Table 3.

Tailoring of the mental health researchers short-course delivery and target participants to country context

	Ethiopia	India	Nepal	Nigeria	South Africa	Uganda
Target audience	PhD students and faculty at Addis Ababa University and Jimma University	Students and researchers (state and national level); consultants in health sector (state and national level)	Researchers from Nepal Health Research Council, research staff of New Era, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal, Crehpa and HERD (research-based organisation), Masters-level students from psychology (Tribhuwan University) and public health (Institute of Medicine)	Early-career researchers from a multidisciplinary background (psychiatry, psychology, health economics, public health, non-governmental organisations)	Students; clinicians; health professionals; researchers working in these areas (e.g. Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Medical Research Council)	Students at medical school in various universities and others undertaking courses related to mental health; clinicians (e.g. continuing medical education); health professionals especially those undertaking mental health related research projects
Goals	For PhD students, a broadening of their training with a view to equipping them in postdoc work; for faculty, to increase the number of health systems projects and publications	Improved delivery of mental health services/programmes and bridging the gap between researchers and implementers and to facilitate more effective services that are cost-effective	To orient participants to system-thinking perspectives and explain key concepts of health system strengthening; to impart knowledge on methods for measuring and monitoring health system performance and improvement	Short term: stimulate interest in health systems research and implementation science; long term: develop capacity to design, conduct and implement health system research that will contribute to knowledge and improve functioning	Improved delivery of mental health services/programmes and more effective services that are cost-effective	Improved capacity to undertake mental health research for both students and clinicians; improved response and delivery of effective programmes on mental health; improved cost-effectiveness of interventions; improved programme sustainability
Duration, days	5	3	5	2	2	2
Delivery of capacity-building	Face-to-face classroom teaching	Lecture sessions for researchers and students; workshops for consultants	Face-to-face classroom teaching, group work and case sharing	Workshops with face-to-face interaction	Course delivered face to face to researchers already working in this field	Lecture sessions; face to face; continuing medical education workshops