By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Dehradun, 11 Dec: A two-day Seminar is being organised by the School of Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences of Shri Guru Ram Rai University. Specialists are sharing knowledge at the seminar on ‘The Art and Science of Research in Physiotherapy’. In this seminar, which is being organised with the assistance of IQAC Cell of SGRRU, more than 400 Physiotherapy students, PhD researchers, faculties and doctors are participating.
On Wednesday, at the seminar hall of Shri Guru Ram Rai University, the Seminar was initiated by Shri Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University’s Physiotherapy Department’s Prof (Dr) Siddhartha Sen, Shri Guru Ram Rai University Pro Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr) Kumud Saklani, Coordinator Dr RP Singh, Dean, School of Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences, Prof (Dr) Keerti Singh, HoD, Physiotherapy, Dr Sharda Sharma and Prof (Dr) Niraj Kumar jointly by lighting the ceremonial lamp.
Chief Speaker Prof (Dr) Siddhartha Sen in his lecture threw light on the significance of research in the subject of Physiotherapy. He stated that the First Step in Research is Identification of the Problem, Second Step is Review of Literature, Third Step is Postulation (creation) of hypothesis assumptions based on the Aims and Objectives of the research, Fourth Step is Identification of Research Design, Fifth Step is Data Collection, Sixth Step is Analysing the data by Statistical methods, Seventh Step is Writing the results of the analysis, Eighth Step is Discussing the results and the Ninth Step is arriving at a Conclusion. He explained that the scope of research in Physiotherapy is very wide because it is used in the treatment of diseases of Ortho, Neuro, Cardio, Obs & Gyn, and many other diseases. He said that Physiotherapy Research is directly associated with Engineering as it provides guidance to the engineers while designing Physiotherapy equipment. He enhanced the knowledge of Physiotherapy students, PhD researchers, faculty and doctors by answering their queries.
Prof (Dr) Kumud Saklani welcomed the chief speaker on behalf of SGRR University. She said that Physiotherapy is a distinct speciality of its kind. Research in physiotherapy can result in speedy treatment of many diseases.
Dr RP Singh said that Physiotherapy functions on the principle of ‘Prevention is better than Cure’. He said that research is to deeply study something that exists and to find out to what extent it is functional.
Prof (D.) Keerti Singh stated that organising this seminar is a remarkable initiative of the Department of Physiotherapy.
Significant roles were played by Dr Shama Parveen, Dr Sandeep Kumar, Dr Manjul Nautiyal, Dr Tabassum, Dr Surbhi Thapliyal, Dr Ravinder, Dr Deepa and Dr Jaydev in making the seminar a success.
