Table 3:

Student Feedback after First Mental Health Research Methods Workshop

Day	Topic/Activity	Participant Comments
Day 1	Overview of Global Mental Health and Mental Health in Kenya;	“Set a good basis for the workshop” “Set the research initiatives within a global context” “We all have a long way to go in mental health.”
	Why Do Research?	“There are more reasons to research than I thought!” “They made research seem like an exciting activity/ demystified the complex nature of research work.”
	Time Management	“Prioritizing and strategies to employ in creating time made research doable.”
Day 2	Working with Collaborators and Mentors	“Appreciating the concept of mentorship”
	Literature Reviews and Literature Searching Tools Endnote Web overview	“I learned how to look for the necessary material from PubMed” “Demystified the literature search” “Felt more competent and empowered” “How much I can actually save time” “Ahh!! The relief!! I didn’t know that referencing can be easy!”
Day 3	Components of a Research Grant; Overview of Background, Innovation and Past Studies	“Learned that the research has to be innovative” and “The relevance and importance of doing background research (lit review)”
	Grant Mechanisms Available to Kenyan Investigators	“Discovering that there are many opportunities to get grants” “I didn’t know that any qualified person can apply for a grant.”
Day 4	Grant Review Process; Proposal Formats	“It was a total eye-opener on how to do an eye- catching attractive grant”
	Thematic group work session	“There were new ideas I had not considered.” “Teamwork and collaboration results in ideas exchange.”