Tips for charting the course of a successful health research career

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-168

  Mbuagbaw, Lawrence ^a,c   Morfaw, Frederick ^d   Kunda, John Eudes L ^e   Mukonzo, Jackson K ^f   Kastner, Jasmine ^g   Zhang, Shiyuan ^b,c   Kokolo, Madzouka ^h   Thabane, Lehana ^a,b,c,i,j  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies ^*  (Zambia)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^j MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Guidance; Health research career; Young researcher

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; COOPERATION; FUNDING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SCIENTIST; SKILL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEACHER; TRAINING;

EID: 84876946622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S44738     Document Type: Article

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