Epidemiology, STI and HIV Unit, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
BMC Med Educ. 2010 Sep 28;10:63. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-63.
There are few published reports of research training needs assessments and research training programs. In an effort to expand this nascent field of study and to bridge the gap between research and practice, we sought to systematically assess the research training needs of health care professionals working at Peruvian governmental institutions leading HIV and tuberculosis (TB) control and among senior stakeholders in the field.
Six institutional workshops were conducted with the participation of 161 mid-level health professionals from agencies involved in national HIV and TB control. At each workshop informants completed a structured questionnaire and participated in small and large group discussions. Additional data and institutional commitment was obtained through in-depth interviews from 32 senior managers and researchers from the Ministry of Health, academia and NGOs.
Participants exhibited an overwhelming receptivity for additional research training, observing a gap between current levels of research training and their perceived importance. Specialized skills in obtaining funding, developing research protocols, particularly in operational, behavioral and prevention research were considered in greatest need. Beyond research training, participants identified broader social, economic and political factors as influential in infectious disease control.
The needs assessment suggests that future training should focus on operational research techniques, rather than on clinical skill building or program implementation only. Strengthening health systems not only requires additional research training, but also adequate financial resources to implement research findings.
鲜有研究培训需求评估和研究培训计划的相关报告。为了拓展这一新生研究领域，并弥合研究与实践之间的差距，我们试图对在秘鲁政府机构从事艾滋病毒和结核病（TB）防治工作的卫生保健专业人员以及该领域的资深利益攸关方的研究培训需求进行系统评估。
共有 161 名来自参与国家艾滋病毒和结核病控制的机构的中层卫生专业人员参加了 6 个机构研讨会。在每个研讨会上，知情者都完成了一份结构化问卷，并参加了小组讨论和大组讨论。通过对卫生部、学术界和非政府组织的 32 名高级管理人员和研究人员进行深入访谈，获得了额外的数据和机构承诺。
参与者对额外的研究培训表现出了压倒性的接受意愿，他们观察到目前的研究培训水平与其认为的重要性之间存在差距。他们认为，特别需要获得资金、制定研究方案的专门技能，特别是在操作性、行为和预防研究方面。除了研究培训之外，参与者还确定了更广泛的社会、经济和政治因素对传染病控制的影响。
需求评估表明，未来的培训应侧重于操作性研究技术，而不仅仅是临床技能培养或方案实施。加强卫生系统不仅需要额外的研究培训，还需要足够的财政资源来实施研究结果。
