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ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2013

Tips for charting the course of a successful health research career.

Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Frederick Morfaw, John-Eudes L Kunda, Jackson K Mukonzo, Jasmine Kastner, Shiyuan Zhang, Madzouka Kokolo, Lehana Thabane

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Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lawrence MbuagbawCentre for Development of Best Practices in Health, Yaounde Central Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon ; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada ; Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Frederick Morfaw
John-Eudes L Kunda
Jackson K Mukonzo
Jasmine Kastner
Shiyuan Zhang
Madzouka Kokolo
Lehana Thabane

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Young health researchers all over the world often encounter difficulties in the early stages of their careers. Formal acquisition of research skills in academic settings does not always offer sufficient guidance to overcome these challenges. Based on the collective experiences of some young researchers and research mentors, we describe some tips for a successful health career and offer some useful resources. These tips include: institutional affiliation, early manuscript writing, early manuscript reviewing, finding a mentor, collaboration and networking, identifying sources of funding, establishing research interests, investing in research methods training, developing interpersonal and personal skills, providing mentorship, and balancing work with everyday life. The rationale behind these tips and how to achieve them is provided.

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guidancehealth research careeryoung researcher

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PMID23650449
PMCPMC3640602

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