From Research to Practice: Training in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Organizers:
- Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction)
- UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Program for Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research; Family and Community Health Cluster (WHO/RHR)

With the support of:
- The Republic and Canton of Geneva                    
- Société coopérative médicale de Beaulieu  

Introduction:
The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners announces the online training course on research methodology in sexual and reproductive health for 2016: "From Research to Practice: Training in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research". This course is an appropriate training package that meets the needs of health care providers and other professionals involved in research in many countries.
The course aims to provide health professionals with knowledge, skills and competencies in sexual and reproductive health, as well as research in this field, especially for those health care providers whose access to learning is limited by time, financial resources or other constraints and for whom access to quality education in the field of sexual and reproductive health is limited.

With this training program, participants will learn from first-hand health experiences of day-to-day and long-term challenges in the field of reproductive health and research.
What distinguishes this course from others is that the participants can build direct contact with WHO (Department of Reproductive Health and Research) and other important research institutions. This can strengthen professional networks for the participants and open new opportunities in their careers if they are motivated and have innovative ideas and ambitions.

Our Teachers:
A total of 43 teachers from the World Health Organization, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research and other national and international institutions.

Eligible Candidates:
Health professionals, paramedical staff, project planners and managers in health-related areas and social scientists from all countries.

Learning Objectives:
- Improving the capacity of health professionals to do evidence-based research.
- Increasing awareness that research plays a crucial role in the identification of reproductive health needs within communities.
- Generation of knowledge for the advocacy of health care.
- Selection and testing of priority prevention and care interventions.
- Resolution of reproductive health problems.
- Improvement of health policies through evidence-based recommendations.
- Improvement of service programs by applying research generated technologies and up-to-date practice guidelines about appropriate allocation of health resources with the overall aim of promoting the well-being of communities.