Services

We provide the following technical assistance to clinicians, nurses and other health workers in developing their research projects :

1. Developing research question;
2. Critical review of literature;
3. Identifying the appropriate outcome according to the study question;
4. Choosing the appropriate study design;
5. Identifying/selecting study population;
6. Sample size calculations;
7. Methods of enrolment;
8. Population census;
9. Techniques of randomisation/blinding, etc;
10. Developing and validating questionnaires;
11. Developing the budget;
12. Identifying/mapping logistical support;
13. Writing or reviewing the proposal;
14. Writing or reviewing the protocol;
15. Ethical considerations;
16. Training research personnel in following internationally acceptable standards of measurement;
17. Developing techniques to ensure quality control;
18. Establish collaborations/links with other departments/organisations that are needed for the research work;
19. Oversight Committees;
20. Data Safety and Monitoring Board;
21. Endpoints Committee.

Data Management Services

1. Construction of computerised database;
2. Data entry;
3. Data cleaning and verification;
4. Data storage.

Statistical Consulting Service

1. Sample size calculations;
2. Choosing appropriate method for analyses;
3. Analysing the data.