title: Tips for charting the course of a successful health research career.
abstract: Young health researchers all over the world often encounter difficulties in the early stages of their careers. Formal acquisition of research skills in academic settings does not always offer sufficient guidance to overcome these challenges. Based on the collective experiences of some young researchers and research mentors, we describe some tips for a successful health career and offer some useful resources. These tips include: institutional affiliation, early manuscript writing, early manuscript reviewing, finding a mentor, collaboration and networking, identifying sources of funding, establishing research interests, investing in research methods training, developing interpersonal and personal skills, providing mentorship, and balancing work with everyday life. The rationale behind these tips and how to achieve them is provided.
authors: Centre for Development of Best Practices in Health, Yaounde Central Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon ; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada ; Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors: Lawrence
authors: L
authors: Mbuagbaw
authors: Frederick
authors: F
authors: Morfaw
authors: John-Eudes L
authors: JE
authors: Kunda
authors: Jackson K
authors: JK
authors: Mukonzo
authors: Jasmine
authors: J
authors: Kastner
authors: Shiyuan
authors: S
authors: Zhang
authors: Madzouka
authors: M
authors: Kokolo
authors: Lehana
authors: L
authors: Thabane
keywords: guidance; health research career; young researcher
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