Atkins Salla, Varshney Dinansha, Meragia Elnta, Zwarenstein Merrick, Diwan Vishal
Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
Department of Public Health and Environment, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India.
Glob Health Action. 2016 Oct 6;9:30434. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.30434. eCollection 2016.
Capacity development in health research is high on the agenda of many low- and middle-income countries.
The ARCADE projects, funded by the EU, have been working in Africa and Asia since 2011 in order to build postgraduate students' health research capacity. In this short communication, we describe one initiative in these projects, that of research clinics - online journal clubs connecting southern and northern students and experts.
We describe the implementation of these research clinics together with student and participant experiences.
From 2012 to 2015, a total of seven journal clubs were presented by students and junior researchers on topics related to global health. Sessions were connected through web conferencing, connecting experts and students from different countries.
The research clinics succeeded in engaging young researchers across the globe and connecting them with global experts. The contacts and suggestions made were appreciated by students. This format has potential to contribute toward research capacity building in low- and middle-income countries.
卫生研究能力建设在许多低收入和中等收入国家的议程上占据重要位置。
由欧盟资助的“ARCADE项目”自2011年起在非洲和亚洲开展工作，以培养研究生的卫生研究能力。在这篇简短的交流文章中，我们描述了这些项目中的一项举措，即研究诊所——连接南方和北方学生及专家的在线期刊俱乐部。
我们描述了这些研究诊所的实施情况以及学生和参与者的体验。
2012年至2015年，学生和初级研究人员共举办了七次关于全球卫生相关主题的期刊俱乐部。各场次通过网络会议进行连接，将来自不同国家的专家和学生联系起来。
研究诊所成功吸引了全球各地的年轻研究人员，并将他们与全球专家联系起来。学生们对建立的联系和收到的建议表示赞赏。这种形式有潜力为低收入和中等收入国家的研究能力建设做出贡献。
