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Longitudinal Data Analysis: A Brief Introduction

I presented this brief introduction to longitudinal data analysis in the Department of Community Medicine at the University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi as a part of the Residency (PG) Academic Program. Meant as a primer for the MD-students of all the three years, this contains basic principles on … Continue reading Longitudinal Data Analysis: A Brief Introduction

Birthdays, Bonds and Being Bowled Over

This has been one of the most raucous Junes yet. Tons of fun, including a 7-cake birthday celebration (almost a week long event, where I ended up cutting into seven cakes!), lot of letting the (proverbial) hair down, and fooling around in general. Life's been good. This series of celebrations started with Jitendra sir's birthday … Continue reading Birthdays, Bonds and Being Bowled Over

Talking to the Streets for Health: Street Theater as a Public Health Tool

Prior to coming to Delhi, I did not have much exposure to the power of the theater as a mode of dissemination of public health messages. It does sound strange when I put it that way because Kolkata, where I hail from, is a city with a vibrant theater culture. However, I just never got … Continue reading Talking to the Streets for Health: Street Theater as a Public Health Tool

Literature Search Workshop at UCMS: Extra-Curricular Academics at the MEU

The Medical Education Unit at the University College of Medical Sciences, where I am now doing my residency, is a small, but super-active group of people, and they presented today a workshop on Literature Searching and Reference Management. Although the target audience was mainly the Residents, there was some spill-over as well. There were students … Continue reading Literature Search Workshop at UCMS: Extra-Curricular Academics at the MEU

Protocol Writing Workshop 2012 and Falling in Love… with UCMS!

As residents, one of the most important things that we have to do is complete a dissertation, or thesis in course of our training. This is one of the credits we need to have obtained in order to be eligible to sit for the final MD exams. The basic aim of doing a thesis is … Continue reading Protocol Writing Workshop 2012 and Falling in Love… with UCMS!