Strengthening Capacity in Health Research Ethics and Methodology in The Gambia

项目总结 冈比亚的变革性变化刺激了几个部门的增长，有机会 实施调研。随之而来的是学术、研究和健康领域研究的增加 护理机构的势头有所增强。因此，道德操守审查委员会的必要性需要努力 加强研究伦理和研究方法能力，因为可用的数量有限 卫生研究伦理和研究方法方面的培训方案。建设能力对于 做强做强整体研究企业。我们的目标是进一步加强领导能力和专业知识 在研究伦理和研究方法方面。通过马里兰大学，巴尔的摩校长 全球影响基金(PGIF)，2020年秋季研讨会吸引了令人印象深刻的52人参加。在那些 完成了讲习班前和讲习班后的调查，52%(n=27)是卫生专业人员，更重要的是，100% 对于“卫生研究道德培训在冈比亚是否重要”的问题，答复是肯定的。确保计划 成功，我们正在与尼日利亚同事合作，形成冈比亚教职员工和尼日利亚教职员工的二元配对 以学徒模式培训道德专家；与加纳的同事一起培训冈比亚的合作者 福格蒂资助的理科硕士项目。将西非地区的这些潜在合作者联合起来将确保 冈比亚教员继续在拟议的证书中发展作为核心教员的技能和能力，并 未来的硕士课程。拨款申请的目的是将我们的PGIF计划的努力扩展到 在冈比亚制定研究伦理和方法认证计划，作为后续工作的基础 在授予奖的第五年扩展到硕士课程。为此，我们提出以下具体建议 目标：具体目标1：为卫生专业人员制定为期12个月的证书课程的伦理课程， 伦理委员会成员、研究生和学术研究人员。具体目标2：在2-4年级， 通过面对面和虚拟会议相结合的方式实施已开发的证书计划。特定目标 #3：促进道德委员会成员、健康专业人员和学者的职业成长 通过在冈比亚举行的年度面对面研讨会。具体目标#4：制定和实施硕士学位 在LMIC实现可持续的研究伦理计划仍然是LMIC的最终目标 福格蒂国际中心。冈比亚的研究和开发能力继续扩大，需要 可持续的研究伦理和研究方法方案。研究的实施与 最高的道德标准和科学严谨要求高水平的培训，以回应社会健康需求 有助于在冈比亚人的社会文化背景下改善他们的健康。

PROJECT SUMMARY The transformational changes in The Gambia have stimulated growth in several sectors with opportunities to implement research. The resulting increase in the conduct of research in the academic, research, and health care institutions has gained momentum. As such, the need for ethics review committees requires efforts to enhance research ethics and research methods capacity as there have been a limited number of available training programs in health research ethics and research methodologies. Building capacity is critical to strengthening the overall research enterprise. Our Goal is to further strengthen leadership capacity and expertise in research ethics and research methodologies. Through the University of Maryland, Baltimore President’s Global Impact Fund (PGIF), the 2020 fall workshop attracted an impressive 52 attendees. Of those that completed the pre and post workshop surveys, 52% (n = 27) were health professionals, and importantly, 100% responded “yes” to the question if “health research ethics training is important in the Gambia.” To ensure program success, we are collaborating with Nigerian colleagues to form a dyad pairing Gambian faculty with Nigerian ethics experts in an apprentice model; and with colleagues in Ghana to train Gambian collaborators in the Fogarty-funded MSc program. Coalescing these potential collaborators in the West African region will ensure that Gambian faculty continue to develop skills and competence as core faculty in the proposed certificate and future master’s programs. The Objective of the grant application is to extend our efforts of the PGIF Program to develop a Research Ethics and Methods Certificate Program in Gambia as a foundation for subsequent expansion to a Master’s Program in Year 5 of the grant award. To this end, we propose the following specific aims: Specific Aim #1: Develop an ethics curriculum for a 12-month certificate program for health professionals, ethics committee members, graduate students, and academic researchers. Specific Aim #2: In Years 2 - 4, implement the developed certificate program through a hybrid of face-to-face and virtual sessions. Specific Aim #3: Enhance professional growth among ethics committee members, health professionals, and academics through the annual in-person workshops in Gambia. Specific Aim #4: Develop and implement a master’s program in Year 5. Achieving sustainable research ethics programs in LMIC remains the ultimate goal of the Fogarty International Center. Gambia’s research and developmental capacity continues to expand and requires sustainable research ethics and research methodology programs. The implementation of research with the highest ethical standards and scientific rigor require high level training in response to societal health needs that contributes to improve the health of Gambians within their socio-cultural contexts.