Research Competencies

CIRHT Research Competencies

Goal: Build a core of independent research investigators

Research Competencies

  1. Research investigator is able to concisely frame a research question that is useful, answerable, and valid and critique the proposed research questions of peers.

  2. Research investigator is able to develop an information search plan, navigate the scholarly literature, and identify high-quality resources needed to inform their research project.

  3. Research investigator understands the various study designs and methods, and is able to select and integrate the appropriate design for his or her develop the research protocol for their research project, and understands the various study designs and their methods.

  4. Research investigator is able to secure ethical review approval for their research project, and understands the laws, guidelines, and philosophies behind ethical review of human subjects research.

  5. Research investigator understands the various methods of survey/questionnaire design and uses those to design an appropriate survey instrument for his or her research project.

  6. Research investigator is able to collect the data necessary to address the research question.

  7. Research investigator understands basic analysis methods, how to interpret quantitative and qualitative data, and is able to employ them to manage and analyze data.

  8. Research investigator understands the general format of an abstract and is able to write an effective abstract for his or her research project(s).

  9. Research investigator understands the general structure and principles of scientific writing and is able to develop a manuscript to synthesize research results.

  10. Research investigator is able to assess and select an appropriate target journal that matches the topic and audience for his or her scientific manuscript.

  11. Research investigator understands the steps and communications involved as part of the peer review publication process for an academic journal.

  12. Research investigator is able to develop a presentation and effectively communicate their research at a scientific conference.

  13. Research investigator understands the roles and responsibilities of research mentors and mentees and is able to effectively engage in either role.

Collection Content

Competency 1

  1. Framing a Research Question (Workshop and Training Material – Berhanu G. Meskel) Watch , Video-download , PDF

Competency 2

  1. Research Guides: Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT): Overview (Reference Material – Gurpreet Kaur Rana) Link

  2. Research Guides: UMSN Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Summer Institute: Overview (Reference Material) Link

  3. Information Empowerment: Information Seeking and Data Resources in the Research Context (Workshop & Training Material – Gurpreet Kaur Rana) PDF1, PDF2, PDF3, PDF4, PDF5, PDF6

  4. Foundations in Searching the Biomedical Literature (Workshop & Training Material – Gurpreet Kaur Rana) Watch , Video-Download , PDF

  5. Foundations of Searching the Biomedical Literature 2 (Workshop & Training Material – Gurpreet Kaur Rana) Watch , Video-download

  6. Advanced Literature Searching in the Health Sciences (Online Course) Link

  7. Data resources in FP/CAC research and learning (Workshop & Training Material – Gurpreet Kaur Rana) PDF

Competency 3

  1. Developing a Research Protocol (Workshop and Training Material – – Yolanda R. Smith) Video , PDF

  2. Randomized Controlled Trials, Observational Studies, and the Hierarchy of Research Designs, Dr. John Concato et al., Yale University, New England Journal of Medicine. (2000) (Reference Material) Link

  3. Lancet Series Epidemiology, Lancet. (2005) (Reference Material) Link

  4. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Online and Blended Learning Workshop (Workshop and Training Material) Link

  5. Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, Tianjing Li, MD, MHS, PHD, Kay Dickersin, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Coursera. (2019) (Online Course) Link

  6. Statistics in Medicine – Reporting of Subgroup Analyses in Clinical Trials (Reference Material) Link

  7. Integrate gender into your scientific research (Online Course) Link

Competency 4

  1. PEERRS: the University of Michigan’s online Program for Education and Evaluation in Responsible Research and Scholarship (Online Course Module) Link

  2. Research Ethics Training Curriculum (RETC), Second Edition (Online Course) Link

  3. Ethiopia National Research Ethics Review Guideline (Reference Material) Link

Competency 5

  1. Research Training for Health Professionals (Workshop and Training Material – Sarah Rominski, 2011) Download (Zip file)

  2. Health Systems Research I Module Guide (Open Access Textbook) Link

  3. Framework for Data Collection and Analysis (Online Course) Link

  4. Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys (Online Course) Link

Competency 6

  1. Data Collection: Online, Telephone and Face-to-face (Online Course) Link

Competency 7

  1. Qualitative Coding Boot Camp: An Intensive Training and Overview for Clinicians, Educators, and Administrators (Reference Material) Link

  2. Data Quality: Data Cleaning (Workshop & Training Material) Link

  3. Data Quality: Missing Data (Workshop & Training Material) Link

  4. Preparing Research Datasets (Workshop & Training Material) Link

  5. Data Quality: Out of Range Values (Workshop & Training Material) Link

  6. Missing Data (Reference Material) Link

Competency 8

  1. Preparing a Winning Scientific Poster (Workshop and Training Material) Video , PDF

Competency 9

  1. Journal Article Writing Video Series (Online Course Module – Ella August) Module 1- intro ( Video1 , PDF1 ), Module 2- Methods ( Video2 , PDF2 ), Module 3- Results ( Video3 , PDF3 ), Module 4- Discussion ( Video4 , PDF4 )

  2. The Basics of Scientific Manuscript Writing (Workshop and Training Material – Ella August) Video , PDF

  3. Ten simple rules for structuring papers (Reference Material) Link

  4. How to write and publish a research paper for a Peer-Reviewed Journal (Reference Material) Link , (annotated example article) Appendix

Competency 10

  1. Selecting a Journal (Workshop and Training Material – Ella August and Gurpreet Rana) Watch , Video-Download

Competency 11

  1. Responding to Journal Peer Reviewers (Workshop and Training Material – Ella August) Watch , Video-Download , PDF

  2. Creating and Managing an Online Identity (Workshop and Training Material – Gurpreet Rana) Watch , Video-Download

Competency 12

  1. Promote yourself and your research with a dazzling oral presentation (Workshop and Training Material – Ella August) Watch , Video-Download , PDF

  2. Media communication skills for scientists (Online Course) Link

Competency 13

  1. Maximizing Your Research Mentorship Experience (Reference Material – Yolanda R. Smith) PDF

  2. Mentoring in Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Advance Global Health Research (Reference Material) Link

  3. Global Health Fellows: Mentor Compact (Reference Material) PDF

  4. Effective Mentoring Strategies PDF

  5. Effective Distance Mentoring Arrangements (Reference Material) PDF

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