Workshop: Learning the science of peer reviewing as a publishing ethics obligation

Organizers: Forum for Medical Ethics Society and Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
Date and Time: June 3 and 4, 2017 | 10 am – 6 pm
Venue: University of Mumbai, Kalina campus,

Course objectives:

  1. To appreciating the significance of peer review to scientific publishing and publication ethics in health, social sciences, and law;
  2. To share insights into types of peer review and best practices in peer review; and
  3. To increase awareness of peer review guidelines and its importance for decision making in journal publication.

Faculty:

  1. Dr Peush Sahni, Editor, National Medical Journal of India, and Editorial Board member of IJME;
  2. Dr Mala Ramanathan. Working Editor, IJME and Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS), Thiruvananthapuram;
  3. Advocates Veena Johari;
  4. Monica Sakhrani, Human Rights activists;
  5. Dr Vijayaprasad Gopichandran, Working Editor, IJME and Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, ESIC Medical College, Chennai; and
  6. Dr Sunita VS Bandewar, Sr Public Health Researcher, and General Secretary, FMES.

Course participants: Health researchers from NGOs and academic institutes and post graduate students from academic institutes in Mumbai and Pune