Welcome To
Rawalian Student Research Society RMU
Medical research, perhaps, is one of the most daunting terminologies for a medical student. RSRS works on a vision to make this cumbersome process of research approachable and inclusive for the students. From holding Webinars and seminars for research methodology and data analysis to providing research mentors for freshly admitted medical students, RSRS has been incessantly working to inculcate the young aspirant researchers with the knowledge and skills they need to become future leaders in the world of academia and research. With regularly held Conferences and Symposia, where keynote and influential speakers from different specialties are invited, we aim to equip the young students with quality resources and mentors, that can help them pave their way in this learning journey.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Umar
Vice Chancellor RMUPatron in Chief RSRS
‘’The world is now a global village and it is the time to make research a top priority by the institutions of the country. I believe no institute can progress without research. Research is not only important at the graduate level but at the undergraduate level as well. It gives me pleasure to see the students of Rawalpindi Medical University taking special interest in research and we as office bearers should always provide our full support to the young minds.”
‘’Health research is only cognitive solution to ever growing health issues. Medical students are future health scientists and are supposed to carry forward the health research legacy. RSRS has high potential to supplement health research capacity & culture among medical students through many collaterals like conducting student’s need based short courses & workshops, holding & facilitating students’ participation in research competitions, setting student’s role in domestic research projects, developing national & international health research linkages, like many others.’’
Prof. Dr. Syed Arshad Sabir
Dean Community Medicine & Patron in Charge RSRS
Dr. Afifa Kulsoom
Chief Coordinator
RSRS RMU
Working Bodies
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RESEARCH CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Research Conference (RECON)
RSRS also organizes an undergraduate research conference “RECON” in which students of RMU present their research projects as posters as well as verbally in moderated sessions. Winners of the competition are presented with gold medals and shields. In ‘’Young Researchers Forum” organized in 2017, more than 65 posters and 10 verbal presentations were put forward by students of RMU.RSRS has organized 3 Medical Research Competitions: RECON 2016, RECON 2017 and RECON 2018, with 40, 65, and 75 research presentations from RMU respectively.
The RECON 2018 was organized as National Medical Researchers Forum in which medical students from 72 instititutions from across the country were invited to present their research papers. A total of 102 abstracts were accepted for verbal and oral presentations in RECON 2018.
Institutional Research Forum
Institutional Research forum has been defined as “Research conducted within an institution of higher education in order to provide information which supports institutional planning, policy formulation, and decision making.” Institutional Research Forum (IRF) is gathering of professionals working for institutional research focused on planning, implementation and assessment.IRF was established at Rawalpindi Medical University in 2014 by Prof.Dr.Muhammad Umar who geared up the research activities in the institution.Since 2014,when research at RMU was standardized, the number of research proposals has increased from 32 proposals in 2014 to 140 proposals in 2020-2021.This shows an increase of about 80% in undergraduate research proposals.
Journal of Rawalpindi Medical University
The Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (JRMC) is an official publication of Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU- formerly Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan). It was first published in 1997. It is open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal. It is published quarterly. It follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines.The journal is recognized by DOAJ,PMDC,HEC,BASE Germany,EBSCO Host,Pakmedinet,etc.It is available in print version and online at: http://journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC.
Its mission to promote excellence in health sciences that enable physicians and other healthcare professionals to be well-informed members of the medical community and society, advance standards in the conduct and reporting of medical research, and contribute to improving the health of people worldwide.
Capacity Building Workshops
Date: 2nd April 2023 – 30th April 2023
Capacity Building Series comprised a series of weekly webinars, held during the moth of April 2023, which focused on strengthening the participants’ core concepts of research. The topics discussed included Research Synopsis , Sample Size Calculation, Basic Data Analysis, Manuscript and Abstract Writing. More than 500 students from all over the country registered for the series, and we received an overwhelmingly positive response. The speakers were Fatima Faraz (President RSRS), Ebad Ur Rehman (President RSRS), Jawad Basit (SVP RSRS), Dr Nauman Ahmad Chaudhary (Alumna RSRS) and Faizan Fazal (Incharge Journal Club RSRS).
RSRS RMU
Topic Registrations
RSRS Directory department opened topic registration on April 1st till April 15th. Topics were checked for overlap and approximately 290+ topics were registered.
The call for Synopsis Submission was sent out on 16th april with the deadline being 5th may.
The department is currently in the process of doing the preliminary reviewal of the synopsis before IRB meetings.
RSRS RMU
Career Counseling series
Date : Session 1 – 7th April 2023 | Session 2 – 8th April 2023
Rawalian Students’ Research Society relaunched its Career Counselling series with a two part Webinar series called “Meet the Program Directors: A USMLE Guidance session”
Our esteemed speakers Dr. Omer Awan and Dr. Sadiq Naveed discussed the Residency Matching process in the Pass/Fail era. The importance of research and USCE was also brought up.
More than 200 students from all over Pakistan attended the webinars and got a chance to interact with our speakers.
RSRS RMU
Critical appraisal of a Manuscript Webinar
Date: 15 april, 2023
Topic : Critical appraisal of a Manuscript.
On 15th April 1st webinar of journal club was held.Dr. Farooq Azam Rathore (Consultant and Associate Professor, Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM), published 190 national and international publications with more than 2000 citations) was invited by the journal club RSRS as the speaker for the session.More than 150 medical students from Islamabad, lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi, Sudan etc joined the session
Call for ambassadors started on 25th march, 2023
A Total of 272 responses were received from Medical colleges all across Pakistan. The interviews were conducted and results were announced on 26th April 2023.The posters for selected ambassadors are being released
Ambassadorship Program
Call for ambassadors started on 25th march, 2023
A Total of 272 responses were received from Medical colleges all across Pakistan. The interviews were conducted and results were announced on 26th April 2023.The posters for selected ambassadors are being released
Rawalian Students’ Research Society organized SURGICON’23 in collaboration with SIG-RMU on 13th-14th May. More than 60 abstracts were presented and 5 seminars were arranged
Article and Poster Competition
Date: 30th April 2023
Winners
Article Competition
1st – Mahnoor Bajwa
2nd – Majid Shafi
Poster Competition
1st – Hunaina Ashfaq
2nd – Adina Shahzad
Creative Brilliance Award
Mehak Saeed
Surgicon
Date: 13th – 14th May 2023
Rawalian Students’ Research Society organized SURGICON’23 in collaboration with SIG-RMU on 13th-14th May. More than 60 abstracts were presented and 5 seminars were arranged
ABCs of Randomized control Trial
Date : 29th May – 31st May 2023
A 3 days virtual course covering basic introduction to clinical trials up to advanced concepts such as ITT and per protocol analysis by Prof Dr Khaja H Mujtuba Quadri.
UPCOMING Events
Meta Analysis And Systemic Review Series
Date: 17th June- 2nd July 2023
6-day course, where you will be introduced to the realm of review articles. From topic selection to publication
Link to register: https://forms.gle/aSL116xCcPSiyW3R9
Disease Research projects
The idea of disease Project is based on patient care approach and it’s the holistic review, which will encompass its prevalence, mode of presentation along with other demographic details, epidemiological review, interpretation of data, devise local guidelines based on audit, community awareness, innovation and grants for research.
Fellowship/ University Research Thesis
These are the projects which are required for completion of residency program/CPSP residents will write articles for completion of their college requirement
Research literature-based Academics
It consists of approaching the academic topics and comparing the standard practices with recent advancements
Clinical Audit/Quality Improvement Projects
Quality improvement projects focusing on improved patient care according to our own setup.
Plan for MS/MD research 2019-2022
Notification
Student Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (SJRMC)
Student supplement of Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (SJRMC) started in 2015 and is published biannually. It aims to support students in developing their research skills and expanding clinical knowledge by published papers based on current practices and new developments in all branches of medicine.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Year
Editorial
Original Article
Case Report
Medical Images
Total
2015
6
16
4
0
26
2016-1
6
12
3
3
24
2016-2
4
17
7
1
29
2017
1
11
1
0
13
2018-1
1
11
1
0
13
2018-2
1
12
1
0
14
2019
1
12
3
0
16
2020
1
11
0
0
12
2021
1
9
0
0
10
Total
22
111
20
4
157
Total Articles published in 6 years=157
Total issues= 9
Average articles per issue= 17
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
FIELD
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Medicine and Allied
41
55
Surgery and Allied
17
64
Basic Science and Public Health
38
59
Pathology and Microbiology
06
59
ETHICAL REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS FOR UG RESEARCH PROPOSALS 2020-2021
FIELD OF STUDY
TOTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
MEDICINE
47
SURGERY
10
BASIC SCIENCES AND PUBLIC HEALTH
45
GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTRETICS
15
PSYCHIATRY
23
TOTAL
140
YEAR WISE
TOTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
1st
5
2nd
10
3rd
20
4th
53
5th
52
TOTAL
140
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UNDER SUPERVISION & MENTORSHIP OF
PROF DR RIAZ AHMED
