Johansson Hanna, Lindblom Sebastian, Timm Linda, Gardiner Paul A, Opava Christina H, Dohrn Ing-Mari
Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Alfred Nobels Allé 23, Huddinge, 14183, Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital, Theme Women's Health and Allied Health Professionals, Stockholm, Sweden.
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Apr 26;25(1):616. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-07153-3.
The Strategic Research Area Health Care Science was funded by the Swedish government to build strong research environments in 2008. This was assigned to Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University. A major initiative was the development of the Global Bridges program at Karolinska Institutet. The aim was to support junior researchers through mentoring and fostering international networks within health care sciences, as well as provide opportunity for them to cultivate long-lasting international collaborations essential for their careers. As participants, junior researchers were given the opportunity to invite an international scholar to Stockholm for a one-week intensive program consisting of seminars, individual mentoring sessions, and workshops. The Global Bridges program was organized six times between 2013 and 2022 with 48 junior researchers (94% women) at Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University, and 37 international scholars (68% women) from different higher education institutions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. In this study, we used a mixed-method parallel design to evaluate whether the Global Bridges program had reached its intended objectives. A web-survey was sent out to all participating junior researchers and invited scholars and yielded a response rate of 71% and 83% respectively. The results indicated support for the academic development of junior researchers and that the individual components of the program were useful. Additionally, several collaborations had developed, resulting in peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and research projects. However, more support was deemed necessary to foster long-lasting collaborations among junior researchers - invited scholar dyads.
战略研究领域医疗保健科学于2008年由瑞典政府资助，旨在打造强大的研究环境。该项目被分配给卡罗琳斯卡学院和于默奥大学。一项重要举措是在卡罗琳斯卡学院开展全球桥梁计划。其目的是通过指导和培育医疗保健科学领域的国际网络来支持初级研究人员，并为他们提供机会，培养对其职业生涯至关重要的长期国际合作关系。作为参与者，初级研究人员有机会邀请一位国际学者前往斯德哥尔摩，参加为期一周的密集项目，该项目包括研讨会、个人指导课程和工作坊。全球桥梁计划在2013年至2022年间组织了六次，卡罗琳斯卡学院和于默奥大学有48名初级研究人员（94%为女性）参与，来自非洲、亚洲、澳大利亚、欧洲和北美的不同高等教育机构的37名国际学者（68%为女性）参与其中。在本研究中，我们采用混合方法平行设计来评估全球桥梁计划是否实现了其预期目标。我们向所有参与的初级研究人员和受邀学者发送了网络调查问卷，回复率分别为71%和83%。结果表明该计划对初级研究人员的学术发展有支持作用，且计划的各个组成部分都很有用。此外，还形成了一些合作关系，产生了经过同行评审的出版物、会议报告和研究项目。然而，人们认为需要更多支持来促进初级研究人员与受邀学者二元组之间的长期合作。
