Survey in genomics capacity development

Thank you for agreeing to take part in our survey. Your views will provide us with information to develop a training programme that fosters critical thinking and strategic planning for enhancing capacity in the field of genomics. We would greatly appreciate you taking a few minutes to complete it. It should take approximately 10 minutes. All of your answers are anonymous and confidential. Responses will be reported in aggregate only and used to help develop training and improve it in future years.

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact: onlinecourses@wellcomeconnectingscience.org

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* 1. Please indicate your current role (tick all that apply).

Postgraduate student

Researcher

Healthcare professional

Laboratory/Biomedical/Clinical scientist

Data scientist/Bioinformatician

Educator/Trainer/Teacher

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What country are you based in?

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* 3. What best describes your workplace?

Academic and research institution

Clinical and healthcare facility

Public health and government agency

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company

Non-profit organisation

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Which of the options below best describes the area you work in or the topic you study? (tick all that apply)

Culture and Society (e.g ethics, training and education, public engagement)

Evolution and environment (e.g. climate change, conservation, biodiversity)

Human genomics (e.g. genetic counselling, genomic medicine, complex or rare disease)

Pathogen genomics (e.g. microbiology, virology, parasites)

Technologies and approaches (e.g computational biology, metagenomics, systems biology)

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Please rate the importance of the following areas within your organisation or country in the next five years:

	Not important	Slightly important	Moderately important	Important	Extremely important
Implementation of training in genomic technical skills for professionals in research, healthcare, or other related fields.	Implementation of training in genomic technical skills for professionals in research, healthcare, or other related fields. Not important	Implementation of training in genomic technical skills for professionals in research, healthcare, or other related fields. Slightly important	Implementation of training in genomic technical skills for professionals in research, healthcare, or other related fields. Moderately important	Implementation of training in genomic technical skills for professionals in research, healthcare, or other related fields. Important	Implementation of training in genomic technical skills for professionals in research, healthcare, or other related fields. Extremely important
Designing education curricula (e.g. for undergraduate or earlier career scientists).	Designing education curricula (e.g. for undergraduate or earlier career scientists). Not important	Designing education curricula (e.g. for undergraduate or earlier career scientists). Slightly important	Designing education curricula (e.g. for undergraduate or earlier career scientists). Moderately important	Designing education curricula (e.g. for undergraduate or earlier career scientists). Important	Designing education curricula (e.g. for undergraduate or earlier career scientists). Extremely important
Establishment and management of genomics laboratory infrastructure.	Establishment and management of genomics laboratory infrastructure. Not important	Establishment and management of genomics laboratory infrastructure. Slightly important	Establishment and management of genomics laboratory infrastructure. Moderately important	Establishment and management of genomics laboratory infrastructure. Important	Establishment and management of genomics laboratory infrastructure. Extremely important
Establishment and management of infrastructure for genomic data sharing, analysis and applications.	Establishment and management of infrastructure for genomic data sharing, analysis and applications. Not important	Establishment and management of infrastructure for genomic data sharing, analysis and applications. Slightly important	Establishment and management of infrastructure for genomic data sharing, analysis and applications. Moderately important	Establishment and management of infrastructure for genomic data sharing, analysis and applications. Important	Establishment and management of infrastructure for genomic data sharing, analysis and applications. Extremely important
Implementation of science communication and public engagement programmes focused on genomics science and applications.	Implementation of science communication and public engagement programmes focused on genomics science and applications. Not important	Implementation of science communication and public engagement programmes focused on genomics science and applications. Slightly important	Implementation of science communication and public engagement programmes focused on genomics science and applications. Moderately important	Implementation of science communication and public engagement programmes focused on genomics science and applications. Important	Implementation of science communication and public engagement programmes focused on genomics science and applications. Extremely important
Establishment of professional or scientific networks and/or communities of practice.	Establishment of professional or scientific networks and/or communities of practice. Not important	Establishment of professional or scientific networks and/or communities of practice. Slightly important	Establishment of professional or scientific networks and/or communities of practice. Moderately important	Establishment of professional or scientific networks and/or communities of practice. Important	Establishment of professional or scientific networks and/or communities of practice. Extremely important
Development and adoption of appropriate policies, guidelines, and frameworks (e.g. consent, data sharing, memoranda of understanding, and material transfer agreements).	Development and adoption of appropriate policies, guidelines, and frameworks (e.g. consent, data sharing, memoranda of understanding, and material transfer agreements). Not important	Development and adoption of appropriate policies, guidelines, and frameworks (e.g. consent, data sharing, memoranda of understanding, and material transfer agreements). Slightly important	Development and adoption of appropriate policies, guidelines, and frameworks (e.g. consent, data sharing, memoranda of understanding, and material transfer agreements). Moderately important	Development and adoption of appropriate policies, guidelines, and frameworks (e.g. consent, data sharing, memoranda of understanding, and material transfer agreements). Important	Development and adoption of appropriate policies, guidelines, and frameworks (e.g. consent, data sharing, memoranda of understanding, and material transfer agreements). Extremely important
Development of skills to secure and manage funding (e.g. identifying funding sources, proposal writing, progress reports, grants).	Development of skills to secure and manage funding (e.g. identifying funding sources, proposal writing, progress reports, grants). Not important	Development of skills to secure and manage funding (e.g. identifying funding sources, proposal writing, progress reports, grants). Slightly important	Development of skills to secure and manage funding (e.g. identifying funding sources, proposal writing, progress reports, grants). Moderately important	Development of skills to secure and manage funding (e.g. identifying funding sources, proposal writing, progress reports, grants). Important	Development of skills to secure and manage funding (e.g. identifying funding sources, proposal writing, progress reports, grants). Extremely important
Development and implementation of monitor and evaluation frameworks (including setting indicators, collecting data, reporting, etc).	Development and implementation of monitor and evaluation frameworks (including setting indicators, collecting data, reporting, etc). Not important	Development and implementation of monitor and evaluation frameworks (including setting indicators, collecting data, reporting, etc). Slightly important	Development and implementation of monitor and evaluation frameworks (including setting indicators, collecting data, reporting, etc). Moderately important	Development and implementation of monitor and evaluation frameworks (including setting indicators, collecting data, reporting, etc). Important	Development and implementation of monitor and evaluation frameworks (including setting indicators, collecting data, reporting, etc). Extremely important
Dissemination of outcomes (e.g. presentations, publications).	Dissemination of outcomes (e.g. presentations, publications). Not important	Dissemination of outcomes (e.g. presentations, publications). Slightly important	Dissemination of outcomes (e.g. presentations, publications). Moderately important	Dissemination of outcomes (e.g. presentations, publications). Important	Dissemination of outcomes (e.g. presentations, publications). Extremely important

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* 6. In your opinion, which roles within your organisation would benefit most from training on the above areas, and why? Please consider roles across technical, administrative, or managerial responsibilities.

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* 7. Given your answers in Questions 5 and 6, please provide any explanation to help us understand your response.

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* 8. Are there any other areas you believe are important that have not been mentioned in Question 5? If so, please elaborate on why you think they are important for enhancing genomics capacity within your organisation or country.

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* 9. Finally, if there are any further comments you would like to give us on any aspect of this survey, please use the box below.

We greatly appreciate your time to complete this survey. Please click 'Submit' to finalise the survey.

Please note that your answers to this survey are anonymous. If you would like to contact us to discuss any aspect of the survey, email onlinecourses@wellcomeconnectingscience.org.

Kind regards,
Learning and Training Team
Wellcome Connecting Science