title: 'Research clinics': online journal clubs between south and north for student mentoring.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Capacity development in health research is high on the agenda of many low- and middle-income countries.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The ARCADE projects, funded by the EU, have been working in Africa and Asia since 2011 in order to build postgraduate students' health research capacity. In this short communication, we describe one initiative in these projects, that of research clinics - online journal clubs connecting southern and northern students and experts.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the implementation of these research clinics together with student and participant experiences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 2012 to 2015, a total of seven journal clubs were presented by students and junior researchers on topics related to global health. Sessions were connected through web conferencing, connecting experts and students from different countries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The research clinics succeeded in engaging young researchers across the globe and connecting them with global experts. The contacts and suggestions made were appreciated by students. This format has potential to contribute toward research capacity building in low- and middle-income countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; salla.atkins@ki.se.
authors.forename: Salla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atkins
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Environment, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India.
authors.forename: Dinansha
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Elnta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meragia
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Merrick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwarenstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.|Department of Public Health and Environment, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India.|International Centre for Health Research, Ujjain Charitable Trust Hospital and Research Centre, Ujjain, India.
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Diwan
keywords: capacity building; developing countries; global health; postgraduate education