KEYSTONE HPSR Initiative // Module 13: Research Plan Writing // Slideshow 3: Research Plan - 3 This is the third slideshow of Module 13: Research Plan Writing, of the KEYSTONE Teaching and Learning Resources for Health Policy and Systems Research To access video sessions and slides for all modules copy and past the following link in your browser: http://bit.ly/25vVVp1 Module 11: Research Plan Writing This module focuses on the central role of framing research questions, choosing appropriate methodologies and methods and how to develop a research plan when doing Health policy and systems research (HPSR) There are 3 slideshows in this module. Module 13: Research Plan Writing -Module 13 Slideshow 1: Research Plan – 1 -Module 13 Slideshow 2: Research Plan – 2 -Module 13 Slideshow 3: Research Plan – 3 The other modules in this series are: Module 1: Introducing Health Systems & Health Policy Module 2: Social justice, equity & gender Module 3: System complexity Module 4: Health Policy and Systems Research frameworks Module 5: Economic analysis Module 6: Policy analysis Module 7: Realist evaluation Module 8: Systems thinking Module 9: Ethnography Module 10: Implementation research Module 12: Knowledge translation KEYSTONE is a collective initiative of several Indian health policy and systems research (HPSR) organizations to strengthen national capacity in HPSR towards addressing critical needs of health systems and policy development. KEYSTONE is convened by the Public Health Foundation of India in its role as Nodal Institute of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR). The inaugural KEYSTONE short course was conducted in New Delhi from 23 February – 5 March 2015. In the process of delivering the inaugural course, a suite of teaching and learning materials were developed under Creative Commons license, and are being made available as open access resources. The KEYSTONE teaching and learning resources include 38 videos and 32 slide presentations organized into 13 modules. These materials cover foundational concepts, common approaches used in HPSR, and guidance for preparing a research plan. These resources were created and are made available through support and funding from the Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research (AHPSR), WHO for the KEYSTONE initiative.

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Research Plan - 3

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Research plan - 3
Kabir Sheikh
2 March 2015

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Plan for next two days
• Wed 4 Mar (day 9): full day to work on research plans individually.
Individual appointments available with primary and secondary
facilitators to discuss your research plans.
• Thur 5 Mar (day 10): presentations and investiture
– 0900-1500: Fellow presentations. Each fellow to present detailed
research plan (10 min) and receive feedback from faculty and guests (5
min)
– 1530-1700: Presentation of certificates and addresses by guests.
Completion of overall course feedback by fellows.

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Format for day 10 presentations (Max. 12
slides excluding title and acknowledgements)
• Background and rationale (1 slide)
• Brief review of literature (1-2 slides)
• Research question(s) (1 slide)
• Conceptual framework (if any) (1 slide)
• Study design (1-2 slides)
• Methodology (1-2 slides)
• Quality and ethics (1-2 slides)
• Outcomes and impact pathways (1-2 slides)
• Timeline (1 slide)
• Financial plan (1 slide)

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Today’s Groupwork
• Divide into three facilitated groups
• First part (30 min): prepare a preliminary version of your research
plan in 5-6 slides
– Background and rationale (1 page)
– Research question(s) (1 page)
– Conceptual framework (if any) (1 slide)
– Study design (1 slide)
– Proposed methodology (1 slide)
– Outcomes and impact pathways (1 slide)
• Second part (90 min): present your slides to fellows and facilitators in
your group (5 min each) and receive detailed feedback (10 min each)

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