The adoption of open science practices in health sciences is associated with many challenges, such as the lack of awareness, skills, resources, and infrastructure for research data management, as well as the complexity of legal and ethical considerations related to sharing of research data.

To support university and research libraries, and as well as all trainers working with researchers and students in health sciences, EIFL has compiled a training programme outline that can be used to develop training about the implementation of open science practices in health sciences.

The EIFL Open Science for for Health Sciences Training Programme Outline for librarians and open science trainers is divided into six sections: 

• Introduction to Open Science
• FAIR and open data in Health Sciences
• Open research tools and resources
• Communicating research
• Citizen/Community Science
• Responsible research and ethics

Each section gives an overview of the topic, what the trainer should cover, and what the learner should gain by the end of the training. Each topic includes ‘Resources for facilitators and learners’, with useful material that trainers and learners can use to improve their own knowledge or, if the licence allows, use in their own training.

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