Impact of the Fogarty Training Program on Trainee and Institutional Research Capacity Building at a Government Medical College in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strengthening health research is essential to inform public health policies. However, few research training programs have systematically measured their impact on capacity building and most evaluations have been limited to reporting of individual trainee metrics. Hence, we conducted an evaluation of the impact of a five-year training program focused on building both trainee and institutional research capacity at a public medical college in India.

Methods

Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to assess the individual and institutional research capacity building of a five-year HIV-TB research training program at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College in Pune, India, supported by the US National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. In a

SUBMITTER: Dhumal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394206 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature