New Workshop: Skills sharing to facilitate research in Malawi - Thursday 30th July 2015

Global Health Trials and MLW are collaborating to run a free skills-sharing workshop on 30th July 2015, in Blantyre. The workshop will cover the following topics:

What is The Global Health Network and how can it help you?
Can project management frameworks facilitate clinical research?
Things to consider when initiating a trial
Informed consent – issues and information
Informed consent – experiences from the field
Careers in clinical research in Malawi
Research Careers: Women in research
Core Competency Frameworks: What makes a good researcher?

Speakers:
Opening and closing remarks: Doctor Wilson Mandala- Associate Director, MLW
Dr Cecilia Maliwichi- Director, Research Support Center, College of Medicine
Neema Toto- Clinical Trials Support Unit Coordinator, MLW
Tamzin Furtado - The Global Health Network
Linda Mipando- Clinical Trial Coordinator, MLW
Vella Kaudzu - clinical Manager, MLW
Linly Seyama- Project Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Project

Date: Thursday, July 30th 2015
Location: MLW, Nyika Room
Time: 08:00-16:30

Free to attend, but prior registration is essential – email your name,
job title and place of work to vkaudzu@mlw.medcol.mw

The workshop is intended for all research roles, including nurses, lab staff, pharmacists, investigators, data management staff, community health workers, and everyone else! Please join us, but make sure you register first!