Enhance the visibility and value of your research for health with reporting guidelines
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About this course
This course is the result of a collaboration between the EQUATOR Network and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO). It aims to increase the value of research and reduce research waste by enabling people who are planning to conduct, report, edit, publish, or appraise research for health to comply with current research reporting standards. The course aims to help participants to deliver impactful high-quality research in line with the recommendations in PAHO’s Policy on Research for Health and the WHO's Strategy on Research for Health.
This is an introductory course. It does not replace formal training in research methods, such as graduate degrees in epidemiology. It provides an overview of good reporting practice at all stages of the research pathway. The ideal time to take this course is as an introductory activity before beginning and finalizing your research proposal or while planning a health research manuscript.
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
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Understand the importance of good research reporting and the relevance and benefits of using reporting guidelines for research teams, research users, communicators, and research funders.
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Identify relevant reporting guidelines in the EQUATOR Network website for different research designs (e.g., randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews, observational studies, diagnostic studies, qualitative research, economic evaluations, public health studies, etc.) and topics (e.g., developing protocols, reporting harms, and addressing equity).
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Efficiently use reporting guidelines to plan research and write protocols and research articles.
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Understand the structure and key steps in writing a well-reported report about health research.
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Identify relevant resources to find national and international research agendas and health priorities that can provide a framework to put their work in context and highlight its relevance to existing policies and agreements.
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Use the principles for knowledge translation and evidence-informed decision-making to structure the rationale of a research project.
