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ICMR-NIE has been offering online courses related to health research (called “NIeCer courses”) in collaboration with the SWAYAM initiative of the Ministry of Education. These courses include, NIeCer101: Health Research Fundamentals, the National Medical Commission (NMC) mandated online course for medical postgraduates and faculty members - “Basic Course in Biomedical Research", course on prescribing skills for Indian Medical Graduates, NIeCer102: Ethics Review of Health Research, NIeCer103: Scientific Writing in Health Research and NIeCer104: Introduction to Systematic Reviews for Dental Health Professionals.

Course name	Objective	Target audience	Duration	Assessment & e-Certification	Course access	Enrolment
NIeCer101: Health Research Fundamentals (Since 2016)	Explain fundamental concepts in epidemiology & biostatistics related to research	Current or potential health researcher	20 hours over 8 weeks	Score ≥ 50% = Assignments + Proctored exam	https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/HRF.html	Now open for July 2022 session
NIeCer 102: Ethics Review of Health Research (Since 2021)	Explain fundamentals of ethical issues in biomedical research involving human participants and update on research ethics guidelines in India	Members of India's institutional ethics committees and institutional review boards & professionals engaged in biomedical research involving human participants	Self-Paced; enroll and complete the course at any time	Score ≥ 50% in self-assessment quiz	https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/ERHR.html	Now open
NIeCer 103: Scientific Writing in Health Research (Since 2021)	Explain the fundamental concepts in drafting a scientific manuscript to effectively communicate research findings	Any current or potential health researchers (undergraduate, post-graduate medical professionals, (medical, dental, AYUSH) and allied health professionals (nursing, health related degrees), PhD. scholars and faculty of medical, dental and AYUSH streams.	Self-Paced; enroll and complete the course at any time	Score ≥ 50% in self-assessment quiz	https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/Scientific-writing.html	Now open
NIeCer 104: Introduction to Systematic Reviews for Dental Health Professionals (Since 2021)	Explain the essential steps involved while carrying out a systematic review	Government/ private sector, public health service institutions/ agencies, Post graduate institutions in biomedical and allied sciences, Dental colleges / Universities, NGOs engaged in health research, Clinical research organizations, Pharma companies and marketing research organizations	Self-Paced; enroll and complete the course at any time	Score ≥70% in self-assessment quiz	https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/Dental-health-professionals.html	To open in June 2022
Basic Course in Biomedical Research (Since 2019)	Explain fundamental concepts of research methodology in health	Postgraduates & faculty members of medical institutions under National Medical Commission (NMC)	Self-Paced; enroll and complete the course at any time	Score ≥ 50% = Assignments + Proctored exam	https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/BCBR.html	Now open
ICMR –NvCCP Online Prescribing Skills Course for Indian Medical Graduates (Since 2020)	Improve prescription practices in India	Pursuing/completed internship; Registered medical practitioners (RMPs) (under NMC)	12 weeks;	Registration certificate + Pre -test + Assignments, + Prescription upload (not for RMPs)	https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/RUD.html	To open in June 2022

I am writing this to bring to your kind attention to the ICMR advisory making NIeCer 101: Health Research Fundamentals as a mandatory course for newly recruited health research scientists B/C/D in the ICMR cadre at Institutes and Headquarters (No. Head/HRD/ITW-2021; dated January 2021) (Attached for immediate reference).

The course is designed and conducted by faculty members from ICMR School of Public Health at ICMR-NIE. It will explain the fundamental concepts in epidemiology and biostatistics related to human biomedical research. This course will provide an overview of steps and principles for designing biomedical and health research studies among human participants. The total duration of the course is 20 hours to be completed in 8 weeks. The participants will learn through video lectures, presentation slides, quizzes and readings. In this round, we added talks on manuscript writing and grant proposal writing. More information will be available at:

1. https://nie.gov.in/icmr_sph/HRF.html

2. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_hs73/preview

In view of the ICMR advisory, we request you to permit the newly recruited scientists (B/C/D) in your institute/Division to register for this online course. The next session of the course starts on 25 July 2022 and the enrolment is open until 1 August 2022. The information brochure is enclosed for your kind perusal. We request you to kindly circulate/display the same in the notice board.

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