Mbarara University Research Training Initiative: a spin-off of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Uganda
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Date
2017
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Dovepress
Abstract
Scientific productivity in Africa is insignificant compared to that in the rest of the
world. This has been attributed to the fact that, in spite of academic qualifications, junior faculty,
who form the majority of academics in low- and middle-income countries lack experience
in research. This calls for a need to put in place programs that provide hands-on training in
research so that junior faculty can conduct relevant research. The Mbarara University Research
Training
Initiative, a Fogarty International Center-funded program, is one such program that was
developed to provide research capacity training for junior faculty at the Mbarara University of
Science and Technology. The program utilizes health priority areas to provide research training
to junior faculty. During the training, they are given short-term-focused research training on
particular knowledge and skills, which they apply while conducting the mentored research.
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Keywords
Junior faculty, MURTI, Short training, Mentored research
Citation
Wakida, E., Maling, S., & Obua, C. (2017). Mbarara University research training initiative: a spin-off of the medical education partnership initiative in Uganda. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 8, 527. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S138024