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.
School Teachers; Nikaweratiya, North Western Province The second session of the ‘All Island Action Research’ workshop series was held in the Nikaweratiya educational zone. The teachers from schools in Nikaweratiya attended this 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.
Vidyaloka Vidyalaya, Hokandara A ‘School Centered Research Culture Programme’ workshop was held in Vidyaloka Vidyalaya, Hokandara. The one day workshops mainly focused on students activities, teaching the importance of research in education and motivating them to solve day to day issues in a more scientific way. The teachers were taught to understand child mind and…
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…
Research Leaders Training Programme, 2014 A one year long training programme to train research leaders in the Sri Lankan health sector commenced in 2014. Participants with different backgrounds such as medical and nursing were involved in the training. The first workshop was held in October 2014 and gave a broad overview of different research methodologies…
2nd Annual International Course on Qualitative MethodsQualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research. The 2nd International Course on Qualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research was held at Institute for Research & Development in 2013. Twenty multidisciplinary participants from different institutions attended the three day workshop. The resource persons were Dr. Tine Van…
Thinking Healthy Programme On 27th July 2013, a training workshop for Health Professionals, Stake Holders and Policy Makers was held on the theme of “Thinking Healthy Program” (THP). This is a psychological intervention for the treatment of perinatal depression – developed in Pakistan and evaluated through one of the largest randomized controlled trials for a…
1st International Course on Qualitative MethodsQualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research The 1st International Course on Qualitative Methods for Health and Social Care Research was held at Institute for Research & Development in 2012. Twenty multidisciplinary participants from different institutions attended the three day workshop. The resource persons were Dr. Tine Van Bortel, Dr. Chesmal…
Ethics of Mass Preventive Public Health Programmes
Training Workshop on Research Methodology & Statistics
Training Workshop on Behavioral Genetics