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Objectives: To formatively evaluate the HIGHER Women consortium's Mentor Protégée Program (MPP) and derive lessons for successful African women scientist mentorship. Design: Desk review of program documents and cross-sectional surveys of mentors and protégées. Setting: All 10 regions of Cameroon Participants: Women working in health research participating in the MPP. Interventions: Building health research skills and providing support for women to cope within the African psychosocial environment using a holistic approach. Main outcome measures: Formed mentor-protégés duos applying the MPP with measurable accomplishments. Results: The consortium counted 121 members with 103 protégées and 18 mentors. Of 103 protégées, 35 responded to the 2018 survey, while 77 responded to the 2022 survey. Mentioned benefits of the program included an increase in scientific peer-reviewed journal publications and presentations at national and international conferences. In the 2022 survey, a Pearson correlation showed an r of 0.41, which, although not statistically significant (p = .592), suggests a positive correlation between the increased number of peer-reviewed articles and increased number of years as HIGHER Women protégées. Conclusions: Mentorship programs can help over time to bridge the gender gaps within Africa as well as the gaps between African-led research and the rest of the world while making a meaningful contribution to enhancing the quality, diversity, and productivity of researchers. A mentoring program such as the HIGHER Women MPP can be improved by leveraging local and international partners to foster the mentoring program's sustainability, scalability, and expanded reach.
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Research Personnel , Women , Mentors , Total Quality Management , Mentoring , Gender Identity , PublicationsABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate academic publications of students of the full-time master of public health （professional degree， MPH） program and explore their research capacity. Methods:A total of 160 students of the full-time MPH program admitted from 2010 through 2014 were included in the study. Their academic publications were retrieved for analysis. Results:The average number of academic publications was 1.35. Moreover， 10.2% of the students had academic publications in Chinese journals， and 12.5% had publications in SCI-indexed English journals. Type of disciplines， province they were from， and economic status of their family were determined to be significantly associated with academic publications in SCI-indexed journals. Conclusion:Students of the full-time MPH program have research capacity； however， they have achieved relatively few academic publications of high quality. Establishment of a teaching and training program is warranted in both practice and research for students in full-time MPH programs in universities.
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@#<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective:</strong> This study aimed to: 1) describe the current state of research activity/involvement and capacity among selected tertiary level government and private hospital dietitians; 2) identify factors associated with research capacity and involvement; and 3) develop policy recommendations to improve the current research activity/involvement towards evidence-based practice among hospital dietitians.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods:</strong> This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. A total of randomly selected 181 hospital dietitians from selected hospitals in Metro Manila completed a pre-tested structured self-administered questionnaire, which elicited the socio-demographic characteristics, research activity/involvement, research capacity, perception, attitude and knowledge (PAK) of the respondents.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Descriptive statistics were generated. Pearson Correlation was determined between socio-demographic characteristics and research activity/involvement score and research capacity score. Linear multiple regression analysis was conducted to test whether perceptions, attitudes and knowledge score are factors that predicted research activity/involvement and research capacity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results:</strong> No significant difference was observed in hospital dietitians' research capacity scores based on gender, age, educational attainment, hospital affiliation, and job description. Majority (97%) of the hospital dietitians had very little participation (10%) or involvement in any type of research activity/involvement. The significant factors that were predictive of research activity/involvement scores and research capacity scores were percent of time for research and hours per week devoted to research, respectively. Percent of time for research was significantly predictive of research knowledge of respondents.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The findings in this present study showed the research activity/involvement and capacity of hospital dietitians in Metro Manila were dismally low. The significant factors that were predictive of research activity/involvement scores and research capacity scores were percent of time for research and hours per week devoted to research, respectively. To support the development of research capacity and involvement of hospital dietitians, policy-makers and healthcare organizations can optimize capability-building strategies at the academic level, hospital dietitian level, and institutional level.</p>
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NutritionistsABSTRACT
@#Introduction: Academic journal publications enable widespread access to primary care research evidence. Good writing skills in primary care researchers are essential and can be nurtured within a peer-support academic writing group. We present the experience and outcomes of two academic writing groups, moderated by LKCMedicine faculty and involving Singapore’s primary care staff. Methods: The academic writing group had a peer-support, small group approach and consisted of six sessions held every three weeks. The participants completed a baseline and a follow-up survey with questions relating to participants’ demographics, research experience, aims at baseline as well as attitudes to an academic writing group and research successes at follow-up. Both surveys included the Research Spider questionnaire to assess participants’ change in research knowledge and skills. We analysed collated data using Wilcoxon signed-rank test, descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Results: Of the 21 participants, most were female (62 percent), family physicians (43 percent) and involved in reviews or observational studies. At baseline, seven participants had a peer-reviewed publication and two attracted research funding. At follow-up, the analysis showed a significant improvement in research skill such as research protocol writing, use of qualitative research methods, publishing research, critically reviewing the literature, finding relevant literature and generating research ideas as per Research Spider. All participants appreciated the small group format and agreed that academic writing group was helpful, relevant and exceeded their expectations. Conclusion: The findings from the academic writing groups surveys convey a clear need and appreciation for academic writing support. The participants reported improvements in their research knowledge and skills and appreciation for this type of training.
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Objective To promote the research innovative capacity for the academic medical graduate student to adapt to the development of modern medicine,life science,as well as the trend of interdisciplinary integration.Methods The curriculum reform of the medical graduate student was carried out by taking into account of the knowledge context and systematic implementation,which covered the latest development of global life science and scientific research methodologies from the context perspective,also the interdisciplinary integration and the consistency and extension of knowledge from the structure perspective.Results A totally new core curriculum system for medical graduated students,which including four modules:public courses,core courses,professional courses and elective courses,was set up.Furthermore,related administrative mechanism reform was also carried out.Conclusions The new curriculum constructed is based on the integration of research and teaching,highlighted the needs for research innovation which is well adapted with the development trend of life science,break down the traditional barriers of different disciplines,contributes to the integration of interdisciplinary,as well as the promotion of research innovative capacities of graduate students.
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In order to enhance the comprehensive ability,scientific research consciousness and scientific research skills of laboratory medicine students,the clinical laboratory center of Beijing Children's Hospital carried out the exploration for strengthening the scientific research ability of laboratory medicine students in the implementation of scientific research projects.Depending on the platform of National Center for Children's Health,the clinical laboratory center of Beijing Children's Hospital used patient resources and top research facilities to provide comprehensive trainings for students who volunteered to take part in this project with the goal of offering more opportunities for further study and employment to them.Teachers can impart the ideas,thoughts and skills of scientific research to the students through the training,which can help them to improve their core competitiveness by combining the theoretical knowledge and practical work,developing the innovative thinking and improving the ability in scientific research innovation and practice.
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@#<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> In 2012, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) established the Health Systems Research Management (HSRM). One of the HSRM components is increasing the research capacity of the Centers for Health Development (CHD) which is the regional office of the DOH.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>OBJECTIVE:</strong> To determine the research capacity of CHDs and to describe research input, research process, and research output.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>METHODS:</strong> A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed. The data were collected using self-administered questionnaire with the Regional Director as the CHD respondent. The research capacity level was determined using rating scale measurement. Based on the ratings, each CHD was assigned a score with the corresponding capacity level: excellent (85-100%); good (70-84%); fair (51-69%); poor (<50%).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Fourteen (82%) of the 17 CHDs participated in the study. The institutional capacity level of the CHDs was poor in the areas of research management (43.0%) and in structure/ organization/ monitoring/ evaluation (30.0%), while it was fair in the area of resource mobilization (54.5%). Research input, research process, and research output were found to be lacking.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> The capacity level of the CHDs in the various aspects of institutional research ranged from poor to fair. Specific areas under research input, research process, and research output that need improvement were identified which can be used as benchmark for capacity-building activities and as information-base against which the effectiveness of these activities in the CHDs can be evaluated.</p>
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ResearchABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the research status of head nurses of 10 secondary hospitals in Yichang area,to understand the research attitudes and intentions,to provide a reference basis for further research training program.Methods A total of 161 head nurses in 10 secondary hospitals in YiChang were recruited and a questionnaire survey was conducted.Results There are 11.7％ of head nurse involved in research projects,44.7％ of them did not publish paper,and 80％ of them had never received scientific research knowledge and training in school.95.1％ of head nurse think the nursing research is very important,and willing participate in research study,69.6％ of them want to take part in the practical activity.Conclusions The foundation for research in Head nurse is weak inthe secondary hospital with low research achievements,however they have shown a positive scientific attitude,that may improve research ability,the hospital should pay attention to the head nurse research needs,provide effective training,promote nursing research capacity.
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Objective The article analyzed the output and influence of papers published on SCI and statistical journals in our hospital from 2008 to 2013.The results could be provided to the scientific research management as reference.Methods Bibliometrics methodology was adopted to analyze the publication number of papers,citation conditions and impact factors of publishing journals to conduct retrospective analysis of the paper output and influence of our hospital.Results According to the longitudinal research,the output of sci tech papers published on SCI and statistical journals have increased significantly in 2008-2013,but the influence needs to be further improved.On the other hand,the result also reflects the improvement of scientific research capacity of hospital.Conclusions High level sci-tech Paper is an important embodiment of the scientific research output and level in re search institutions.The analysis shows continuous improvement of discipline construction as well as evaluation mechanism has played a positive role to enhance sci tech output and influence of the hospital.
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Scientific research and clinical talents are the key to train the professional postgraduate students .Training scientific research capacity is a gradually accumulation process .Choosing the research issues , preparing the opening report , writing a review , participating the academic seminars or conferences , and writing the graduation thesis would be helpful for training scientific research capacity of endocrinology clinical professional postgraduates .
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Objective To investigate the effects of a novel scientific research practice model on medical undergraduates'!cognition and behavior. Method Totally, 60 medical undergraduates took part in the research. All of them accepted scientific research training by using improved tutorial system + team-based learning (TBL) combat training models. Before and after training, students completed the same ques-tionnaires respectively. The content included the purpose of participating in scientific research activities, the interest of scientific research, and the confidence and satisfaction of publishing scientific research papers, etc.. SPSS 16.0 was used to conduct non parametric Mann-Whitney test or Wilcoxon non parametric test to the pre and post survey data. Results Fifty-seven students (95.0%) were satisfied with the novel teaching model. Before and after training, the liking scores for scientific research practice rose from 1.12 (95%CI=0.65 to 1.59) to 5.87 (95%CI=5.34 to 6.39), P=0.001. Fifty-three students (88.3%) proactively participated in research work after training compared with 21 students (35.0%) before training, P=0.000. More students had confidence in publishing academic papers on Chinese core journals or Science Citation Index journals after training (P=0.000, P=0.003 respectively). 57 students (95%) said they were very satisfied or satisfied with the training of scientific research and practice. Conclusion Improved tutorial system+TBL research combat training model can stimulate students'!interest in scientific research and make them have more pos-itive cognition and behavior on scientific research work.
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Objective To revise the Research Capacity Self-Rating Scales of Nursing Staff and test its reliability and validity.Methods Based on the definition of scientific research capacity,the initial dimensions and items of Research Capacity Self-Rating Scales of Nursing Staff was formed by literature review,semi-structured interview and experts evaluation.The content validity was evaluated by experts,and the face validity by nursing staffs.600 nurses were investigated by convenient sampling.The reliability and validity and discrimination of the scale were tested.Results Research Capacity Self-Rating Scales of Nursing Staff were selected in 7 dimensions including the capacity of find problem,research design,scientific research practice,innovation,information retrieval,data processing and writing.Scale-level Content validity index was 0.94.The Cronbach alpha coefficient of Research Capacity Self-rating Scales of Nursing Staff was 0.964,the Cronbach alpha coefficients of the seven dimensions were 0.771-0.975,split-half reliability was 0.885.Seven factors were extracted by using principal factor analysis,cumulative contribution was 71.002％.The correlation coefficient between the Scientific Research Capacity Self-rating Scales of Nursing Staff and General Self-Efficacy Scale was 0.649 (P=0.000).The discrimination was better.Conclusions The Research Capacity Self-rating Scales of Nursing Staff revised shows good reliability and validity.It can objectively evaluate scientific research capacity of nursing staff and provide scientific reference for further improving the research capacity of the nursing staff.
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Medical post-doctor is an active and indispensable part in the field of medical research,making contribution to the development of medicine.This paper discussed the evaluation index of post-doctor and pointed out that the main ways to improve the research capacity of medical post-doctor including selection of excellent PhD students,evaluation,effective incentive and making full use of the leading role of co-supervisors.
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the level of project perception for those nurses from research-driven hospitals and to analyze the effect of research-relevant performance in the health care field focusing on the mediated effect of research capacity and job satisfaction. METHODS: Data were collected from June, 2014 to July, 2014, and participants were 106 research nurses in Research-driven hospitals. Descriptive statistics, Independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS: As a result, Research-relevant performance according to project perception of research nurses from Research-driven Hospitals was not statistically significant, but research capacity and job satisfaction had a mediating role. Evaluation System Perception was significantly different from Research Capacity (p<.001), Research Capacity was significantly different from Job Satisfaction (p<.001), Job Satisfaction was significantly different from Research Performance (p<.001) CONCLUSION: The results indicate that research capacity building and job security research nurses are able to contribute to improving research performance of research-driven hospitals.
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Capacity Building , Delivery of Health Care , Job Satisfaction , NegotiatingABSTRACT
Objective Explore the effective way to improve the research capacity of community nurses and to enhance their knowledge of scientific research.Methods Questionnaires were given to 10 community health service centers in Shanghai Qingpu District and 346 community nurses, who represent 93.51％ of the total community nurses, the results have been statistically analyzed which involves timely intervention.Results The effective ways to improve the research capacity of community nurses are listed as follows in proper order: organize scientific workshops;increase the support for nursing research;build a platform for access to literature;strengthen community care research tracking guidance.Conclusions Effective ways and means should be applied when carrying out community nursing researches in order to accelerate the scientific research ability of community nurses.
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To state the importance of scientific research capability and general practitioners training for the poor scientific innovation conditions of general practitioner standardization training by the analysis of several ways to improve the scientific research capacity and the probe of the impact on strengthening the consciousness of scientific research to help general practitioner to better work in the areas of primary care and public health.
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Objective To evaluate the levels of the Chinese literature published by the schistosomiasis control institutions of 17 municipal cities of Hubei Province. Methods The related literature published from 2008 to 2012 was searched from the da-tabases of CNKI VIP and Wanfang and then screened by the exclusion criteria. NoteExpress and Excellsoftwares were applied to collect the literature and carry out the bibliometric analysis. Results A total of 168 papers were included and the schistosomia-sis control institutes of Jingzhou City and Wuhan City had the highest amount. The literature was mainly published in Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control and Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. The comprehensive influence index-es of the schistosomiasis control institutes of Jingzhou Wuhan and Qianjiang cities were higher. The schistosomiasis control in-stitutes of Jingzhou City had an extensive content of literature while Wuhan was mainly focused on epidemiology case report and Oncomelania hupensis snail control. Conclusion The research of schistosomiasis in each municipal city has an extensive con-tent and the research capacity of the schistosomiasis control institute of Jingzhou City is relatively outstanding.
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High-level researchers,who can efficiently enhance the research strength of the college,are often brought in at high cost.Therefore there is often the need to scientifically evaluate these researchers when introduce them.We here discuss the main indicators for the evaluation of High-level researchers.Taking into consideration of their age,research span,et al.,we propose a model for the quantitative evaluation of research capability based on research achievement and prediction of future achievement,
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Objective To investigate the scientific research ability and training needs of the new posts of medical undergraduates for better training them.Methods A total of 62 new posts of medical undergraduates from a level-two general hospital in China were recruited by questionnaire survey.Resuits the scientific research ability of the new posts of medical undergraduates is poor,so it is very necessary for their in-service training,93.5~ of them have interest in scientific research and hope to get the training,especially want to take part in the practical activity.Conclusions It is not better that the scientific research ability of the new posts of medical undergraduates,so as early as possible to give the scientific research skill training to them.
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In order to meet the demand of higher medical education reform and to enhance the re-search capability among medical undergraduates , Capital Medical University carried out a project named undergraduate scientific research and innovation program. In the process of the project , several problems were found in both undergraduates and tutors including lack of document indexing skill , professional English ability , doctor-patient communication consciousness , data statistics and paper writing skills of undergraduates and limited time, insufficient funds and lacking experiences of tutors. Through establish-ing sound and standard training system, increasing scientific research funding, setting up incentive mech-anism and increasing scientific research ability training courses, scientific research ability of undergradu-ates and tutors were firmly strengthened.