Introduction:

This training course is planned and implemented in a joint cooperation between DSFG, SGMA, and other researchers from Syria, and is aiming to empower higher education students to implement their academic research.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Understand the significance of medical research and its impact on healthcare.
• Develop a critical analytical approach for evaluating medical information.
• Differentiate between various types of medical research.
• Formulate clear research questions, hypotheses, aims, and objectives.
• Apply the principles of evidence-based medicine.
• Select appropriate study designs for specific research questions.
• Generate research ideas and conduct effective literature searches.
• Develop a basic research proposal.
• Perform introductory statistical analyses relevant to medical research.
• Understand the emerging role of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical research and data analysis.
• Acquire basic skills in writing scientific papers for journals and conferences.
• Understand how to structure and submit a well-documented medical case report.

Targeted Audience:

The course is designed for higher education students, and researchers in the medical fields, living and working in Syria.

Course Structure and Content:

• Introduction to Medical Research
• Research Design
• EVBM and Literature Search
• Research Idea & Proposal
• Reading and writing scientific papers
• Data Collection
• Basics of Statistical Analysis
• Practical Session of Statistics
• Meta Analysis
• How to publish a paper
• Finding a good supervisor
• Ethics
• AI in medical research
• Plagiarism in Science
• Writing case report