H3ABioNet University of Botswana Bioinformatics Curriculum Development Workshop 2014

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Training

The goal of the H3ABioNet and University of Botswana curriculum development workshop is to present success stories of Masters programmes that have been developed elsewhere and then discuss the challenges in starting such a programme at African universities who don’t yet offer them, and how to overcome these challenges. The workshop will also discuss what curriculum should be taught and how to train faculty to do this teaching.

Many institutions in Africa have expressed the will to start degree programmes in bioinformatics, this workshop will enable them to discuss the issues around this and how they can share resources and experience to get it off the ground. Several PIs both within H3Africa and those closely linked to the consortium have expressed their frustrations at not having a degree programme in bioinformatics at their institutions. At the last H3Africa consortium meeting, the CafGEN project, led by Botswana, noted their interest in working with H3ABioNet to develop a bioinformatics degree in Gabarone. Further discussions with other groups have shown that there are many institutions in Africa who face a similar issue so it makes sense for all these groups to get together and discuss how to go about starting such degree programmes. If we want to train bioinformaticians in Africa, we need to train them at the postgraduate level, where they can have focussed courses and undertake high quality bioinformatics projects for their dissertations. Therefore it is important that H3ABioNet focusses some of its training efforts at this fundamental stage of career development. This workshop will bring together people who have developed such programmes and people who need them in order to formulate a plan for how to go forward with this.

11^th March, 2014
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration and welcome
9:00am - 9:30am	Brief introduction and anticipated outcomes of the H3ABioNet curriculum development workshop by participants. Dr Sumir Panji: Why do we need Bioinformatics degree programmes in Africa?
9:30am - 9:50am	Dr. Oyekanmi Nashiru: Perspective on the Priorities for Bioinformatics Education in the 21st Century
9:50am - 10:10am	Prof. Faisal Fadlelmola: Bioinformatics Degree Curriculum Development: The African Challenge and Lessons Learned
10:10am - 10:30am	Prof. Nicola Mulder: The South African Perspective
10:30am - 11:00am	Tea / Coffee Break
11:00am - 11:20am	Dr.Benjamin Kumwenda: A road map to development of Bioinformatics in Malawi
11:20am - 11:40am	Dr. Etienne de Villiers: KWTRP Masters level bioinformatics curriculum for East Africa
11:40 - 12:00pm	Prof. Ozlem Tastan Bishop: One-Year Coursework and Dissertation Bioinformatics MSc Programme at Rhodes University
12:00pm – 12:30pm	Open discussion: A Research vs Structured Bioinformatics programme
12:30pm – 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Dr. Mamadou Wele (via Skype): Establishment of an MSc Bioinformatics programme in Mali
2:00pm – 2:30pm	Prof. Oswaldo Trelles (via Skype): MSc Bioinformatics program in Spain
2:00pm – 2:30pm	Prof. Patricia Palagi: MSc Bioinformatics program at the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics (SIB)
3:00pm – 3:30pm	Open discussion: Amount of institutional support available e.g infrastructure, trained faculty, etc. How to train trainers
3:30pm – 4:00pm	Tea / Coffee Break
4:00pm – 4:30pm	Prof. Lonnie Welch (via Skype): Bioinformatics Curriculum Guidelines Towards a Definition of Core Competencies
4:30pm – 5:00pm	Break away session: Different models of bioinformatics training / education (single Institution vs cross-Institution) which one is applicable to your scenario?
5:00pm – 5:30pm	Report back from break away sessions

12^th March, 2014
9:00am – 9:30am	Dr.Gomotsegang Pule: Requirements for the registration and accreditation of an MSc degree programme
9:30am – 10:30am	Open discussion: Accreditation, registration and Institutional requirements for establishing a MSc Bioinformatics programme
10:30am – 11:00am	Tea / Coffee break
11:00am – 11:20pm	Talk: Examples of different curriculums
11:20am-12:00pm	Open discussion: Core vs elective topics for a MSc bioinformatics curricula and applicability to your scenario
12:00pm – 12:30pm	Open discussion: Build bioinformatics program according to expertise available at University e.g HIV or malaria research
12:30pm – 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm – 2:30pm	Wrap-up discussion of educational models, curricula and implementation

Workshop Participants Group Picture

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Attachments:
ACADEMIC_PROGRAMME_DEVELOPMENT_REVIEW_AT_UB_Dr_PULE.pdf	[ ]	600 Kb
A_road_map_to_development_of_Bioinformatics_in_Malawi_Benjamin.pdf	[ ]	407 Kb
Bioinformatics_Curriculum_Guidelines_Towards_a_Definition_of_Core_Competenc~.pdf	[ ]	1386 Kb
Bioinformatics_Degree_Curriculum_Development_The_African_Challenge_and_Less~.pdf	[ ]	863 Kb
Core_elective_bioinfo_topics_curriculum.pdf	[ ]	187 Kb
Degrees required.xlsx	[ ]	17 Kb
Establishment_of_an_MSc_Bioinformatics_programme_in_Mali_Wele.pdf	[ ]	969 Kb
H3ABioNet_Bioinformatics_Curriculum_Degree_Development_Workshop_Report.pdf	[ ]	617 Kb
KWTRP_Masters_level_bioinformatics_curriculum_for_East_Africa_Etienne.pdf	[ ]	1369 Kb
MSc_Bioinformatics_program_at_the_Swiss_Institute_for_Bioinformatics_Palagi.pdf	[ ]	5198 Kb
MSc_Bioinformatics_program_in_Spain_Oswaldo.pdf	[ ]	492 Kb
MSc_in_Bioinformatics_December_2012_Sudan.pdf	[ ]	1218 Kb
MSc_in_Bioinformatics_University_of_Bern.pdf	[ ]	177 Kb
MSc_QA_manual_2014_Rubi.pdf	[ ]	539 Kb
One-Year_Coursework_and_Dissertation_Bioinformatics_MSc_Programme_at_Rhodes~.pdf	[ ]	1232 Kb
Perspective_on_the_Priorities_for_Bioinformatics_Education_in_the_21st_Cent~.pdf	[ ]	1977 Kb
Proposed_Masters_Program_in_Quantitative_Genetics_draft_021013_Harvard.pdf	[ ]	179 Kb
The_South_African_Perspective_Nicky_Mulder.pdf	[ ]	741 Kb
University_of _Edinburgh_MSc_Bioinformatics_Curriculum.pdf	[ ]	313 Kb
Why_do_we_need_Bioinformatics_Degree_programmes_in_Africa_Sumir.pdf	[ ]	497 Kb