MAA grant

The medical education unit room in the first floor of Platinum Jubilee Hall is a neat place.

There is a projector with a flexible base that stays where you put it.
There are excellent rotating chairs and static cushioned chairs with nice tables that go along.

And last Thursday the room hosted the MAA grant interview of candidates.

There were 17 projects which sought the 10x10000 and 2x5000 grants by 1961 batch and 1984 batch respectively.

Dr Manjunath had already informed everyone how their presentations should be outlined.
Dr Shekar, Dr Balu, and a few elders from 1961 batch was present to discuss the presentations.

It went in alphabetical order except for a few changes.

I was second to present my "Study on the Respiratory Effects in Road Construction Workers".
Somehow the title had to include the word "prevalence". Also, unlike what Dr Sumanth, my guide, and me thought, there is some problem with smokers and non-smokers being included in the study.

The inclusion criteria should not be one year. It should be more considering how chronic bronchitis is defined to be two years.

And peak flow meter can measure only obstructive diseases.

Totally, I was apparently "just coming and doing research" which is "not the way research should be done".

To be frank, I felt like I am going to be better off not wanting to do any research. After all, I'm not going to be patient enough to do data collection. I should rather switch to statistical analysis (my opinion). That's where all the fun is. And that won't have to go through all these trouble of convincing people about ethicality and practicality of stuff.

Others presented projects about tobacco, birth asphyxia, and stuff.

From today, I'm a research analyst :p