The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Online Training Course in research methodology, research

protocol development and scientific writing
6 September – 31 October 2023

This is to certify that Hamza Abdi Sheikh Rashid undertook the course in
research methodology research protocol development and scientific writing, and
that he completed assignments and research protocol
for all four thematic areas with 8 topics of the course adequately:
1. Introduction: Research topic selection, research question and research problem statement
2. Types of research, effective literature search and citing biomedical documents and sources
3. Epidemiologic studies
4. Systematic review and implementation research
5. Sampling (sample size and sampling technique) and quantitative data collection
6. Qualitative study design
7. Research ethics and critical appraisal of research publication
8. Research protocol development and scientific writing

The time to complete the course and knowledge assessment is on average 60 hours.

Prof. Aldo Campana
Director
Geneva Foundation for Medical
Education and Research (GFMER)
Dr. Moazzam Ali
Department of Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Research,
World Health Organization (WHO) /
Human Reproduction Programme
Prof. Jane Hirst
Associate Professor in Perinatal
Health, Nuffield Department of
Women’s & Reproductive Health
University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Raqibat Idris
Course Manager
Geneva Foundation for Medical
Education and Research (GFMER)