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Operational research training: the course and beyond
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Bissell K
; Harries AD
; Reid AJ
; Edginton M
; Hinderaker SG
; Satyanarayana S
; Enarson DA
; Zachariah R
Public Health Action
2012[Sep]; 2
(3
): 92-7
PMID26392960
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Insufficient operational research (OR) is generated within programmes and health
systems in low- and middle-income countries, partly due to limited capacity and
skills to undertake and publish OR in peer-reviewed journals. To address this, a
three-module course was piloted by the International Union Against Tuberculosis
and Lung Disease and Médecins Sans Frontières in 2009-2010, with 12 participants.
Five received mentorship and financial support as OR Fellows. Eleven of 12
participants submitted a paper to a peer-reviewed journal within 4 weeks of the
end of the course. Evaluation shows that participants continued OR activities
beyond the course. During the subsequent year, they submitted and/or published 19
papers, made 10 posters and/or presentations, and many participated in training,
mentoring and/or paper reviewing. Some described changes in policy and practice
influenced by their research, and changes in their organisation's approach to OR.
They provided recommendations for improving and expanding OR. We conclude that
participants can, with certain enabling conditions, take research questions
through to publication, use skills gained to undertake and promote OR thereafter
and contribute to improvement in policy and practice. An internet-based network
will provide participants and graduates with a platform for collection of course
outcomes and ongoing mentor- and peer-based support, resources and incentives.
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