TABLE 4.
Research activity during the year following the end of The Union/MSF operational research course
Research activity | Total n | OR Fellows (n = 5) | Non-OR Fellows (n = 7) |
Project undertaken and completed, or undertaken but not yet completed | 34 | 22 | 12 |
Paper published | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Paper submitted, but not yet published* | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Research presented as poster or conference presentation | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Participant involved in training or mentoring | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Participant involved in reviewing papers | 5 | 5 | 0 |
The status of papers reported as ‘submitted’ in August 2011 in the questionnaire has been updated as of 1 May 2012 (24 months after course end).
The Union = International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; MSF = Médecins Sans Frontières; OR = operational research.