Australian BioCommons, Australia.
EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource, Australia.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 Mar 18;17(3):e1008715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008715. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Many initiatives have addressed the global need to upskill biologists in bioinformatics tools and techniques. Australia is not unique in its requirement for such training, but due to its large size and relatively small and geographically dispersed population, Australia faces specific challenges. A combined training approach was implemented by the authors to overcome these challenges. The "hybrid" method combines guidance from experienced trainers with the benefits of both webinar-style delivery and concurrent face-to-face hands-on practical exercises in classrooms. Since 2017, the hybrid method has been used to conduct 9 hands-on bioinformatics training sessions at international scale in which over 800 researchers have been trained in diverse topics on a range of software platforms. The method has become a key tool to ensure scalable and more equitable delivery of short-course bioinformatics training across Australia and can be easily adapted to other locations, topics, or settings.
许多举措都致力于满足将生物学家提升为生物信息学工具和技术方面的全球需求。澳大利亚并非唯一需要此类培训的国家，但由于其国土面积大、人口相对较少且分布分散，澳大利亚面临着特定的挑战。作者采用了综合培训方法来克服这些挑战。“混合”方法将经验丰富的培训师的指导与网络研讨会式的交付以及在课堂上手把手进行实际练习的好处相结合。自 2017 年以来，混合方法已用于在国际范围内举办 9 次实践生物信息学培训课程，共有 800 多名研究人员在各种软件平台上接受了各种主题的培训。该方法已成为确保澳大利亚范围内短期生物信息学培训可扩展且更加公平地开展的关键工具，并且可以轻松地应用于其他地点、主题或环境。
