This course aims to help introduce healthcare professionals and students who are new to research to the concepts, process and resources required to conduct good and ethical research. Development was funded by the Faculty of Medicine, UM with support from the e-Learning unit of the Academic Enhancement and Leadership Development Centre, UM. Course revisions and updates were supported by the UM AI in Medicine grant (2025-2026). This course is an 6-week introductory course with an estimated 3 hours of learning per week, offering a digital certificate upon eligibility.
By the end of this course, here are the skills you will gain according to this course's topics:
- Research process (to acquire knowledge on the research process)
- Research question (to develop a good research question
- Literature search (to conduct a literature search)
- Research method (to identify an appropriate research method to answer the research question)
- Research proposal (to develop a research proposal)
- Research ethics (to understand the importance of research ethics)
- Research grant (to acquire the knowledge on how to apply for research funding)
- Ethical application (to understand the process of applying for ethics approval)
- Instructor: TEO CHIN HAI
- Instructor: Alief Rizkania Illah
- Instructor: Devanthiran Letchumanan
- Instructor: LAI SIEW MEI PAULINE
- Instructor: TONG WEN TING
- Instructor: LEE YEW KONG
Course Duration: 6 Weeks
Skill Level: Open
Credits Earned: 1
Certification: Yes
Completion Badge: Yes