TY - JOUR
T1 - Capacity Building for Research in Critical Care
T2 - A Pilot Program in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
AU - Nazer, Lama H.
AU - Kleinpell, Ruth
AU - Olsen, Keith
AU - Hawari, Feras
N1 - Funding Information:
Two participants had difficulties covering the travel cost for the workshops and the Middle East Critical Care Assembly provided financial support to those participants. The financial support was also a limiting factor with regard to abstract presentations. However, with the current situation of virtual conferences, abstract presentations may be more feasible.
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PY - 2021/1/8
Y1 - 2021/1/8
N2 - Research productivity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is relatively low in all fields, including critical care. We describe a capacity-building research program that was piloted with 11 clinicians from the Eastern Mediterranean Region, who had minimal research experience. The program was conducted over 1 year, with a structure that specifically addressed factors that contribute to low research productivity. We describe the structure of the program, the faculty involved, the feasibility, and challenges faced, as well as the impact of the program on research output. At a small scale, the program was generally feasible and demonstrated promising results. Evaluating the feasibility of conducting such a program over a longer period of time and with a larger group of participants is necessary since research capacity-building programs require multiple years to demonstrate a significant impact on research output.
AB - Research productivity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is relatively low in all fields, including critical care. We describe a capacity-building research program that was piloted with 11 clinicians from the Eastern Mediterranean Region, who had minimal research experience. The program was conducted over 1 year, with a structure that specifically addressed factors that contribute to low research productivity. We describe the structure of the program, the faculty involved, the feasibility, and challenges faced, as well as the impact of the program on research output. At a small scale, the program was generally feasible and demonstrated promising results. Evaluating the feasibility of conducting such a program over a longer period of time and with a larger group of participants is necessary since research capacity-building programs require multiple years to demonstrate a significant impact on research output.
KW - capacity building; critical care; Eastern Mediterranean; research productivity; research; training
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U2 - 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000315
DO - 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000315
M3 - Article
C2 - 33458683
AN - SCOPUS:85114883496
SN - 2639-8028
VL - 3
SP - E0315
JO - Critical Care Explorations
JF - Critical Care Explorations
IS - 1
ER -