Syllabus - The Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University

Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded
School of Technology
M.Pharm. Syllabus (Credit System)
Effective from September 2008
M. Pharm. (Semester – I)
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Subject code : MPY-101
Subject : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & BIOSTATISTICS
THEORY 60 Hours (4 hrs. /week)
I. Research:
1. Meaning of research, purpose of research and types of research (clinical
experimental, basic, applied and patent and oriented research) objects of
research (4 hrs).
2. Literature survey:
� Using library, book and journals, MEDLINE- internet getting patents and
reprints of articles as sources for literature survey. (2 hrs)
3. Selecting a problem and preparing a research proposal for different types of
research
sources of procurements of grants. (2 hr)
4. Documentation: (4 hrs)
� Importance of documentation in case of research record and GMP/GLC
� Techniques of documentation in case of research record and GMP and
GLC
� Uses of computer packages in clinical trials
� Documentation in clinical trails
5. Research report/paper writing/thesis writing / poster presentation: (10 hrs)
� Different parts of research report or paper
� Title-title of project with authors name
� Abstract-statement of the problem, background list in brief, purpose and
scope
� Key words
� Methodology-subject, apparatus/instrumentation and procedure
� Results-tables, graphs, figures and statistical presentation
� Discussion-support or non-support to hypothesis. Practical and theoretical
implications
� Acknowledgements
� References
� Errata
� Importance of spell check
� Use of foot notes