Basic course in Biomedical Research Cycle : Result Published!

Dear Candidate,

The exam scores and E Certificates have been released for April 2022 Exam(s).

Step 1 - Are the results of my courses released?
Please check the Results published courses list in the below links.:-
April 2022 Exam - Click here

Step 2 - How to check Results?
Please login to internalapp.nptel.ac.in/. and check your exam results.
Use the same login credentials as used to register to the exam.

What's next?
Please read the pass criteria carefully and check against what you have gotten.
If you still have any issues, please report the same here. internalapp.nptel.ac.in/. We will reply within a week.

Last date to report queries: 3 days within publishing of scores.

Note :

Hard copies of certificates will not be dispatched.
The duration shown in the certificate will be based on the timeline of offering of the course in 2022, irrespective of which Assignment score that will be considered.

Thanks and Best wishes.
NPTEL Team

Hall Tickets for April Exams are released !

Dear Candidate,

****This is applicable only for the exam registered candidates****

****Please don't click on below links, if you are not registered for the Exam****


Your Hall Ticket / admit card for the NPTEL Exam(s) on April 2022 has been released.

Please login to below link if your registered email id is a Gmail id.

https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/76546/login.html  

OR
For non Gmail users can use below link :

using your exam registered email id and download your hall ticket.

Note:

  • If there are any mistakes in the hall ticket such as another person's photo/sign/name, please fill the following Google form & mark the corrections.
  • GForm Link -  https://forms.gle/aqeMCN15MpnTQPpV9 (Deadline - April 22, 2022 at 11.00 AM)
  • These corrections will be reflected in your e-certificate only.
  • No changes will be made in the hall ticket.
  • We will check and verify the same and send an email confirmation.
  • You will still be allowed to write the exam. We will NOT make any changes in the hall ticket issued to you. Please come to the exam centre with the printout of the same hall ticket, along with a valid govt. approved photo id card.
  •  If the photo/sign/name is yours, we WILL NOT upload any updated photo/sign, etc.
  •  Requests for changes in exam city, exam center, session, or course will NOT be entertained.

Please write to support@nptel.iitm.ac.in for any further queries.

All the best for your exams!

Warm Regards,
NPTEL Team

Basic course in Biomedical Research Cycle 5 : Result Published!

Dear Candidate,

The exam scores and E Certificates have been released for March 2022 Exam(s).

Step 1 - Are the results of my courses released?
Please check the Results published courses list in the below links.:-
March 2022 Exam - Click here

Step 2 - How to check Results?
Please login to internalapp.nptel.ac.in/. and check your exam results.
Use the same login credentials as used to register to the exam.

What's next?
Please read the pass criteria carefully and check against what you have gotten.
If you still have any issues, please report the same here. internalapp.nptel.ac.in/. We will reply within a week.

Last date to report queries: 3 days within publishing of scores.

Note :
  • Hard copies of certificates will not be dispatched.
  • The duration shown in the certificate will be based on the timeline of offering of the course in 2022, irrespective of which Assignment score that will be considered.
Thanks and Best wishes.
NPTEL Team

BCBR: VIDEO TUTORIAL ON HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE EXAM

Dear course participant


Those who are eligible for BCBR proctored exams and received the eligibility email from NPTEL.  Kindly watch this video https://tinyurl.com/2p82cdes to know how to register.


- BCBR Team

BCBR-Cycle 5: Exam Registration is open now for Jan 2022 courses !!

Dear Learner, 


Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the Jan 2022 BCBR course certification exam. 


Note: You will get access to the exam form based on your eligibility criteria, you may have received an email about your eligibility to register for exam, please check your email for more details


1. The registration for the certification exam is open only to those learners who have enrolled in the course. 

2. If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id which you had used to enroll to the course in Swayam portal. Please note that Assignments submitted through the exam registered email id ALONE will be taken into consideration towards final consolidated score & certification. 

3. Date of exam: March 27, 2022, April 23, 2022, April 24, 2022

Certification exam registration URL is: CLICK HERE

Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted: Exam Cities


4. Exam fees: 

If you choose March 27, 2022 as exam date:


If you register for the exam and pay before Feb 14, 2022, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam. 

If you register for exam before Feb 14, 2022, 10:00 AM and have not paid or if you register between Feb 14, 2022, 10:00 AM & Feb 18, 2022, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam 


5. 50% fee waiver for the following categories: 


Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate.


Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate. 


6. Last date for exam registration: Feb 18, 2022 10:00 AM (Friday). 


7. Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking. 


8. HALL TICKET: 


The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively by 2 weeks prior to the exam date . We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published. 


9. FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions. 


10. Data changes: 


Last date for data changes: Feb 18, 2022 10:00 AM



If you choose April 23, 2022, April 24, 2022 as exam date:


4. Exam fees: 


If you register for the exam and pay before March 14, 2022, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam. 

If you register for exam before March 14, 2022, 10:00 AM and have not paid or if you register between March 14, 2022, 10:00 AM & March 18, 2022, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam 


5. 50% fee waiver for the following categories: 


Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate.


Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate. 


6. Last date for exam registration: March 18, 2022 10:00 AM (Friday). 


7. Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking. 


8. HALL TICKET: 


The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively by 2 weeks prior to the exam date . We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published. 


9. FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions. 


10. Data changes: 


Last date for data changes: March 18, 2022 10:00 AM: 



All the fields in the Exam form except for the following ones can be changed until the form closes. 


The following 6 fields can be changed ONLY when there are NO courses in the course cart. And you will be able to edit the following fields only if you: - 


REMOVE unpaid courses from the cart And/or - CANCEL paid courses 


1. Do you come under the SC/ST category? * 

2. SC/ST Proof 

3. Are you a person with disabilities? * 

4. Are you a person with disabilities above 40%? 

5. Disabilities Proof 

6. What is your role ? 


Note: Once you remove or cancel a course, you will be able to edit these fields immediately. 

But, for cancelled courses, refund of fees will be initiated only after 2 weeks. 


11. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: Feb 18, 2022 10:00 AM (If you choose March 27, 2022 as exam date)

      LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: March 18, 2022 10:00 AM (If you choose April 23, 2022, April 24, 2022 as exam date)


12. Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline


For any queries please write to noc21-md05@nptel.iitm.ac.in


Thanks & Regards, 

NPTEL TEAM

Assignment evaluation changes


Dear course participant

This is to inform you about the changes in the evaluation of Basic Course in Biomedical Research cycle 5 assignment (Sep-Dec 2021). 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 6: Analytical study designs

Q9: A researcher intends to determine the association between salt intake and hypertension. 100 out of the 600 hypertension patients and 40 out of 600 patients without hypertension had high salt intake. Calculate the odds ratio for the association between salt intake and hypertension.
 a) 2.2
 b) 2.5
 c) 3.3
 d) 3.8

Remark: Answer key is wrong. Correct answer was not given in the options.

Explanation: 




Odds ratio = ad / bc
     = 100 * 560 / 500 * 40
     = 2.8

Hence the correct answer is 2.8

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Assignment 18: Data analysis

Q10: In a cohort study to examine the association between use of Oral contraceptive pills (OCP) and development of breast cancer, 35 out of 8,000 women who used OCP and 33 out of the 22,000 women who did not use OCP had developed breast cancer over 10 years of follow-up. Calculate the measure of association.
 a) 1.3
 b) 1.5
 c) 1.8
 d) 2.0

Remark: Answer key is wrong. Correct answer is not given in the options.

Explanation:

The measure of association for the given study is risk ratio.



Risk ratio = (a/a+b) / (c/c+d)
= (35/8000)/ (33/22000)
= 770/264
= 2.9

Hence the correct answer is 2.9

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- BCBR Team

Release of assignment scores

Dear course participant,

1. You can check your lecture wise assignment scores under the ‘Progress’ tab in your course page.

2. Those who have not scored the minimum eligibility of 50% in the assignments are ineligible to appear for the final proctored exams in cycle 3.
They have to enroll in for the next available cycle and redo the course.

3. Those who have scored the minimum eligibility in the assignments will receive exam registration link soon. Kindly check your enrolled email inbox
and spam folder regularly. 

- BCBR Team

Assignment submission closes soon

Assignment submission closes soon

1. The last date for assignment submission is 31 December 2021 (31-12-2021, 23:59 IST, Friday)

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

3. Please note that there are no assignments for Lecture 24: Manuscript Writing and Lecture 25: Grant Proposal Writing

4. 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

5. The assignment score will be shown in the 'progress' tab of your course page only after the assignment submission deadline (i.e., after 31 Dec 2021)

6.     Click here to know how to submit assignments. For more details visit https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/BCBR.html

 

- BCBR Team

Reminder for assignment submission

Reminder for assignment submission

1. The last date for assignment submission is 31 December 2021 (31-12-2021, 23:59 IST, Friday)

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

3. Please note that there are no assignments for Lecture 24: Manuscript Writing and Lecture 25: Grant Proposal Writing

4. 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

5. The assignment score will be shown in the 'progress' tab of your course page only after the assignment submission deadline (i.e., after 31 Dec 2021)

6.     Click here to know how to submit assignments. For more details visit https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/BCBR.html

 

- BCBR Team

Reminder for assignment submission

Reminder for assignment submission

1. The last date for assignment submission is 31 December 2021 (31-12-2021, 23:59 IST, Friday)

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

3. Please note that there are no assignments for Lecture 24: Manuscript Writing and Lecture 25: Grant Proposal Writing

4. 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

5. The assignment score will be shown in the 'progress' tab of your course page only after the assignment submission deadline (i.e., after 31 Dec 2021)

6.     Click here to know how to submit assignments. For more details visit https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/BCBR.html

 

- BCBR Team

Enrollment closes soon for "Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 5 (Sep-Dec 2021)”

Enrollment closes soon for "Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 5 (Sep-Dec 2021)”

1. The last date for enrollment is 30 November 2021 23:59 IST (Tuesday)

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

- BCBR Team

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 process

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

•          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     

Release of assignments for Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 5

Assignments for lectures 1 to 23 are now available for your access.


1.       The assignments consist of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

2.       Each topic has 10 MCQs

3.       Each MCQ carries one mark

4.       There is no negative marking

5.       The deadline for submission of assignments is 23:59 pm on 31 December 2021 (Friday)

6.       You may submit the assignments any number of times before the deadline. i.e., 23:59 pm on 31 December 2021 (Friday)

7.       The final submission will be considered for scoring

8.       Your score will be shown only after the assignment submission deadline (i.e., after 31 Dec 2021)

        Please note that there are no assignments for Lecture 24: Manuscript Writing and Lecture 25: Grant Proposal Writing

        Kindly watch this video on how to submit the assignments.

- BCBR Team 

Welcome to Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle - 5

Dear course participants

We thank you for joining the online course Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 5 (Sep-Dec 2021).  
You can now access the course lectures.

Before you start the course we would like you to go through the points mentioned below to have a smooth experience till you complete the course.

1.      Use a single email ID for this course till completion. Make a note of the password of your email. We do not store your password and hence it will not be possible for us to retrieve your password if you forget it or lose it. The password can be retrieved using the ‘forgot password’ option of your email provider (for e.g., Gmail). However, in case you forget your login ID we will be able to retrieve your email ID based on the unique mobile number you used while registration.

2.      While registering for the course, enter the 10 digit mobile number that you use personally which is unique to you. Do not leave it blank or use another person’s mobile number. You will get important updates in the entered mobile number.

3.    Kindly go through the tutorial videos on how to - enroll, edit your profile, enter the details correctly in your profile, access the course contents, submit assignments, use discussion forum, give feedback and how to handle issues on forgot email ID/ password.

4.      Kindly go through the FAQs.

Wish you a happy learning experience!


- BCBR Team