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From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training
Demand for training life scientists in bioinformatics skills led to the development of a train-the-trainer collaboration between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory–European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and 2 Australian organisations, Bioplatforms Australia and Commonwealth Scientific a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31246949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006923 |
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author | McGrath, Annette Champ, Katherine Shang, Catherine A. van Dam, Ellen Brooksbank, Cath Morgan, Sarah L. |
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description | Demand for training life scientists in bioinformatics skills led to the development of a train-the-trainer collaboration between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory–European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and 2 Australian organisations, Bioplatforms Australia and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in 2012. The goal of the collaboration was to establish a group of trained instructors who could develop and deliver short bioinformatics courses nationally. A train-the-trainer course introduces instructors to aspects of andragogy and evidence-based learning principles to help them better design, develop, and deliver high-quality training. Since then, both the number of trainers in the network and the course portfolio have grown. Best practises have been developed and shared between the Australian cohort and EMBL-EBI to address common challenges in bioinformatics training. The Australian trainer cohort undertook a train-the-trainer instructor course, again with EMBL-EBI, and subsequently successfully delivered train-the-trainer courses to interested bioinformatics trainers within Australia. We conclude that a train-the-trainer approach can help build national capacity and maintain a critical mass of trained instructors. |
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spelling | pubmed-65970342019-07-05 From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training McGrath, Annette Champ, Katherine Shang, Catherine A. van Dam, Ellen Brooksbank, Cath Morgan, Sarah L. PLoS Comput Biol Education Demand for training life scientists in bioinformatics skills led to the development of a train-the-trainer collaboration between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory–European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and 2 Australian organisations, Bioplatforms Australia and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in 2012. The goal of the collaboration was to establish a group of trained instructors who could develop and deliver short bioinformatics courses nationally. A train-the-trainer course introduces instructors to aspects of andragogy and evidence-based learning principles to help them better design, develop, and deliver high-quality training. Since then, both the number of trainers in the network and the course portfolio have grown. Best practises have been developed and shared between the Australian cohort and EMBL-EBI to address common challenges in bioinformatics training. The Australian trainer cohort undertook a train-the-trainer instructor course, again with EMBL-EBI, and subsequently successfully delivered train-the-trainer courses to interested bioinformatics trainers within Australia. We conclude that a train-the-trainer approach can help build national capacity and maintain a critical mass of trained instructors. Public Library of Science 2019-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6597034/ /pubmed/31246949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006923 Text en © 2019 McGrath et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Education McGrath, Annette Champ, Katherine Shang, Catherine A. van Dam, Ellen Brooksbank, Cath Morgan, Sarah L. From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training |
title | From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training |
title_full | From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training |
title_fullStr | From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training |
title_full_unstemmed | From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training |
title_short | From trainees to trainers to instructors: Sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training |
title_sort | from trainees to trainers to instructors: sustainably building a national capacity in bioinformatics training |
topic | Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31246949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006923 |
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