Department of Community and Family Medicine has organised a four-day workshop on "Data analysis with R software" and hands on training from October 11 to 14. The workshop was inaugurated on by Prof (Dr) Ajai Singh, Executive Director in presence of Prof. (Dr) Rajesh Malik, Dean Academics; Prof (Dr) Debasis Biswas, Dean Research and faculties from Dept. of CFM.
Prof (Dr) Arun Kokane, HOD, Dept of CFM & organizing chairperson welcomed the participants and guests and briefed about the various research activities conducted by the Department. He further highlighted about the R software and the perceived need of data analytic workshop by the faculty and the students in relation to their research projects and the solution of how that could be addressed through such workshops.
The Dean Research complimented the hands-on training and added that analysis can serve as a flavour to their research proposals. The Dean Academics commented that the skills acquired through such workshops can be disseminated and enable better writing of manuscripts with independence.
Executive Director appreciated the activities conducted by the dept and desired the support of organizing more events in the future for the benefit of a larger audience.
He further highlighted that such workshops might improve the research writing skills and enable submission of extramural projects with better quality from the institute.
He gave his best wishes to the department and its faculties. This workshop focused on the hands-on training of R software for Clinical researchers and public health practitioners. It is expected that skills gained through this workshop be translated into robust results writing and publication in journals of international standard.
A group photograph with the participants, guests and the organising team was taken, and the workshop would be continuing till October 14.