Two-day course

22 September 2014
Volume 29 · Issue 11

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) is running an innovative two-day course on the Essentials of Research Methodology at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on Friday and Saturday, December 5-6 2014.

This two-day course is dentistry specific and suitable for research active dentists and DCPs, as well as newcomers to research in dental and oral health.  The lecturers and speakers for the course are eminent members of the academic and research community, and together they comprise a unique programme.

The topics covered are –

  • Reviewing the literature

  • Formulating a research question

  • Putting together a protocol

  • Ethical approval

  • Research methods

  • Formulating a questionnaire

  • Preparing papers for publication

  • What statistics can do for you

Vernon Holt, chair of the FGDP(UK)’s Research Committee said: “This is an essential course for anyone who is thinking of doing research.  Learn how to formulate the right research question and then design a project that will aim to answer that question.”