Table 2.

Research outcomes of participants who have attended in national and international SORT-IT courses (2010–2017).

Total number of participants enrolled	34
Total participants from completed courses	23
Number of participants successfully completed	18 (78%)
Total papers submitted (all SORT IT Pakistani participants)	18
– First author from Pakistan	100 %*
– Last author from Pakistan	68 %
– Female first authors	36 %
Papers published (up until June, 2018)	15 (83%)
No of institutions represented	21
Journal Impact factor (range)	0.80–2.8

*One of the participant was not a Pakistan national, but an expatriate working for MSF in Pakistan