Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Department of Epidemiology & Infection Prevention, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 13;110(3):534-539. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0711. Print 2024 Mar 6.
As persons with HIV live longer as the result of antiretroviral therapy, morbidity from HIV-associated noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing. The Vanderbilt-Nigeria Building Research Capacity in HIV and Noncommunicable Diseases program is a training platform created with the goal of training a cohort of successful Nigerian investigators to become leaders in HIV-associated NCD research. We describe survey findings from two week-long workshops in Kano, Nigeria, where trainees received instruction in implementation science and grant writing. Surveys assessed participants' self-perceived knowledge and confidence in topics taught during these workshops. Thirty-seven participants (all assistant professors) attended the implementation science workshop; 30 attended the grant-writing workshop. Response rates for the implementation science workshop were 89.2% for the preworkshop survey and 91.9% for the postworkshop survey. For the grant-writing workshop, these values were 88.2% and 85.3%, respectively. Improvement in participant knowledge and confidence was observed in every domain measured for both workshops. On average, a 101.4% increase in knowledge and a 118.0% increase in confidence was observed across measured domains among participants in the implementation science workshop. For the grant-writing workshop, there was a 68.8% increase in knowledge and a 70.3% increase in confidence observed. Participants rated the workshops and instructors as effective for both workshops. These workshops improved participants' knowledge and competence in implementation science and grant writing, and provide a model for training programs that aim to provide physician scientists with the skills needed to compete for independent funding, conduct locally relevant research, and disseminate research findings.
随着抗逆转录病毒疗法的应用，艾滋病毒感染者的寿命延长，与艾滋病毒相关的非传染性疾病（NCD）的发病率正在上升。范德比尔特-尼日利亚建设艾滋病毒和非传染性疾病研究能力计划是一个培训平台，其创建目标是培训一批成功的尼日利亚研究人员，使他们成为与艾滋病毒相关的非传染性疾病研究的领导者。我们描述了在尼日利亚卡诺举行的为期两周的研讨会的调查结果，在那里，学员接受了实施科学和撰写赠款方面的培训。调查评估了参与者在这些研讨会上接受的主题方面的自我感知知识和信心。37 名参与者（均为助理教授）参加了实施科学研讨会；30 人参加了赠款写作研讨会。实施科学研讨会的预调查和后调查的回复率分别为 89.2%和 91.9%。对于赠款写作研讨会，这些值分别为 88.2%和 85.3%。在两个研讨会中，每个测量的领域都观察到参与者的知识和信心有所提高。平均而言，实施科学研讨会参与者在测量的各个领域的知识增加了 101.4%，信心增加了 118.0%。对于赠款写作研讨会，知识增加了 68.8%，信心增加了 70.3%。参与者认为这两个研讨会及其讲师都非常有效。这些研讨会提高了参与者在实施科学和撰写赠款方面的知识和能力，并为旨在为医师科学家提供竞争独立资金、进行本地相关研究和传播研究结果所需技能的培训计划提供了模式。
