Low Baseline Score Shows Significant Improvement With Research Methodology Workshop
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: A good research project may run the risk of rejection simply because the proposal is poorly written. With the current challenges in funding, it appears essential for senior investigators to impart their grant proposal writing expertise to junior investigators. Objective: To determine if the perceived gain in research proposal writing skills is more in those with lower baseline skill than in those with higher baseline skill. Methods: A one day workshop on “How to Write a Research Grant Proposal” was organized in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). A total of 55 participants participated in the workshop. We received 36 completed evaluation forms out of 55 participants. All the participants were newly joined faculties of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. At the end of the workshop, pre-tested evaluation forms were distributed among the workshop participants consisting of eight questions. Statistical analysis of perceived improvement of research proposal writing skills as per participant response using paired t-test between before and after the workshop. Results: The study revealed that the workshop learning method produced a significant perceived gain of skills for writing a research proposal. Statistically significant improvement of writing research proposal skill was obtained as perceived by the participant. The results suggest that there is significant improvement in skills with lower baseline score (mean difference=-1.455, SD=0.596, p-value=0.045) but not in those with higher baseline score (mean difference= -0.786, SD= 0.579, p–value =0.19). Conclusion: The participants whose writing research proposal writing skills was low at baseline score show more chance of perceived writing skills (after workshop) as compared to those whose baseline score was high.
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Dr. Amit Kumar
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