Background
Networks and global health research
Networks and networking
CCGHR Summer Institute program
Objective and research questions
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What forms and functions of networking do they describe?
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What were positive experiences as well as challenges to networking?
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What value is ascribed to networking within the context of research and career development?
Methods
Overview of study design
Participant recruitment
Data collection
Analysis
Research team
Results
Participant response and description (from phase I data)
Predominant Role at Summer Institute(s) | Total | |||
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Phase | Alumni | FIT | Facilitator/organizer | |
I | n = 36 | n = 8 | n = 18 | n = 62 |
31 English | 3 English | 13 English | 47 English (66%) | |
3 French | 3 French | 1 French | 7 French (11%) | |
2 Spanish | 2 Spanish | 4 Spanish | 8 Spanish (13%) | |
II | n = 23 | n = 8 | n = 8 | n = 39 |
18 English | 6 English | 6 English | 30 English (77%) | |
3 French | 1 French | 1 French | 5 French (13%) | |
2 Spanish | 1 Spanish | 1 Spanish | 4 Spanish (10%) |
Networking: processes, functions, and outcomes (results primarily from phase II)
Networking as an expectation and outcome of the SI
Decreasing isolation through networking
Meeting new people, strengthening existing connections
Maintaining and using contacts
The respondent in contact/collaboration with: | Nature of contact/collaboration: | Respondent (by role in SI) | ||
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Alumni (n = 36) | FITs (n = 8) | Facilitators-organizers (n = 17) | ||
Dyad-triad partner | In contact | 27 (75%) | 6 (75%) | Not asked |
Currently collaborating*
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16 (44%)
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5 (63%)
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Not asked
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Other participants in same summer institute year | In contact | 16 (44%) | 5 (63%) | 5 (29%) |
Currently collaborating*
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6 (17%)
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2 (25%)
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4 (24%)
| |
Facilitators in same summer institute year | In contact | 16 (44%) | 6 (75%) | 12 (71%) |
Currently collaborating*
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14 (39%)
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6 (75%)
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7 (41%)
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Other summer institute alumni | In contact | 9 (25%) | 4 (50%) | 6 (35%) |
Currently collaborating*
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8 (22%)
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1 (13%)
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2 (12%)
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Other CCGHR members | In contact | 21 (58%) | 7 (88%) | 13 (77%) |
Currently collaborating*
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12 (33%)
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3 (38%)
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3 (18%)
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None of the above | In contact | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (6%) |
Currently collaborating*
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8 (22%)
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0
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11 (65%)
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Networking outcomes
Strengthening the Summer Institute network
Participants’ suggestions for strengthening the SI alumni network
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Organize Skype meetings (#103)
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Increase use of social media and networking sites such as LinkedIn (#24)
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Create an alumni listserv (#91, 136)
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Use of email rather than webspace (#136)
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Think of ways to better involve previous SI participants (#13)
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Send abstracts of SI alumni’s research to SI participants of later years (#16)
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Continue CCGHR efforts to support previous SI participants in attending [their] forums/conferences (#24)
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Organize more satellite meetings at conferences that past SI participants will likely attend (#206)
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Continue occasional/regular communication from CCGHR personnel or SI facilitator (#5)
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Make funding available to students so they could pursue research with their partners (#121)
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Support alumni to take a lead on creating a strategy to keep people more connected (#73)
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Promote a sense of belonging and identity as a CCGHR member as an incentive for on-going participation (#59)