BCBR Buddy
BCBR revision notes
One page for each lecture. Lectures 1–5 are free.
- 01Introduction to health researchRead
- 02Formulating a research questionRead
- 03Literature reviewRead
- 04Measures of disease frequencyRead
- 05Descriptive study designsRead
- 06Analytical study designs
- 07Experimental study designs: Clinical trials
- 08Validity of epidemiological studies
- 09Qualitative research methods
- 10Measurement of study variables
- 11Sampling methods
- 12Calculating sample size and power
- 13Selection of study population
- 14Study plan and project management
- 15Designing data collection tools
- 16Principles of data collection
- 17Data management
- 18Overview of data analysis
- 19Ethical framework for health research
- 20Conducting clinical trials
- 21Preparing a concept paper
- 22Elements of a protocol
- 23Publication ethics
Questions about the notes
Are the BCBR notes free?
The BCBR Buddy notes for lectures 1 to 5 are free to read, with no account needed. The notes for lectures 6 to 23 open with any BCBR Buddy pass, which also unlocks all 690 practice questions and the full-length mock exam.
What is in each BCBR revision note?
Each note covers one BCBR lecture on one page: which topics that lecture's 30 practice questions test and how many questions each one has, the differences you need to know to answer them, a warning wherever the official answer is different from the standard books, and five lines to read the night before the exam.
Are these the official ICMR notes for the BCBR course?
No. The BCBR Buddy notes are independent revision notes, written from standard textbooks and the Qbank, not from the course's slides or handouts. BCBR Buddy is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with ICMR or the National Institute of Epidemiology.
How should I use the BCBR notes to prepare?
Read one lecture's note, then solve that lecture's 30 practice questions while it is fresh. Each note tells you which topics come most often, so when you get a question wrong, you know which part of the note to read again.