Table 2:
Participants’ Previous Experience with Research and Grant Management
| Symposium 1 | Symposium 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Previous Research Experience (n = 41) | Frequency (%) | Previous Research Experience (n = 88) | Frequency (%) |
| Types of research most interested in | Types of research most interested in | ||
| Clinical | 32 (78.0) | Basic science | 3 (3.4) |
| Translational | 1(2.4) | Clinical | 69 (78.4) |
| Clinical / Translational | 7 (17.1) | Translational | 8 (9.1) |
| Translational / Basic science | 1 (2.4) | Public & preventative | 6 (6.8) |
| Missing | 2 (2.3) | ||
| Previous experience in clinical research | Formal Research Degree | ||
| No | 9 (22.0) | No | 76 (86.4) |
| Yes | 32(78.0) | Yes | 12 (13.6) |
| Involvement with clinical trial design | Participated in 2019 ARGO Symposium | ||
| No | 38 (92.7) | No | 57 (64.8) |
| Yes | 3 (7.3) | Yes | 31 (35.2) |
| Involvement with epidemiological studies related to cancer | Participated in other cancer research course in the past 12mths | ||
| No | 27 (65.9) | No | 80 (90.9) |
| Yes | 14 (34.1) | Yes | 8 (9.1) |
| Involvement with the performance of diagnostic and screening tests | Hold Research Grants/Funding | ||
| No | 33 (80.5) | No | 84 (95.5) |
| Yes | 8 (19.5) | Yes | 4 (4.5) |
| Involvement with manuscript writing/preparation | Involvement with manuscripts writing | ||
| No | 25 (61.0) | No | 38 (43.2) |
| Yes | 16 (39.0) | Yes | 50 (56.8) |
| Number of manuscripts written annually (n = 16) | Number of manuscripts written in the past year (n = 50) | ||
| ≤ 2 | 10 (62.5) | ≤ 2 | 26 (52.0) |
| 3 or more | 5 (31.3) | 3 or more | 19 (38.0) |
| Missing | 1 (6.3) | Missing | 5 (10.0) |
| Familiarity with basic statistical methods (multivariate analysis) | |||
| No | 4 (9.8) | ||
| Yes | 7 (17.1) | ||
| Missing | 30 (73.2) | ||
| Do you have experience in grant management? | |||
| No | 39 (95.1) | ||
| Yes | 2 (4.9) | ||
| Do you know the importance of bio-banking in research? | |||
| No | 30 (73.2) | ||
| Yes | 11(26.8) | ||
| Having a research mentor in your hospital | Mentorship Category | ||
| No | 18 (43.9) | Participant has a mentor at their home institution | 28 (31.8) |
| Yes | 21 (51.2) | Participant has a mentor at another Nigerian institution | 22 (25.0) |
| Missing | 2 (4.9) | Participant has a mentor outside Nigeria | 11 (12.5) |
| Participant mentors others | 31 (35.2) | ||
| Most Common Barriers to Conducting Research | Most Common Barriers to Conducting Research | ||
| Lack of Mentorship | 31 (75.6) | Lack of financial support for conducting research | 58 (65.9) |
| Lack of financial support for conducting research | 22 (56.7) | Lack of Mentorship | 53 (60.2) |
| Lack of knowledge on research design, funding & grant management | 19 (46.3) | Lack of research infrastructure | 46 (52.3) |
| Lack of time | 11 (26.8) | Lack of knowledge on how to analyze research finding | 31 (35.2) |
| Lack of knowledge on appropriate study design | 30 (34.1) | ||
| Lack of time | 21 (23.9) | ||
| Lack of personal salary support for research | 16 (18.2) | ||
| Access to software/statistical packages for analysis | 15 (17.0) | ||