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Announcement: SnapStats Session – Ask your Queries to Experts from BCBR

Dear course participants,

We hope you are staying safe.

 

The BCBR team at ICMR-NIE had initiated ‘SnapStats’ to augment the core learning among participants of BCBR. Accordingly, a series of live Webcasts are being streamed through YouTube Live.

 

As part of the SnapStats programme, we have planned for a special Q&A session, wherein Experts from BCBR clarify the doubts and queries from the participants in a live interactive session.

The live interactive session 'Ask the BCBR Experts' is tentatively scheduled on 2nd July 2021,

 

Use google form attached to pose questions on your own biomedical research projects to ICMR-NIE experts.

 

https://forms.gle/3KgP66FbmP78tdNh6

 

 

These will be answered by the experts during the designated SnapStats session.

 

Watch the sessions live at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOz-4lufxxfm4njksLDs9Cg

 

 

Wish you a happy learning experience!

- BCBR Team

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Announcement: SnapStats Session 2 - Confidence Intervals

Dear course  participants,

We hope you are staying safe. 

We are happy to announce the second session of SnapStats on YouTube Live.

Join us tomorrow for a brief talk on “Confidence intervals”.

Don't miss the opportunity to interact with the speakers with your queries and doubts.

Kindly share this information with your friends as well.

Date: 30-04-2021, Friday

Time: 04:00 - 04:30 P.M.

Webcast link:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOz-4lufxxfm4njksLDs9Cg

If you missed our first session on "What is p-value?", kindly watch it here (https://youtu.be/vR3UsqayhU8)

Details of future sessions will be communicated later.

Wish you a happy learning experience!

- BCBR Team   

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Basic course in Biomedical Research- Cycle 2: Results Published!

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Pattern of final proctored exam for BCBR – Cycle 2

2. Pattern of online exam: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with one best answer. Questions will be based on material from the lecture videos,
    lecture handouts, assignment questions, reading/resource materials, and discussion forum.

3. Total number of questions is 100 (each question carries 1 mark). There is no negative marking.

4. Duration of online exam is 3 hours. Candidates will be allowed to leave after a minimum duration of 90 minutes.

5. Some questions may need simple calculations. For this purpose, online calculator would be available on the computer being used for examination.

--Team BCBR

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Basic course in Biomedical Research- Cycle 2 - Update on Dec 2020 Exam!!

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Announcement on last date for BCBR Cycle 2 (March-June 2020) exam registration

Attention for the eligible participants to register for proctored exam
in Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 2

Dear course participant,

Those who have received the eligibility mail to register for BCBR Cycle 2 exam kindly note the timeline and fees structure.  

Exam registration timeline	Exam fees
Before 28 October 2020; 10:00 AM	Rs.1000
After 28 October 2020; 10:00 AM                        to 02 November 2020; 5:00 PM	Rs.1500
Last date for exam registration: 02 November 2020 (Friday) 5:00 PM

 

Pay the exam fees and submit the form well in advance to avoid last minute rush.

Watch the video tutorial completely on how to register for BCBR exam before filling up the exam registration form.



-Team BCBR

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Announcement on last date for BCBR Cycle 2 (March-June 2020) exam registration

Attention for the eligible participants to register for proctored exam
in Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 2

Dear course participant,

Those who have received the eligibility mail to register for BCBR Cycle 2 exam kindly note the timeline and fees structure.  

Exam registration timeline	Exam fees
Before 28 October 2020; 10:00 AM	Rs.1000
After 28 October 2020; 10:00 AM                        to 02 November 2020; 5:00 PM	Rs.1500
Last date for exam registration: 02 November 2020 (Friday) 5:00 PM

 

Pay the exam fees and submit the form well in advance to avoid last minute rush.

Watch the video tutorial completely on how to register for BCBR exam before filling up the exam registration form.



-Team BCBR

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Pattern of final proctored exam for BCBR – Cycle 2

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Delay in responding email queries on exam registration for BCBR Cycle-2 (March-June 2020)

Dear course participant,

We are currently receiving more than the anticipated number of email queries regarding exam registration for Cycle 2 of BCBR.

At BCBR, we always strive to reply to every email as soon as possible. However, due to unforeseen administrative constraints we may not be able to respond to your query immediately. Nevertheless, we assure you that your queries will be replied, albeit with some delay. So, kindly bear with us.

We also request you to watch the video tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmprYvTeoVA&t=1s) completely on how to register for BCBR exam before filling up the exam registration form. This will clarify most of your queries. If you still have doubts, kindly email us.

Team BCBR.

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Video tutorial to fill Exam Registration Form

This announcement is only for those who have received the ‘Eligible’ mail to register for the final proctored exam for BCBR-Cycle 2 (March-June 2020)

Dear course participant,

 

Kindly click this link https://youtu.be/mmprYvTeoVA to watch a video tutorial on ‘How to fill the Exam Registration Form for BCBR – Cycle 2 final proctored exam.

 

For any queries related to filling the Exam Form, kindly send email to noc19-ge33@nptel.iitm.ac.in

 

Team BCBR.

 

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Basic course in Biomedical Research- Cycle 2 : Exam Registration form is open now for cycle 2!!!

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Announcement to BCBR cycle 2 participants to migrate to cycle 3

Dear course participant,

·          If you have previously enrolled in cycle 2 but could not complete the assignment submission or you scored less than 50%, then you need to enroll in BCBR cycle 3 to retake the course.

·          You can still access your cycle 2 records from the course page.

·          Please watch the tutorial on “How to migrate from cycle 2 (assignment incomplete /failed) to cycle 3 of the online BCBR course (https://youtu.be/CzcGv1xv_qc) for more details.

 -BCBR Team

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Announcement for cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020) participants

Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun2020) : Delay in exam registration process

 

Dear course participants,

 

Your assignment scores for cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020) is available in the Progress tab of your course page.

 

The marks displayed in the top set (Assignment 1 to Assignment 23) is for cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020). A minimum of 50% in consolidated assignment score is required to register for the final examination.

 

The exam registration process and the final exam dates for cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020) are kept on hold by our technical partner NPTEL due to COVID-19 circumstances. 

 

Once the exam dates are finalized by NPTEL, you will receive an eligibility notification and the link for exam registration in your enrolled email ID. Stay tuned to the course page for exam related updates.

 

-BCBR Team

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Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020): Assignment evaluation changes

Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020 ): Assignment evaluation changes

 

Dear course participant,

This is to inform you about the changes in the evaluation of Basic Course in Biomedical Research cycle 2 assignment (Mar-June 2020). The following questions were identified to have issues in them and therefore they are not considered for scoring. For each lecture, the score obtained is calculated as a percentage based on the number of valid questions.

 

Details are given below:

Assignment 3: Literature review

Question no: 6. All the following are examples of databases EXCEPT

a)     MEDLINE

b)     EMBASE

c)     CINAHL

d)     Google scholar

Remark: All the four options are examples of database.

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Assignment 6: Analytical study designs

Question no: 3. Relative risk is a

a)      Rate

b)      Ratio

c)      Proportion

d)      None of the above

Remark: Correct answer is b) Ratio

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Assignment 8: Validity of epidemiological studies

Question no: 2. Blinding in an epidemiological study is a way to deal with:

a)     Chance

b)     Selection Bias

c)     Information Bias

d)     Sampling Error

Remark: Both b) and c) options are correct.

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Assignment 14: Study plan and project management

Question no: 2. Which of the following can be considered true in case of an ad hoc approach to conduct a research study?

a)     Its advantages are the low development effort and possibility of getting results in a short time span

b)     Its advantage is that the accuracy of the results is usually high

c)     Only ‘a’

d)     Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

Remark: Both a) and c) options mean the same and are correct.

 

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Assignment 20: Conducting Clinical Trials

Question No: 10. Which of the following are methods for identifying and preventing potential harm to study participants?

a)     Adverse and serious adverse events reporting

b)     Periodic review of the project by Data Safety Monitoring Board

c)     Close watch on enrolment targets

d)     Regular monitoring of the trial by a pre-identified monitoring agency

Remark: The question should have read “Which of the following is NOT a method for identifying and preventing potential harm to study participants?” for which the correct answer would have been option “c) Close watch on enrolment targets”

 

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Last one day remaining for assignment submission

Assignment Submission for Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 2 (Mar - Jun 2020)

• The last date for assignment submission is 30 June 2020 (2020-06-30, 23:59 IST, Tuesday)

• A minimum of 50% in total assignment score is essential to register for the examination.

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Announcement on session feedback

Session Feedback-Basic Course in Biomedical Research

Dear course participants,

Kindly give your lecture-wise feedback by clicking the highlighted "CLICK HERE" provided under the session feedback section.  

Your feedback is of course completely anonymous. Your valuable feedback will be highly appreciated.

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Last date for Assignment Submission

Assignment Submission for Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 2 (Mar - Jun 2020)

• The last date for assignment submission is 30 June 2020 (2020-06-30, 23:59 IST, Tuesday)

• A minimum of 50% in total assignment score is essential to register for the examination.

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NPTEL Jan-Apr 2020 - Update about PASS Certificate

Dear Learner,

 
This announcement is only for those who registered for final exam(cycle 1).

The Assignment score sheet and Modified Pass certificate, if you are eligible for it, for the course "Basic course in Biomedical Research" have been generated.

 

How to access Candidate login:

Please login to https://nptel.ac.in/noc/ (preferably in incognito mode) with the exam registered email ID to check the same.

 

Average Assignment score is calculated as follows:

Please check Candidate login for details.

 

Modified pass certificate:

If this score >= 50/100 (which is also one condition for certificate eligibility), we will issue a modified Pass certificate.

If this score <50/100, this certificate will not be issued.

 

Note:

We have been advised by NIE that:

• THIS WILL BE YOUR YOUR FINAL CERTIFICATE

• No further exam will be conducted for this course by NPTEL on a future date

• 80% of the exam fees will be refunded.

 

For any queries, please write to support@nptel.iitm.ac.in

As announced earlier there will be NO dispatch of certificate hard copies. 

Also, the certificate publishing link for social media is currently disabled.

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Last date for Assignment Submission

              Assignment Submission for Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 2 (Mar - Jun 2020)

• The last date for assignment submission is 30 June 2020 (2020-06-30, 23:59 IST, Tuesday)

• A minimum of 50% in total assignment score is essential to register for the examination.

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NPTEL: Latest update on Exams for Jan 2020 semester

Dear learner,

This is with regard to the Jan-Apr 2020 NPTEL exams. Based on the feedback received the last couple of days from several stakeholders such as learners, colleges, etc, we have decided on the following:

Cancelling the exams scheduled for 23/24/25 June through TCS

1. Attested Assignment Score sheet:  For ALL exam registered candidates:

We will issue an attested assignment score sheet letter, regardless of your assignment score - which can be used as appropriate.

2. Modified Pass certificate: Based on Average Assignment score

We will calculate the Average Assignment score as follows:

Average of the best 3/6/8 assignments for courses of duration 4/8/12 weeks (or as announced apriori in the course in case of changes)

If this score >= 40/100 (which is also one condition for certificate eligibility), we will issue a modified Pass certificate.

If this score <40/100, this certificate will not be issued.

This certificate will not be counted towards the Domain certification as a completed course. Similarly, we will not be issuing an AICTE-NPTEL FDP certificate also based on this.

3. A generic letter from our side - request to College authorities to accept this as per their requirement will be put up on nptel.ac.in, can be downloaded and used

We will put up a pdf in which we will explain the assignment score sheet and the Pass certificate and request them to accept and process further. We will also independently approach the ministry, AICTE and UGC to convey this new process for Jan 2020 semester to all universities.  

Regarding the conduct of exams in future:

Independent of the Pass certificate and the Attested assignment score sheet mentioned above, in order to plan for a possible exam sometime in the future, we will share another form after the above activities are completed, with 2 choices:

 

a. Cancel and refund - Those who are very sure that they would not want to appear for regular proctored NPTEL exams and want a refund - can choose this. We will refund the money. We may not be able to open registrations again in this case if you wish to appear for it later.

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UPDATE ABOUT NPTEL JAN-APR 2020 EXAMS

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NPTEL:New Exam dates and options for Jan-Apr 2020

Dear Learner,

NPTEL exams scheduled for 29 March, 25/26 April 2020 have not been conducted so far, owing to the prevailing situation.
We now have the following options for you for the courses chosen by you to write exams:

OPTION 1: REMOTE PROCTORED ONLINE EXAM (can be taken from your current residence or any other suitable place)
You only need a laptop/desktop, webcam, mic and good internet connection to take this exam. Possible dates :12 June 2020 to 21 June 2020 (actual date for every course will be finalised once we get the number of learners opting for this)
If you pass, you will be eligible for NPTEL course certificate

OPTION 2: IN PERSON PROCTORED EXAM AT FIXED EXAM CENTRES
We will be conducting exams with TCS iON (like we normally do) for which you have to appear in person at the designated exam centre in the city chosen by you.
The exam dates will be 23,24,25 June 2020 for this.
If you pass, you will be eligible for NPTEL course certificate

OPTION 3: CANCEL EXAM AND TAKE A REFUND
NPTEL certificate will NOT be issued in this case and you will only get an attested assignment score sheet.
Last date to fill this form: June 7 2020 - 10am
Link to the form :bit.ly/NPTELExamOptionForm
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More details about the options:
Option 1: What is required to choose Online remote proctored exam?
We have finalized an online exam vendor with remote proctoring to conduct exams for those who have the following facilities:

• A laptop/desktop with webcam, audio and stable internet connection.
• You can write the exam from wherever you are.
• Please check system requirements shown below.

If you wish to take the remote proctored online exam online, please follow the following steps.
STEP 1:
Mock Test
You will receive an email with Link for a Mock Test. Please go ahead and use this link to test your system requirements and compatibility.

• The duration of this Mock test will be 10 mins.
  
• This Mock Test has to be completed in order to check your system’s compatibility to take the remote proctored online exam.
• Hence, completing this Mock test is Mandatory for those who wish to take the remote proctored online exam.
• Those who do not complete the Mock Test successfully will not be able to participate in the remote proctored online exam.

STEP 2:
If you are able to successfully complete the Mock test and submit the answers to the dummy questions, you can opt for the remote proctored online exam.
Please note:
If you are unable to complete the mock test (due to system infrastructure mismatch - webcam not working or insufficient internet speed,etc) we will not be able to include you for the online remote proctored exam.
Please choose the Backup option in case the trial for the online remote proctored exams to be held this week do not go well.You can either opt for in-person exams at designated centres or cancel the exam and take a refund.
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OPTION 2: IN PERSON PROCTORED EXAM AT FIXED EXAM CENTRES

We will be conducting exams with TCS iON (like we normally do) for which you have to appear in person at the designated exam centre in the city chosen by you.
The exam dates will be 23,24,25 June 2020 for this.

• We will ensure you will be able to write the exams you have registered for without a clash in slots.
• We, along with the exam partner, will make sure that exams will be conducted by following appropriate social distancing norms and hygiene rules as required in the current situation.
• It will be your responsibility to ensure that you reach the centre to give the exam.
• We will try and ensure conduct of exam in the cities given in the list, but if in case for any unforeseen reason, we are unable to conduct the exam in the city chosen by you, we will refund 80% of the exam fee and you will not get the certificate from us.

Same final score calculation and pass criteria as mentioned in the Course introduction page will be applied and NPTEL certificates will be given as per that.
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OPTION 3: CANCEL EXAM AND TAKE A REFUND
You can choose to cancel your exam and take a refund. We will refund 80% of the fee you have paid, retaining 20% towards administrative costs. An attested assignment score sheet will be issued to you in this case.
Link: bit.ly/SampleAssignmentLetter
In this case, you will NOT get an NPTEL certificate for the course.

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IMPORTANT:

• Those of you graduating this year and who definitely need an NPTEL certificate - we suggest that you should make a serious effort in attempting this online remote proctored exam. As you know, the in-person-at-centre exam has a lot more dependencies on external factors. So please try to arrange for the systems per the requirements and attempt this online exam.
• The above 3 options can be exercised for each of the courses registered for individually.
• If you pass the course as per the certification criteria, the certificate will be the same as we normally give.
• You can choose either the online exam session or the in-person session to write the exam. If you miss that we will be unable to provide another opportunity to take up the exam this semester. The fees paid will be used towards this one session.
• Fees will not be refunded if you participate in this exam and then could not complete the exam for any reason whatsoever.

Warm regards
NPTEL team
Write to support@nptel.iitm.ac.in in case of queries. The office is not yet opened and phone lines are not yet operational and hence kindly email us.  

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Last few days remaining for enrollment

Few days remaining for enrollment in "Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)"

1. The last date for enrollment is 1^st June 2020 23:59 IST (Monday)

2. To enroll please click on https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc19_ge33/preview

3. No further extension of date for enrollment for the current cycle

4. Pass this information to your friends/colleagues who are not enrolled in this course

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Basic course in Biomedical Research - NPTEL Exam Postponed

Dear learner,

Hope you are staying safe and keeping well. 

Many of you have been wondering about the status of exams and writing to us or posting on the forums. 

In view of the current situation all across the country, we are postponing the NPTEL exams that were scheduled to have happened on March 29,April 25 and April 26.

We are still unsure about the dates for conducting the same as it depends on how things change. We will keep you informed through email and sms as we finalise the options.

Once the dates are finalised, we will also allow you:
1. to cancel your exams if the future dates announced by us do not suit you 
2. to change cities selected, if required.

Please check the course Announcement section, your email (spam/junk folders also) and ask your friends/college for updates so that you don't miss it.

Please write to support@nptel.iitm.ac.in for any clarifications/concerns.

Warm regards

Nptel team

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Announcement on the importance of enrollment email id

DO NOT USE MORE THAN ONE EMAIL ID TO ENROLL IN THE COURSE!!!

·        The participant who enroll in this course should use the same email id as the course undergoes the following processes

1.     Enrollment 

2.     Submission of Assignments

3.     Receiving the eligibility mail for examination registration

4.     Examination registration 

5.     Receiving hall ticket 

6.     Proctored examination results

7.     Collecting e-Certificates

·        Do not use more than one email id for enrollment and assignment submission to avoid receiving multiple confusing information for proctored examination

·        Assignment submitted using any other email id will not be taken into consideration towards the final consolidated score & certification

·        You will receive all notifications related to the course to your enrolled email id only

·        The responsibility of keeping the email id valid till the end of the course lies with the participant. Hence, it is recommended that the participant preserves the enrollment credentials (i.e., username and password) securely throughout the course

  -         BCBR Team     

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Announcement on queries by course participants

Post queries through e-mail

Dear course participants,

Due to the present lockdown condition amid COVID-19 pandemic, our staffs of Basic Course in Biomedical Research are working from home. Therefore, we will be unable to attend your telephonic queries until further notice. However, you can always reach us via email and send us your technical/administrative queries related to the course to this email address (niecourse@nieicmr.org.in) and we will gladly respond to the same at the earliest. 

Happy learning and stay safe!

BCBR Team

 

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Announcement on submission of assignments for Basic Course in Biomedical Research: Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)

Submission of assignments for
Basic Course in Biomedical Research: Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)

·       To access the assignments for lecture 1 to 23, Click on “Basic Course in Biomedical Research: Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)” under “Course outline” on the left side of the course page. “Quiz: Assignment” will be available under each lecture

   

·       To view the steps for submitting the assignments Click: https://youtu.be/5T28Eu1RQL8?t=588

 

·       The deadline for submission of assignments (Cycle 2) is 23:59 pm on 30 June 2020 (Tuesday)

 

·       The assignments score will be shown only after the deadline (i.e., after 30 June 2020) in the “Progress” page

·       It is recommended that all the assignments (Lecture 1- Lecture 23) are preferably submitted using desktop or laptop to avoid probable technical difficulty in submission of assignments through mobile application

 

 

-        BCBR Team

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Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 2 (Mar-June 2020): Assignments for lecture 4 to lecture 23 is available now

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Announcement regarding 29 March 2020 exam postponement of Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 1(Sep-Dec 2019)

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Basic course in Biomedical Research : March 29, 2020, NPTEL Exam Postponed

Dear Candidate

Thank you for registering course for March 29, 2020 NPTEL Exam.

Taking into consideration the current situation, we are postponing the NPTEL exam scheduled for March 29, 2020 exam.

We will keep you posted about the final date for the exam shortly. Please check your email/course announcement for further updates.

(We will revert on cancellation, city change, and other logistics once we finalize on our side. Till then request you to wait patiently)

- NPTEL team

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Announcement on availability of assignments (lectures 4 to 23) for Basic Course in Biomedical research: Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)

Dear Course participants,

Release of assignments (lectures 4 to 23) for Basic Course in Biomedical research: Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)  

     

Basic Course in Biomedical research Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Announcement on Basic Course in Biomedical research: Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020) Assignments

Release of assignments (lecture 1-3) for Basic Course in Biomedical research:  Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)  

• The assignments for lecture 1, 2 and 3 are now available
• The assignments for lecture 4 to 23 will be released later
• The assignments consist of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) 
• Each topic has 10 MCQs
• Each MCQ carries one mark 
• There is no negative marking
• The deadline for submission of assignments is 23:59 pm on 30 June 2020 (Tuesday)
• You may submit the assignments any number of times before the deadline. i.e., 23:59 pm on 30 June 2020 (Tuesday)
• The final submission will be considered for scoring
• Your score will be shown only after the assignment submission deadline (i.e., after 30 June 2020)

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Announcement on Steps to Submit Assignments

Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)

·       Step 1: After signing in, click “Basic course in Biomedical Research” under Course     

                   outline in the top left of the course page.

·       Step 2: At the end of the lecture, find “Quiz: Assignment” for each lecture.

·       Step 3: Click on any of the “Quiz: Assignment”. The assignment page will open.

·       Step 4: Complete the assignment by choosing the appropriate answer.

·       Step 5: Verify your answers before submitting and click “Submit Answers”.

·       Step 6: The confirmation of submission will be displayed on the top of the page  

                    as “Thank you for taking the assignment”.

 

·       For submitted assignments, you could find the following message “Your last recorded submission was on Date, Time IST” under the Assignment topic.

·       You may submit the assignments any number of times before the deadline. i.e., 23:59 pm on 30 June 2020 (Tuesday). The one which last submitted will be considered for scoring.

·       Each of the 23 lectures will have online assignments consisting of 10 multiple choice questions (MCQs) each. Thus ‘total assignment score’ sums to a maximum of 230.

·       There is no negative mark.

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Welcome message to course participants joined in Basic Course in Biomedical Research: Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020)

Welcome message to course participants 

Dear course participants,

We thank you for joining the online course Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun 2020).  You can now access the course lectures.

Lectures:

Conceptualizing a research study

 

1. Introduction to health research – Dr. Sanjay Mehendale

2. Formulating research question, hypothesis and objectives – Dr. Manickam Ponnaiah

3. Literature review – Dr.P.Ganeshkumar

Epidemiological considerations in designing a research study

4. Measures of disease frequency – Dr.R.Ramakrishnan

5. Descriptive study designs – Dr. Prabhdeep Kaur

6. Analytical study designs – Dr. Manoj V.Murhekar

7. Experimental study designs - Dr. Sanjay Mehendale

8. Validity of epidemiological studies – Dr.Tarun Bhatnagar

9. Qualitative research methods – Dr.Tarun Bhatnagar

Bio-statistical considerations in designing a research study 

10. Measurement of study variables -– Dr.R.Ramakrishnan

11. Sampling methods -– Dr.R.Ramakrishnan

12. Calculating sample size and power -– Dr.R.Ramakrishnan

 

Planning a research study

13. Selection of study population- Dr.P.Ganeshkumar

14. Study plan and project management – Dr. Sanjay Mehendale

15. Designing data collection tools - Dr.Tarun Bhatnagar

16. Principles of data collection - Dr. Prabhdeep Kaur

17. Data management - Dr. Manickam Ponnaiah

18.  Overview of data analysis - Dr. Manickam Ponnaiah

Ethical issues in conducting a research study

19. Ethical framework for health research - Dr. Sanjay Mehendale           

20. Conducting clinical trials - Dr. Sanjay Mehendale

Writing a research protocol

21. Preparing a concept paper for research projects - Dr. Manickam Ponnaiah

22. Elements of a protocol for research studies - Dr.Tarun Bhatnagar

23. Publication Ethics – Dr. Sirshendu Chaudhuri

Steps to access the course

 

• Access course home page from the link: https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc19_ge33/preview
• Login using the e-mail ID that was used to enroll for the course
• Click on your user ID on the right side of login page then click on "MY COURSES" tab
• Your course page will open, click on "Go to course" tab
• Click on the specific topic to access the corresponding lectures on the left panel of the home page (below "Course outline")
• Please select “CLICK HERE” in session feedback under each lecture to submit your valuable feedback.

 

Wish you a happy learning experience!

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Announcement on availability of previous assignments

Availability of answer keys of assignments for Cycle 1 (Sep-Dec 2019)

The assignment questions along with answer keys for Cycle 1 (Sep-Dec 2019) are available on your course page under 
     
‘Cycle 1 (Sep-Dec 2019) Assignments’. 

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Announcement for participants who had secured less than 50% in total assignment score in Basic Course in Biomedical Research: Cycle 1 (Sep-Dec 2019)

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Announcement on Last date for exam registration

Attention for the eligible participants to register for certificate exam
Basic Course in Biomedical Research

 

·       You can choose one of the three exam dates given in the drop down list (29 March, 25 April, 26 April) while filling the exam registration form

·       Accordingly, the last date for exam registration will be as follows:

Date of examination chosen	Last date for submission of exam registration form (on or before)
29 March 2020	21 Feb 2020 (Friday), 5:00 pm
25 April 2020	20 March 2020 (Friday), 5:00 pm
26 April 2020	20 March 2020 (Friday), 5:00 pm

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Announcement on Online Exam Pattern

Online Exam Pattern – Basic Course in Biomedical Research

·       Pattern of online exam- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with one best answer. Questions are based on material from the lecture videos, lecture handouts, assignment questions, reading/resource materials, discussion forum.

·       Total questions in the online exam – 100 (each question carries 1 mark). There is no negative marking.

·       Duration of online exam - 3 hours. The candidates would be allowed to leave after minimum duration of 90 minutes.

·       Few questions may need simple calculations. For this purpose, online TCS calculator would be available on the computer being used for examination.

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