Dhumal Gauri, DeLuca Andrea, Chandanwale Ajay, Kadam Dileep, Joshi Samir, Kinikar Aarti, Gupte Nikhil, Mave Vidya, Gupta Amita, Suryavanshi Nishi, Bollinger Robert C
Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College/Johns Hopkins Clinical Trials Unit, Pune, Maharashtra, IN.
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD, US.
Ann Glob Health. 2020 Jul 28;86(1):86. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2932.
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.
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 addition to documentation of the number of trainee research projects initiated, the number of research papers produced by the Fogarty Scholars (FSs) available on PubMed was calculated. The institutional impact of this program was assessed by documentation of research training activities conducted by the FSs, as well as by surveys and in-depth interviews conducted at the beginning and end of the program.
Twenty-one mid-level BJGMC faculty were provided training in HIV-TB research competencies. Between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2019, 13 of these FSs designed and implemented new IRB-approved research studies and contributed to 49 PubMed listed research papers, including 11 first-authored manuscripts. FSs also conducted 36 journal club discussions, mentored 58 student research projects and conducted 5 institutional research method workshops. Pre- and-post-program surveys and in-depth interviews documented a perceived increase in institutional research capacity, particularly in TB research (epidemiology, clinical research, laboratory research). The impact of the Fogarty Training Program on institutional scientific output was perceived to be marginally improved.
The Fogarty Training Program had a significant impact on building individual research capacity. To sustain this impact beyond the five years of Fogarty support, additional governmental and institutional resources, the establishment of dedicated space for faculty research and protected faculty time for research are needed. These findings can inform the design and implementation of future health research capacity building initiatives.
加强卫生研究对于为公共卫生政策提供依据至关重要。然而，很少有研究培训项目系统地衡量其对能力建设的影响，并且大多数评估仅限于报告个别学员的指标。因此，我们对一个为期五年的培训项目的影响进行了评估，该项目旨在提升印度一所公立医学院学员和机构的研究能力。
采用定量和定性方法，对由美国国立卫生研究院福格蒂国际中心资助的、在印度浦那的拜拉姆吉·杰吉博伊政府医学院开展的为期五年的艾滋病毒-结核病研究培训项目的个人和机构研究能力建设进行评估。除记录启动的学员研究项目数量外，还计算了福格蒂学者（FSs）在PubMed上发表的研究论文数量。通过记录FSs开展的研究培训活动，以及在项目开始和结束时进行的调查和深入访谈，评估该项目对机构的影响。
21名拜拉姆吉·杰吉博伊政府医学院的中级教员接受了艾滋病毒-结核病研究能力培训。在2014年4月1日至2019年4月1日期间，其中13名FSs设计并实施了新的经机构审查委员会批准的研究，促成了49篇被PubMed收录的研究论文，包括11篇第一作者手稿。FSs还开展了36次期刊俱乐部讨论，指导了58个学生研究项目，并举办了5次机构研究方法研讨会。项目前后的调查和深入访谈记录显示，机构研究能力有明显提升，尤其是在结核病研究（流行病学、临床研究、实验室研究）方面。福格蒂培训项目对机构科研产出的影响被认为略有改善。
福格蒂培训项目对个人研究能力建设产生了重大影响。为了在福格蒂支持的五年之后维持这种影响，需要额外的政府和机构资源，设立专门的教员研究空间，并为教员提供专门的研究时间。这些研究结果可为未来卫生研究能力建设举措的设计和实施提供参考。
