SOME 40 health professionals and the academe from Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino provinces recently underwent training on Basic Research Methods conducted by the Department of Science and Technolog-Cagayan Valley Health Research and Development Consortium at the Region 2 Trauma Medical Center in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.
The Department of Science and Technology-Cagayan Valley Health Research and Development Consortium said the training for health professionals and the academe was its first for the region in collaboration with R2TMC.
The training was led by BRM core team members Dr. Julius Capili, dean of the Cagayan State University (CSU)-College of Allied Health Sciences and CVHRDC executive director; Dr. Melfei Bungihan of Quirino State University and CVHRDC Research Management Committee and Technical Review Board chairman; and professor Hilaria Barsabal of CSU-Andrews.
Capili said the three-day activity held on January 28 to 31 was aimed to refresh and strengthen the knowledge of the participants on foundations of good health research.
“The training was also aimed to capacitate the participants to conduct more complex researches significant to the enhancement of health and health-related services in the region,” he added.
There were 45 participants from the Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino cluster that included R2TMC, Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital, Nueva Vizcaya State University, Quirino
State University, Saint Mary’s University, Aldersgate College, and the Philippine Association of Medical Technologist-Nueva Vizcaya chapter.
Capili said participants were tasked to present their capsule proposal to the core team for critiquing and coached them to enhance their capsule research proposals.
Source: Leander C. Domingo
manilatimes.net
