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CERTIFICATE IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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COURSE CODE & TITLE	RMC31 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
COURSE DURATION	60 hours
COURSE AVAILABILITY	Once a year
MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION	English
MAXIMUM INTAKE	20
PREREQUISITES (General)	Graduate in health care field or life sciences Pre-final and final year student of healthcare and life sciences program
PREREQUISITES (Additional)	General IT skills
AWARD	6 CE UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The short course in Research Methodology offered by the Research Division of GMU is designed to meet the basic research needs of professionals in health and non-health care fields. Phase I covers research methodology and biostatistics that is a pre-requisite to clinical research.

COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of this course the students enrolling in the program will be able to:

Perform appropriate descriptive statistics in a given situation
Identify suitable statistical test procedures for a given data set
Perform literature searches and systematic reviews
Develop a research protocol
Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative research methods
Apply appropriate research methods to answer research questions
Identify the elements required to be included in an Informed Consent Form (ICF) and describe the informed consent process
Describe the role of the research committee in research
Describe research misconduct and explain the importance of honesty in research
Perform statistical procedures using statistical software for a given data set

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE PROGRAM

Graduate in Medicine or Dentistry
Graduate in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate in Allied Health sciences
Graduate/Diploma in Nursing
Graduate in any Life Sciences/ Social sciences program
Graduate in Information Technology
Pre-final and final year student of healthcare and life sciences program

COURSE CONTENT

This course is of three months duration consisting of the following units:
Basic Biostatistics
Research Designs and Protocol Development
Ethics in Biomedical Research
Data Management.

COURSE METHODOLOGY
The teaching methods in the course will include:
Lecture
Practical
Participant presentations
Group work

ASSESSMENT:
Phase I

		Weightage (%)
(In course)	Attendance	10
(In course)	MCQs, Assignments, and Research proposal presentation and submission	40
(End course)	MCQs, SAQs	50
	Total	100

Grading >=70% - Completed the course satisfactorily
< 70% - The examination should be repeated

Course Fee:AED 2500

VENUE OF STUDY
Information & Learning Center, Gulf Medical University

For academic advising and planning of their study schedule applicants are requested to contact: The Academic Coordinator, Office of the Assistant Director, Center for Continuing Education & Community Outreach, Gulf Medical University, Al Jurf, Ajman, UAE.

Continuing Education units

The course has been accredited for six continuing education (CE) units awarded by the University. Although these CE units cannot be transferred to satisfy credit requirements in any diploma or degree level courses in which the candidates may enroll at a future date, they could be counted in advancement of career by the relevant institutions.