OPENING PLENARY: International Research Collaboration: An Exploration towards Understanding Best-Practices

Description/Overview: The world has become a global village and collaboration amongst researchers across regional and country borders is an expectation of university management for tenure and promotion. However, due to different cultures, and in-country practices, expectations and outcomes are not always clear to all investigators engaging in international research collaboration – often unintentional. This presentation shares pearls and pitfalls from what experienced global researchers have learnt in the process of leading and participating in multi-country studies. Using this content and literature, suggested best practices will be presented. Specific attention will be given to share STTI’s role in sharing best available evidence. This presentation will focus on a description of pearls and pitfalls in international research collaboration. The target audience for this presentation is academics, researchers, educators and clinicians interested in international collaboration. The world has become a global village and collaboration amongst researchers across regional and country borders is an expectation of university management for tenure and promotion. However, due to different cultures, and in-country practices, expectations and outcomes are not always clear to all investigators engaging in international research collaboration – often unintentional. This presentation shares pearls and pitfalls from what experienced global researchers have learnt in the process of leading and participating in multi-country studies. Using this content and literature, suggested best practices will be presented. Specific attention will be given to share STTI’s role in sharing best available evidence. This presentation will focus on a description of pearls and pitfalls in international research collaboration. The target audience for this presentation is academics, researchers, educators and clinicians interested in international collaboration. The world has become a global village and collaboration amongst researchers across regional and country borders is an expectation of university management for tenure and promotion. However, due to different cultures, and in-country practices, expectations and outcomes are not always clear to all investigators engaging in international research collaboration – often unintentional. This presentation shares pearls and pitfalls from what experienced global researchers have learnt in the process of leading and participating in multi-country studies. Using this content and literature, suggested best practices will be presented. Specific attention will be given to share STTI’s role in sharing best available evidence. This presentation will focus on a description of pearls and pitfalls in international research collaboration. The target audience for this presentation is academics, researchers, educators and clinicians interested in international collaboration.