Table 1.

Overview of the research capacity building program and evaluation

Research Focus Area	Training Objective	Teaching Methods	Short-term Outcome Measure
Research needs assessment	Identify specific research needs to design the research capacity building program.	Discussion	Situational analysis.
Study overview –eMOCHAa study	Describe the importance of mobile phone formative evaluation study in addressing health care needs of HIV-infected individuals through task shifting.	Lecture/discussion.	Knowledge development.
			Questions/answer session on previously taught material.
			Interim evaluation.
Overview of the research process	Identify the components and steps of the research process.	Lecture/discussion.	Knowledge development.
	Discuss the role of research in increasing knowledge, understanding, and improving health outcomes.		Question/answer session on previously taught material.
			Interim evaluation
Qualitative designs	Apply mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) in a mobile phone formative evaluation study (design, recruitment strategies, data collection, and findings).	Lecture / discussion.	Question/answer session on previously taught material.
Recruitment process & sampling methods		Review of sample recruitment flyer.	Successful recruitment of trainees
Qualitative interviewing with key Informants, Focus group interviews Field research and direct observations		Practice interviewing.	Successful data collection process with key informants, FGDb, and direct observations.
			Knowledge, skills, and confidence development.
			Interim evaluation.
			Final evaluation.
Enhancing data quality in qualitative research	Describe strategies used to ensure quality in data collection and management in qualitative research.	Lecture / discussion.	Quality RCBc training.
			Interim and final evaluations.
Ethical considerations – informed consent process	Identify the three core principles of research ethics. Apply knowledge of the three principles in identifying the various components of the informed consent form.	Lecture /discussion.	Knowledge, skills development.
		Case study discussion.	Confidence in obtaining consent from trainees during the data collection process.
		Review the eMOCHA study informed consent form.
			Interim and final evaluations.
Qualitative data analysis and interpretation	Apply knowledge of qualitative data analysis in analyzing data from the mobile phone formative evaluation study.	Transcribe key informant and focus group interview data	Successful completion of transcriptions.
			Knowledge and skills development.
Quantitative methods	Describe key differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.	Lecture/discussion	Successful completion of data collection using short surveys.
			Interim and final evaluations.
			Long-term evaluation (grant funding, participation on entire proposed research studies).
Disseminating research findings	Identify the different strategies used to disseminate research findings.	Review sample structured and unstructured abstracts.	Long-term evaluation (abstract submissions, conference presentations, publications).

Notes:

^aeMOCHA – Electronic Mobile Open-source Comprehensive Health Application

^bFGD – Focus group discussion

^cRCB – Research capacity building