Abstract: Objective To evaluate the research training and experience of medical staff in Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital (TARPH), and their feedback after attending a series course of designing clinical research (DCR). Methods After surveying about the research training and experience of medical staff in TARPH, two doctors from Peking Union Medical College Hospital(PUMCH) who were sent to aid TARPH taught DCR course for 12 weeks. After completion of the course, participants joined a questionnaire survey to evaluate the learning outcomes of the course and teachers' performance. Results A total of 35 medical workers from TARPH answered the baseline survey. The majority of the respondents had a college or higher degree. Up to 74.3% of the respondents never received any training in research before, and 42.9% of them had no experience of publishing peer-reviewed papers. After the DCR course, participants scored the course content and teachers with high to very high. 33.3%(ten) investigated participants completed their own clinical research proposal step by step as guided by the training course. All of the participants believed that it was necessary to continue the DCR course and open other research training courses. Conclusions Most medical staff at TARPH need the training and practical experience of research. The DCR course is an effective way to support their capacity building of scientific research.

Key words: clinical research, Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital (TARPH), Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)