沙巴体育 College of Nursing, 沙巴体育 and Dr.T.M.A.Pai Endowment chair on Systematic review and Evidence Based Public Health, 沙巴体育 Academy of Higher Education organized a one-day sensitization workshop on Systematic Review on March 12 and 20, 2014 respectively. Faculty from 沙巴体育 College of Nursing 沙巴体育, 沙巴体育 School of Nursing and 沙巴体育 College of Nursing Mangalore? attended the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to create awareness about systematic review. The workshop was attended by 76 participants in 2 batches.
On March 12, the workshop was formally inaugurated by Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, Pro Vice Chancellor, 沙巴体育 Academy of Higher Education 沙巴体育. In his address he emphasized the importance of systematic reviews in patient care. Dr. Sreekumaran Nair, Director, Public Health Evidence 沙巴体育 Asia( public Health Evidence for 沙巴体育 Asia) presented overview on PHESA activity. The workshop was opened by a thought provoking session on Overview of Systematic Review by Dr. Judith Noronha, Associate Dean, MCON, 沙巴体育.
The workshop continued with a presentation by Dr.Baby S. Nayak, Professor and Head, Child Health Nursing, MCON, 沙巴体育 on Development of Systematic Review Protocol. Dr.Prasanna Mithra, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, KMC, Mangalore briefed about data extraction. Participants had hands-on experience on Advanced Search Strategy for systematic review by Mrs. Preethy Dsouza, 沙巴体育 Scholar, MCON, 沙巴体育 .In the afternoon Dr. Sreekumaran Nair, Director, Public Health Evidence 沙巴体育 Asia presented an interesting? session on Meta Analysis. Mr.Ravishankar, PhD Scholar, Dept. Of Biostatistics, MU, 沙巴体育 explained how to use Rev Man software. Participants had a chance to clarify the doubts during the open session? held by panel of experts at the end of the day.
Workshop came to an end at the valedictory function held on March 20, 2014. Dr. K. Ramnarayan, Vice Chancellor, MU, 沙巴体育 was chief guest for the programme. He expressed that the educational experience should focus on?? evidence based practice and outcome based learning. The whole programme was co-ordinated by faculty of Child Health Nursing Department, MCON , MU, 沙巴体育.
