title: Research output after participants complete a Structured Operational Research and Training (SORT IT) course.
abstract: Eighteen months after successfully completing one of six Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) courses, e-mail questionnaires assessing post-course research output were returned by 63 participants (100% response rate). Thirty-two (51%) participants had completed new research projects, 24 (38%) had published papers, 28 (44%) had presented abstracts at conferences, 15 (24%) had facilitated at further OR courses, and 21 (33%) had reviewed scientific papers. Seven (11%) had secured further research funding and 22 (35%) stated that their institutions were involved in implementation or capacity building in operational research. Significant research output continues beyond course completion, further endorsing the value of the SORT IT model.
authors.affiliation: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guillerm
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tayler-Smith
authors.affiliation: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dar Berger
authors.affiliation: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bissell
authors.affiliation: The Union South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A M V
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland ; Bute Medical School, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramsay
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.affiliation: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), Paris, France ; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harries
keywords: Médecins Sans Frontières; SORT IT; The Union; operational research capacity building; post-course research output