Figure 1
New Master’s Programs.
Table 1
Research Capacity Development Courses.
| Courses | Number of Courses | Total Trained |
|---|---|---|
| Human Subject Protection for Research | 5 | 98 |
| Good Clinical Practice | 2 | 58 |
| Good Laboratory Practice | 1 | 15 |
| Manuscript Writing | 4 | 81 |
| CREST* – adapted from UCSD program training (4 modules) | 4 | 51 |
| CREST Seminar | 1 | 52 |
| Research Methodology | 5 | 101 |
| Project Design (for faculty/bioscience areas, UEM) | 1 | 30 |
| Grant Proposal Writing Workshop | 2 | 74 |
| How to Develop a Grant Budget Workshop | 1 | 30 |
| Research Methodology for Undergraduate Students | 1 | 40 |
[i] * Clinical Research Enhancement through Supplemental Training.
Table 2
Research Capacity Development Metrics.
| Research Subject | Number |
|---|---|
| Research projects developed at UEM & MCH | 30 |
| Research projects developed at UniLúrio | 33 |
| Research skills courses provided to residents and specialists at MCH | 22 |
| Modules of the UCSD CREST* curriculum completed | 4 |
| Publications (37 published, 1 in press; 1 book chapter) | 39 |
| Local manuals, brochures and newsletters | 4 |
[i] * Clinical Research Enhancement through Supplemental Training.
Table 3
Electronic Connectivity and Equipment.
| Internet connectivity between the FoM, MCH and the Internet gateway at EMU’s main campus improved, bandwidth increased from 25 to 50mB. |
| Wi-Fi installed in the Internal Medicine, Surgery and Pediatric wards, the Emergency Room, teaching and conference rooms, the FoM Laboratory, the Clinical Laboratory and the Medical School. |
| Forty-eight iPads and iPods provided to residents for point-of-care access to medical literature and to increase IT skills. |
| Three virtual libraries with 75 computers, internet connectivity, printer, photocopy machine, access to e-books and hard copy books installed at the UEM-FoM, the MCH Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery, and 25 computers at UniLúrio. |
Figure 2
Number of Peer-Reviewed Publications at the FoM, EMU, and MCH, 2001–2015.
Adapted from Noormahomed et al. (2013) [11].
| UEM | Eduardo Mondlane University |
| FoM | Faculty of Medicine |
| UFBA | Federal University of Bahia, Brazil |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| IHMT UNL | Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| LIC | lower income country |
| MCH | Maputo Central Hospital |
| MEPI | Medical Education Partnership Initiative |
| MIHER | Mozambique Institute for Health Education and Research |
| MMC | Mozambican Medical Council |
| MoE | Ministry of Education |
| MoH | Ministry of Health |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| PEPFAR | President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| UCSD | University of California, San Diego |
| UniLúrio | Lúrio University |
| UniZambeze | Zambeze University |
| VOIPs | voice-over internet protocols |
| Fiocruz | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |