Table 7 Key messages
From: Building capacity in Clinical Epidemiology in Africa: experiences from Masters programmes
What is already known about this topic? |
• Building capacity in Clinical Epidemiology supports evidence-informed practices |
• Various Masters in Clinical Epidemiology programmes exist worldwide but experiences of these have not been formally evaluated |
What we know after this paper? |
• To the best of our knowledge this is the first assessment of Masters of Clinical Epidemiology programmes in the African region |
• There is a high demand for Clinical Epidemiology Masters programmes |
• Graduates are active in research, teaching and promoting evidence-informed practices |
• Programme convenors highlighted the need for experiential learning and career pathing and that there is limited capacity to supervise research projects |
• Collaborative efforts among academic programmes can draw on collective experience to augment development and delivery |