On Saturday the 10th of March 2018 a workshop was held in collaboration between Misr International University and National research Center. The workshop entitled “Essential Steps of a High Quality Systematic Review of Intervention” was introduced by Assoc. Prof. Hend Salah, Orthodontic and Pediatric Dentistry, National Research Center, Cochrane Oral Health Group Reviewer. Members and teaching assistants from both Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine and faculty of Pharmacy – MIU continued their participation in this workshop. The instructor was rated excellent by 100% of the attendees. The workshop was rated excellent by 83.3% of the participants and very good (16.7%). The attendees asked for more lectures and more time to cover this interesting topic.

Researches off the Ground
A workshop entitled “The University Impact Rankings” was organized by the University Community Services and Environmental Affairs Committee in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge Bank was held on Tuesday the 2nd of July 2019.

The workshop was introduced by Prof. Samaa EL Dek, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology and Director of the International Classification Office at Beni Suef University.

The objective of the workshop was to discuss the University Impact Rankings based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were discussed and it was agreed that the Partnership SDG17 are mandatory goals, in addition to three or more elective goals from the list of non-mandatory SDGS.

Members of the University Ranking Committee attended the workshop. The instructor was rated Excellent by 40% of the participants, Very Good by 60%. The attendees requested continuous workshops as well as hands on applications.

A workshop organized by the University Community Services and Environmental Affairs Committee entitled “Introduction to Ethics and Qualitative Research” was held in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge Bank on Monday the 8th of July 2019. It was introduced by
Dr. Isabelle Nakhla, MD, MSC., PhD Clinical Research Scientist, NAMURU-3. The workshop aimed at introducing research ethics concepts of qualitative research to the leaders, staff members, and teaching assistants of the Humanitarian Sector faculties as well as the medical sector at the MIU. The workshop started with an introduction to general and guiding principles of research ethics and their applications, including the informed consent process, confidentiality and risk and benefits evaluation. The composition of the IRB, as well as the ethical problems of the qualitative research, were discussed. Finally, the importance of research ethics review was stressed, as it is an international requirement and MIU should be leading this field.
The workshop was attended by the Dean and Staff Members of the Faculty of Al Alsun and Mass Communication, as well as the teaching assistants of the Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine . The instructor was rated excellent by 58% of the participants, very good by 33% and good by 9%.