Synopsis preparation for MD/MS Ayurveda

a review to research and synopsis proposals

1. DR .ARUN.NP, MD(AYURVEDA) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR -DEPARTMENT OF KAYACHIKITSA BAPUJI AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE ,TR NAGAR CHALLAKERE,CHITRADURGA DIST.KRANATAKA EMAIL id : [email protected] SYNOPSIS PREAPARATION FOR MD/MS AYURVEDA

2. WHAT IT MEAN??? Brief summary of the major points of an intended research work.

3. NAME OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT COVER LETTER 1.0 NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND ADDRESS 2.0 NAME OF THE INSTITUTE 3.0 COURSE OF STUDY IN SUBJECT 4.0 DATE OF ADMISSION TO THE COURSE Structure of a synopsis

4. 5.0 TITLE OF DISSERTATION 6.0 BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK 7.0 MATERIALS AND METHODES 8.0 LIST OF REFERENCES 9.0. SIGNATURE OF THE CANDIDATE : 10.0. REMARKS OF GUIDE

5. 11.0 NAME AND DESIGNATION OF GUIDE 12.0. REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN AND PRINCIPAL

6. FEWEST POSSIBLE WORDS THAT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE THE CONTENT OF THE PAPER. Title should clearly convey an idea about the intended project. Realistic and phrased in operational terms. Specifyig what you are going to do. 5.0 TITLE OF DISSERTATION

7. Use action verbs that are specific enough to be evaluated. Such as To determine, To compare ,To verify,to calculate,To describe ,To establish Avoid the use of vague,non action verbs. Such as To appreciate,To understand ,To study

8. 6.0.BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK

9. Importance of the subject of study in day to day life Benefets to humanity Ayurvedic understanding or description Allopathic term correlation Prevalance rate( in case of a clinical condition) Speciality or extra benefits of drug /formulation under study 6.1- Need for the study

10. 6.2.Review of literature: Literature review Information from subject related treatises Details of the Previous work done

11. Through primary and secondary sources Research articles and computer data bases Literature reviews of previous research work done on your subject of interest. Classical ayurveda treatises Nighantus , ayurveda books of different authors Describe the information about your subject of study given in different Literary sources

12. Importance Provides an orientation about the proposed research work. Methodological insights may percieved .

13. 6.3 Aims and Objective of the study: Aim and objectives HYPOTHESIS

14. What you are expected to achieve by the study Phrased in operational terms. Should cover the different aspect of the research problem. Realistic in local conditions. Aim and objectives

15. Tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences . Generalised statement regarding the outcome of research work . HYPOTHESIS

16. TYPES HYPOTHESIS STATING THERS IS NO EFFECT AFTER THE INTERVENTION. FORMULATED WITH THE AIM OF BEING REJECTION HYPOTHESIS STATING THE EFFECT AFTER THE INTERVENTION. FORMULATED WITH THE AIM OF BEING ACCEPTANCE. NULL HYPOTHESIS ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS

17. 7.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS

18. Literary source: All the literatures about the disease will be reviewed and documented for the study. DETAILED IN REFERENCE Sample source : SOURCE OF THE PATIENTS . Patients will be diagnosed and selected from the OPD and IPD of PG studies in Kayachikitsa of Dhanvantari ayurveda medical college and hospital,medical camps and other referrals. Pharmaceutical source :   DETAILS OF PHARMACY The formulations selected for research work will be prepared in institutional Pharmacy of Dhanvantari ayurveda college siddapur .   7.1 Source of data:

19. 1-Study design : ABOUT BLINDING RANDOMIZATION COMPARATIVE OR OBSERVATIONAL (NATURE OF REASEARCH PROBLEM) CLINICAL OR NON CLINICAL STUDY 7.2 Methods of collection of data:

20. 2-Method of sampling : convenient method 3- Diagnostic criteria: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CLINICAL CONDITION. INCLUSION CRITEARIA AND EXCLUSION CRITEARIAS SHOULD BE EXPALINED.

21. Grouping of patients based on the type of study(comparative or observational study) Procedure of administration of Drug. Observation period. Follow up. Preparation of medicine . methode of preparation and diet . METHODS

22. Assessment criteria: Subjective Objective

23. Suitable statistical test will applied where ever necessary   T TEST -Calculation 1 or 2 groups if the number of sample is less than 30. Unpaired t test in comparative study(b/w two different groups) Paired t test in observational study(same group in fifferent occassions ) Z TEST -Calculation 1 or 2 groups if the number of sample is more than 30. Statistical Methods:  

24. F TEST -calculation in more than two groups & irrespective of sample size. CHI SQUARE TEST -to compare observed values with expected values.

25. 7.3 .ETHICAL CLEARANCE Does the study require any investigations or interventions to be conducted on patients or other humans or animals describe briefly. THE ETHICAL CLEARNCE BEEN OBTAINED FROM YOUR INSTITUTION.   Laboratory investigations :

26. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A DOCUMENT FROM WHICH YOU HAVE OBTAINED INFORMATION. 8.0 LIST OF REFERENCES

27. Vancouver style of referencing Author/Editor name (editor put ed. After the name) Title (IN ITALICS) Edition Place of publication Publisher Year of publication

28. RULES FOR REFENCE WRITING Number all references Arrange the list in the order in which reference appear in your text. If there is more than 6 authors list the first six authors followed by “ etal .” Use official abbreviations for titles of journals.

29. Times New Roman and size of 10 to 12 characters. The size of the titles should be 14 and Bold, the size of subtitles should be 12 and bold. Spacing Use double spacing except for long quotations, footnotes, and endnotes, which are singlespaced . Margins To allow for binding , the left-hand margin must be 1.5”. Other margins should be 1.0” FONTS TYPE

30. Thesis or Dissertations format should be in .Doc (Ms Word Document) or PDF (portable Document format), Image files in JPG or TIFF format and Audio Visual in AVI (Audio video interleave), GIF, MPEG (moving picture expert) files format. File Format