A three-day training on Technical report Writing was conducted by the Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) thru the Capability Building Committee (CBC) last November 8-10, 2016 at the Hotel Veniz, Baguio City.
The training course objectives for the participants were successfully attained at the end of the traning as follows : (a) to be able to differentiate technical writing from creative writing (b) to know the general guidelines in writing the different parts of a technical paper (c) to know the different methods of referencing (d) to be exposed to the requirements of various editorial bodies in publishing the research report in medical journals; and (e) to know the general guidelines in making an oral presentation of a technical report.
Dr. Ophelia Mendoza, a former professor from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Epidemiology and Biostatistics was the training's learning provider. Dr. Mendoza assisted the committee to capacitate more the researchers in the region in coming up with a meaningful and quality research papers through her proficiency and experience in doing tremendous researches.
Participants who attended the training were from Northwestern University (NWU), Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMMH&MC), University of Northern Philippines (UNP), Ilocos Training and Region Medical Center (ITRMC), Don Mariano Marcos State University (DMMMSU), Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital (DDVMH) and Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation (VMUF). Most of the participants completed the series of workshop/training conducted by the CBC, from the Training Course on Basic Research Methods, Training on Data Analysis up to the Training on Technical Report Writing.
As per training evaluation of participants, they requested the committee to continue their plans to support researchers to develop their ability in doing meaningful research projects.
