Table 4.

Time to research event by post-graduate students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, N = 1172

Outcome	Years, median (IQR)	Period
		1996–2000	2001–2005	2006–2010
Primary
Journal articles	2.3 (1.4–3.7)	2.5 (1.5–4.2)	2.8 (1.7–4.4)	2 (1–2.5)
Secondary
Citation	3.8 (2.6–5.5)	4 (3.1–6.1)	5.2 (2.9–6.8)	2.7 (1.9–3.8)
Conference presentation	0.7 (0.3–1)	0.9 (0.6–5.7)	1 (0.3–1)	0.6 (–0.7 to 0.8)
Thesis report (book)	2.7 (2.3–3)	2.6 (1.9–2.7)	2.7 (2.5–3.3)	2.7 (2.4–3.1)
Dissertation (final book)	3 (2.8–3.8)	2.9 (2.6–3.1)	3 (2.7–3.8)	3.1 (2.9–4)
Dissertation (electronic)	3.8 (2.8–7.2)	10.3 (10.5–11.5)	4.4 (3.4–7.2)	2.7 (1.9–3.4)