Research Ethics Workshops Prof. Athula Sumathipala and Dr. Jonathan Ives of University of Bristol UK, conducted one day workshops on research ethics. Research committee members of Ruhuna University and Academic members of Kotelawala Defence University participated for these two sessions.
International Ethics Teachers’ Training Course, UNESCO For the first time in Sri Lanka, an “Ethics Teachers” training course was held from 20th – 24th of February 2017. This was delivered jointly by UNESCO office in Jakarta and the Institute for Research and Development, Sri Lanka, to advance quality ethics education by building professional capacities of…
Ethics & the Dissemination of Research Findings A half day workshop and discussion on “Ethics & the Dissemination of Research Findings” by Ms. Anna Chiumento, a PhD student and staff member at the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, UK, was held on 8th of November at Institute for Research and Development.…
Ethics: A friend of ResearchIntensive One Day Course on Research Ethics As the result of a popular request by the participants of the Qualitative research methods course, the Institute for Research and Development organised a one day research ethics course on the 24th of March 2016 at the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care.…
4th Annual International Course on Qualitative MethodsQualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research The 4th annual International Course on Qualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research was held from the 9th to 13th March at the Postgraduate Institute of Management, Colombo. The course was conducted by the Institute for Research and Development in…
Research Leaders Training Programme, 2016 The training programme developed by IRD for the Ministry of Health’s medical and paramedical personnel was initiated in 2014. A special workshop was held on the 12th of February 2016 with a team from the Keele University, UK including Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Prof. Christian Mallen, and Dr. Toby Helliwell who…
School Teachers; Wariyapola, North Western Province The second session of the All Island Action Research workshop series was held in the Wariyapola educational zone. The teachers from schools in Wariyapola attended this workshop.
Action Research Workshop for Provincial Educational Research Officers The inaugural session of the Educational Research Program was held on 20th & 21st of April 2015 at the Ministry Education. Two educational research officers from each of the provinces participated in this two day workshop. The resource persons were Dr Godwin Kodituwakku, Dr Chesmal Siriwardhana, Dr…
Research Leaders Training Programme, 2015 I As a part of the one year long “Research Leaders in Sri Lankan Health Sector” training program, an introductory research methods workshop was held at Medical Research Institute Colombo on 1st & 2nd April 2015. Participants from different medical backgrounds attended this two day workshop.
PresentationForensic DNA Typing and DNA Databases A presentation on “Forensic DNA Typing and DNA Databases” , was delivered at the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care by Dr. Victor Toom.
WHO mhGAP Training for Primary Care Practitioners The World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) initiative was introduced in 2008 by the WHO, and incorporates evidence-based guidelines on managing mental, neurological, and substance abuse disorders in the primary care setting by non-specialist healthcare workers working in low resource settings in low- and middle-income countries. This…
3rd Annual International Course on Qualitative MethodsQualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research Following the successful courses conducted in 2012 and 2013, the third course was held for the third consecutive time in December 2014, as an annual event for researchers from Sri Lanka, the wider South Asian region, and any other part of…