Communicating Research Effectively with R

Pre-Conference Workshop @ IAPSMCON 2024

🗓 February 07, 2024
⏰ 09:00 - 17:00
📍 Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Welcome to “Communicating Research Effectively with R!!”. This workshop is part of the IAPSMCON 2024 pre-conference workshops at KMC, Mangalore.

Overview

Why this workshop?

Effective communication of research findings has become an essential skill for the next generation of public health professionals, encompassing postgraduate students, senior residents, and faculty members. Recognizing this need, this workshop aims to foster the development of skilled health professionals proficient in the novel techniques and methodologies utilized in research communication.

Tailored to a diverse audience of postgraduate students, senior residents, and faculty members, the workshop equips participants with valuable skills in organizing the academic writing process, be it a journal article, thesis manuscript or an informal blog for a website.

Through the workshop, participants will learn to create well-organized manuscripts and deliver across complex ideas through impactful data representations, and convey their research outcomes effectively.

Objectives

  • To develop core competencies and skills in research communication among next-generation public health professionals, through the principles of reproducible research and providing hands-on experience with case studies and group activities.

Prerequisites

Essential:

  • Participants must bring their own laptops.
  • It is mandatory that the laptop be in good working condition.
  • Preferably with 16GB RAM.

Desirable:

  • Thorough understanding of core concepts in epidemiology and biostatistics.

Schedule

Woskshop Schedule
Communicating Research Effectively with R
IAPSMCON 2024 @ KMC, Mangalore
Time Session
09:00 - 10:00 Introduction and IceBreaker
10:00 - 11:30 Foundations
11:30 - 12:15 Creating your first document
12:15 - 13:00 Creating your first article
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Creating your first book
15:00 - 15:30 Group Activity and Presentations
16:00 - 16:30 Going Beyond..
16:30 - 17:00 Q&A and Feedback Session

Instructors

Resource Faculty

  • Prof. Biju Soman
  • Dr. Arun Mitra
  • Dr. Gurpreet Singh

Facilitators

  • Dr. Adrija Roy
  • Dr. Manikanda Nesan
  • Dr. Antony Paul