Medical Postgraduate Dissertations – a step by step approach by Dr N Anantha Krishnan Book review by Dr Mansoor Ali Author Dr N Ananthakrishnan Former Director, Professor and HOD, Department of Surgery JIPMER Pondicherry Post graduation is the beginning of research in any Medical field. If the student loss interest in dissertation, because of the lack of expertise of the guides or co-guides- that is detrimental to the growth and development of Homoeopathy. Postgraduate dissertation is meant for stimulating or sensitising the PG students for proper research in homoeopathy – outcome is not so important, but methodology should be correct. Most homoeopathy colleges do not have regular courses in research methodology – so students and guides do not know where to start, how to start, how to progress and how to write on paper for submission. There are many book on PG dissertation is available in the market – but generally too complex for the average Indian postgraduate student – but this book offers help in a step by step simple approach with real examples from good journals and dissertations. Major Chapters Introduction to postgraduate dissertation – implications and purposes Parts of a dissertation Time frame for dissertation Selection and finalisation of topics Literature search and reference management Writing the review of literature for the protocol and dissertation Finalisation of title Formulating aims and objectives Types of studies, Pilot study and planning Writing the dissertation protocol Ethical issues and getting ethical Dissertation on experimental animals Ethical issues involved in research on archived specimens Principles of relevant statistics How to get started with actually writing the dissertation Writing the Method sections Writing the result section Writing the discussion Principles of Citing and Referencing Writing the Introduction Writing the abstract Acknowledgment, appendices, Master Chart Layout and formatting Check list- what the examiner look for Plagiarism How to write research paper based on dissertation Recording and maintenances of Data Statistical software This is an essential book for every postgraduate students, teachers and guides – since the guides must work along with students to for a reliable outcome in research. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health 10th Floor, Tower C Building No.10 Phase II- DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon Haryana- 122002 Phone:0124 496 0999 Web : http://www.wolterskluwerindia.co.in/ Price: 250 Pages: 215 @http://www.homeobook.com/medical-postgraduate-dissertations-a-step-by-step-approach-by-dr-n-anantha-krishnan/

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