them an overview of the research process. The primary objectives are to improve understanding of research and motivate the participants to do research. These workshops are held on a monthly basis in rotation at the different public sector health academic institutions.
2. Medical Writing Workshops
The one day medical writing workshops take the participants through the various ways of communicating the results of their research with main focus on writing manuscripts for publication as research reports and journal articles and presentations at conferences and symposia. The workshop is held monthly in rotation at the different public sector health academic institutions.
3. Research Methodology and Proposals Development Workshops
 Through five days Research Methodology and Proposals Development workshops participants are guided and facilitated to develop research proposals. At the end of the workshop participants are expected to have developed a first draft of their research proposal. Further development and finalization of the proposal is encouraged through mentoring provided by the KMU Directorate of R&D. The workshop is held every three months in the conference room of Khyber Medical College.
4. Biostatistics and SPSS Workshops
 The three days biostatistics and SPSS workshop gives hands-on training on Biostatistics the use of SPSS package for health research data analysis. The workshop is organized every month at the different public sector health academic institutions.
5. Bioethics Workshops
 This two days workshop organized in collaboration with the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CEBEC), Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi.  The objective is to enhance the understanding of the principles of Bioethics and their application in health research and medical practice. One workshop is organized in a six months cycle.