Research output after participants complete a Structured Operational Research and Training (SORT IT) course.
Guillerm, N;
Tayler-Smith, K;
Dar Berger, S;
Bissell, K;
Kumar, AMV;
Ramsay, A;
Reid, AJ;
Zachariah, R;
Harries, AD;
(2015)
Research output after participants complete a Structured Operational Research and Training (SORT IT) course.
Public health action, 5 (4).
pp. 266-268.
ISSN 2220-8372
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.15.0045
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Eighteen months after successfully completing one of six Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) courses, e-mail questionnaires assessing post-course research output were returned by 63 participants (100% response rate). Thirty-two (51%) participants had completed new research projects, 24 (38%) had published papers, 28 (44%) had presented abstracts at conferences, 15 (24%) had facilitated at further OR courses, and 21 (33%) had reviewed scientific papers. Seven (11%) had secured further research funding and 22 (35%) stated that their institutions were involved in implementation or capacity building in operational research. Significant research output continues beyond course completion, further endorsing the value of the SORT IT model.
