Epidemiology and Research Methods workshop at KEMHRC Pune 2018

Facts don’t change, theories do!-JP Muliyil. Nearly 30 researchers from KEM Hospital Research Centre Pune (KEMHRC) were eager to listen to how to look at epidemiological facts, in a three-day session on “Epidemiology and Research Methods”. This session was conducted by Prof. J.P. Muliyil of Christian Medical College Vellore, from the afternoon of 8th Oct 2018 till 10th Oct 2018. JP as he is fondly called is a well-known epidemiologist in India and is associated with PRERNA platform since the inception. The workshop covered the basics of epidemiology which obviously stared with Prevalence and Incidence of conditions. The workshop-participants also conducted survival analysis through an exercise given by JP which was followed by the measures of variability, sensitivity and specificity. JP also discussed various study designs and supported the theory with real life examples and research studies. The three-day workshop has been a enriching experience to the participants which included a range of people from senior clinicians, to PhD student to projects managers. Two Young Investigators from SAS also joined the workshop. One of PRERNA Mentors, Dr Sanjay Juvekar was the coordinator for this workshop.