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Focus on international research strategy and teaching: the FIRST programme.

Halah Ibrahim¹, Satish Chandrasekhar Nair

¹Academic Affairs Department, Tawam Hospital, PO Box 15258, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, hibrahi4@jhu.edu.

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Academic health centers can boost research by implementing the Focus on International Research Strategy and Teaching (FIRST) Programme. This initiative significantly increased resident and faculty research activities and advanced study types.

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Medical Education
Health Services Research
Academic Medicine

Background:

Academic health centers face challenges supporting quality research, particularly in developing medical education systems.
Inconsistent training structures and faculty experience can impede meaningful research activities.
There is a recognized need to integrate research skills into postgraduate training programs.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the development and implementation of a hospital-wide research strategy and teaching program.
To assess the impact of the FIRST Programme on resident and faculty research output and study types.

Main Methods:

The institution developed and implemented the Focus on International Research Strategy and Teaching (FIRST) Programme from 2010-2012.
This was a hospital-wide initiative aimed at research strategy training and support.
Institutional leadership commitment was a key factor.

Main Results:

The number of resident and faculty research activities more than doubled over the 3-year period.
There was a notable increase in basic science and randomized clinical trials.
The program demonstrated substantial increases in trainee and faculty scholarship.

Conclusions:

An institution-wide research initiative, supported by leadership, can significantly enhance research productivity.
The FIRST Programme provides a successful model for improving research capacity in academic health centers.
Investing in research training positively impacts both trainees and faculty scholarship.