Publications - Research training

Impact of the Fogarty Training Program on Trainee and Institutional Research Capacity Building at a Government Medical College in India

Post Date:

2020-07-28

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

Annals of Global Health

Gauri Dumal and colleagues assess the impact of the 5-year HIV-TB research training program on building individual research capacity at BJGMC.

Development of global health education at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: a student-driven initiative

Post Date:

2015-07-27

Publication:

Medical Education Online

Global health is increasingly present in the formal educational curricula of medical schools across North America. In 2008, students at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) perceived a lack of structured global health education in the existing curriculum and began working with...

India’s new policy to protect research participants

Post Date:

2013-07-31

Countries:

India

Publication:

The BMJ

Editorial Introduction: India, the country with the largest disease burden in the world,1 is now a major international hub for clinical research. However, a recent policy that was meant to mitigate important ethical concerns may have profound and unintended consequences for public health and...

Global health education for medical students: New learning opportunities and strategies

Post Date:

2012-01-17

Countries:

Publication:

Medical Teacher

Background: A new course was offered to introduce basic global health concepts to all first year Johns Hopkins medical students, that took advantage of new distance learning capacity to connect medical students in Baltimore with students and faculty in Uganda, Ethiopia, Pakistan and India...

A comparison of online versus on-site training in health research methodology: A randomized study

Post Date:

2011-06-17

Countries:

India

Publication:

BMC Medical Education

Background: Distance learning may be useful for building health research capacity. However, evidence that it can improve knowledge and skills in health research, particularly in resource-poor settings, is limited. We compared the impact and acceptability of teaching two distinct content areas...

Building a global health education network for clinical care and research: the benefits and challenges of distance learning tools

Post Date:

2011-06-15

Publication:

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Expanding the capacity for clinical care and health research is a global priority and a global challenge. In disenfranchised communities facing the largest burden of disease, whether they be in rural Africa or in urban US, there is a great need for more well-trained, competent and dedicated health...