Training Workshop Report

“Writing Research Proposal Workshop"

13thApril 2017

Directorate of Planning and Studies

Al Buraimi Governorate

2

Table of Content

Page Content 3 Summary of Workshop

4 Summary of sessions

5 Figure (1): Participants'

evaluation on the outcome of the

activity

3

1. Summary of the workshop

One day workshop was conducted on 13 April 2017 to prepare candidates on

designing a research proposal. The workshop organized by studies and research

department. The core objective of the workshop was to equip the researchers and

healthcare workers who are planning for higher studies with set of skills and

potentiality to write a research project. The course intends to deal with variety of

quantitative and qualitative research methods used in health researches. It gives more

exposure on how to identify a problem, skills of literature review, writing good

research questions, objectives, and hypothesis. .By the end of program the participants

are expected to develop a research proposal of a significant research problem. The

workshop was given by Dr. Abdullatif Al Balushi, research consultant and attended

by 31 participants. The workshop consists of 3 hours theory and 3 hours practice. The

workshop commenced, after the registration of participants, introduction and

presenting a certificate to the speaker of the workshop.

4

The workshop continued between 08:00 am to 2:00 pm with a tea break. The

first three hours covered the theory part of writing research proposal. He

explains the constraints faced in writing research proposals, key components,

critical critiquing, elements that promote effective technical and ethical

concerns. Then, he introduced the participants to the conceptual clarity in the

process of research and the steps to be undertaken while pursuing research. He

brought to notice of all presented in the workshop about the practical problems

of research scholars in doing a research. He also gave an overview about

literature review/problem identification: Sources and criteria. The session

applied more focus on how to reviewing the literature and find the gap. The

workshop provides researchers how research questions formulate and brought

out the differences between types of research.

The session was followed by

three hours practice. The

participants were formed in a

group and they discussed

among the group members

and framed a research title,

research questions, research

objectives and research

hypothesis. Every group

presented their proposal.

Every participant were given

an opportunity to

Summary of Sessions

5

frame a null and alternative hypothesis based on the problem chosen on the

spot and deliberate the hypothesis

with proper understanding. Every

participant was happy after the

activity session that they have

clarity how to formulate the

working hypothesis and testing for

their research. This activity session

helped the participants to understand

the lacunas they have in the research

proposal writing. The speaker

explained the points to be carried out while writing research proposal and again

the points were summarized to the participants at the end of the workshop. All

participants expressed their satisfaction about the workshop and overall

organization of the workshop as well as the whole program (Figure 1).

Figure (1): Participants' evaluation on the outcome of the activity