Resources

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Table of Contents

Faculty/MUMUS links
Short courses
Understanding statistics
Writing up research
Submitting papers
Research coding
Perfecting your presentation
The lighter side

Faculty/MUMUS links

Ever wanted to find out more about the research opportunities available to you? Floating the idea of doing a honours year, or maybe even a PhD later on?

Official faculty information regarding the BMedSc (Hons): https://www.monash.edu/medicine/som/bmedsc-hons
Resource hub set up by MUMUS: https://mumus.org/resources/year-bmedsci
Honours year project database: https://studentresearchprojects.med.monash.edu.au/

Short courses

Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/shortcourses/biostatistics.html
Qualitative research methods: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/shortcourses/qualitative-research-methods-2017.html
Introduction to research methods: http://alfredetc-professional-development.cvent.com/events/introduction-to-research-methods-2017/event-summary-53ab8baf98f44bae96253d32dd3ae2c8.aspx
Introduction to biostatistics: http://alfredetc-professional-development.cvent.com/events/introduction-to-biostatistics-2017/event-summary-0a0a010abbce440cbe4686881ea449c7.aspx
Systematic reviews: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/shortcourses/systematic-reviews.html
Introduction to stata: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/shortcourses/stata-mar.html
Survival Analysis with Stata: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/shortcourses/survival-analysis.html
Ethics and Good Research Practice: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/shortcourses/ethics.html
Introduction to Data Analysis: SPSS Without Tears: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphpm/shortcourses/spss.html

Understanding statistics

Unsure of where to start when understanding statistics? Here are a few resources to get you started

https://explorable.com/statistics-tutorial
Performing a power analysis: http://rgs.usu.edu/irb/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/08/A_Researchers_Guide_to_Power_Analysis_USU.pdf

Writing up research

Literature review forums of 2017

External links

Submitting papers

Choose the right journal for your research: http://thinkchecksubmit.org/

Research coding

Coursera is a great place to get your skills up – plenty of free courses and learning is self-paced.

For a list of courses, click here.
R programming: https://www.coursera.org/r-programming
Matlab: https://www.coursera.org/learn/matlab
edX also offers courses in data science: https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-r-data-science-microsoft-dat204x-4?gclid=CJfsvODG3NMCFZ4KKgodxQ0OtQ
DataCamp does too!: https://www.datacamp.com/courses

Perfecting your presentation

The lighter side

http://phdcomics.com/