There will be a pre-conference workshop jointly organized by George Institute of International Health and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad  on  “Clinical research skills” on  13^th March , 2009, between 2.00 PM to 7.00 PM which will feature topics on how to write and submit National and International Research Proposals, how to do epidemiologic study, how to organize your centre for clinical trials, how to write and get a paper published, and finally how to read and understand medical literature. The faculty will include the leaders in their field.