Alumni speak

Thank you all for a very informative and useful course.

Let me take this opportunity to thank all members of CRM Program in IIPH-Gandhinagar. When I first started this course, I wasn't sure what to expect. After I browsed through the first couple of chapters, it led me to understand things more clearly. The online content was perfect, well prepared and easy to follow. The computational tools, figures and explanations that are available online is an effective learning tool that helped me understand the concept better. I must say that the past several weeks have been extremely valuable to me. I have learned many new techniques and the real applications of research and statistical tools. I felt this was a valuable course and allowed me to get a good grasp of how research can be done in real set up. Since I belong to the nursing profession, this course definitely would help me to do more researches in this field. My prime aim is to complete PhD in the field of my specialty in Psychiatric Nursing and surely this course would be of a great help to me. It was a pleasure to have all Professors to give better explanations in their topics concerned. I would also say that this course has been a great experience. The program coordinator was very responsive to student’s questions and was very fair in all dealings. Thanks for an excellent course.

I had the great honor of being part of the certificate program, IIPH-Gandhinagar. It was my first true exposure to scientific research program performed outside of the classroom and will forever be one the most memorable and influential experiences of my life. At an early age, I realized that I had more questions than answers about life and living things. A growing interest in understanding the origin, growth, structure, and function of living creatures led me to major in research with certain career plan in mind. My decision of seeking a career in Research was not made in one second or two but looking for shiny epithet. During the medical years, I found the scientific research as very interesting and challenging. . I am proud to participate in the Certificate in Research Methodology program in my country and to provide a high standard of clearance of my doubted concept. I am pursuing Ph.D in Neurophysiology, and want to take research as my career, and this course has provided me firm stones to move ahead with confidence by providing strong basic concepts. I want to convey my heartfelt thanks to all the speakers, coordinators and associated team.

I would like to extend my heart felt gratitude to IIPH-Gandhinagar and their dedicated staff for conducting a wonderful course on Research Methodology. The course being a long distance course, with regular online contact programs and discussions made us learn research methods precisely from our workplaces. Being public health professionals, we have been attending different trainings and workshops on Research Methods but CRM has helped us to refresh our knowledge and learn the subject in depth in a compete and organized way, making us feel more confident and efficient. The weekly online discussions were excellent; materials sent to us were rich source of knowledge. Hope to see more such courses in the future.

I am conveying my profound thanks to all the faculty, supporting and technical staff associated with the CRM Course for providing me with such an excellent learning experience through this online platform. I must heartily acknowledge the entire course curriculum with well-designed online platform and systematic evaluation methods to provide a real learning opportunity through distance education. I appreciate the level of cooperation and response from each and every one associated, throughout this program. My Heartiest Thanks & Good Wishes

I am having a great learning experience in the PGDMRCH DL course. The course is designed to accommodate busy professionals who would like to study while working. I was regular in appearing in the weekly assessments since January but due to job shift I could not be regular since last couple of months. I was very happy when I was given a chance to reappear in my weekly assessments and interim assessment. The faculty's video recorded lectures along with the power point presentations are very helpful. It seems like a real class. The monthly discussion forum is also quite helpful, where doubts are cleared. I think it’s a great course and I am happy to be a part of it.

I understood the issues in managing MCH programs in a better way. It was a very well designed program.

My knowledge for RCH program is updated and my way of thinking and applying it in the field has improved. Presently I am looking after RCH program implementation in the Urban area of Anand district covering 30% population of the district. So modules of Management, IEC, Maternal Health and Child health have not only given me knowledge but changed my attitude in the field. I can get data and important schemes and its implementation of different states from our modules. I learned skills of management from this course. And it is very useful in my current job. I go through maternal health registers of some PHCs and I found 10 % to 22% deliveries are wasted (MTP/abortion). My medical officers are always asking me about family planning operation work-load which is higher than other district. I gave them example by showing technique of calculating unmet need. So these are the two examples but this course improved my way of working. This is my first course in distance learning. I got knowledge by attending lectures, weekly tests and interim and final assessments helped me for conceptual clearance and clarifying subjects.

Course is helpful in improving my performance in implementing the programs in health centre. I worked in Primary Health Centres in Andhra Pradesh while doing the course. Whatever I am doing in the course exercises and the virtual classes matched to my work practically. I got confidence to do my work in the best way possible and everyone who needs to work with NRHM as program director should do this course so that he can deliver his/her services up to the mark. Thanks a lot for providing such a got opportunity to know the facts regarding the services as a doctor at PHC level.

I am already involved in teaching, training and evaluation of RCH program and others. I am definitely empowered by reading the modules, they are enriching in all the domains of learning and will be useful. Right now, it has given me insight for guiding post-graduates in community medicine and encourage them to take up thesis in RCH.