2022 Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) Research Agenda

Abstract

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) has a mandate to promote and conduct relevant infectious disease-related research by its members, fellows in training institutions, and resident physicians in training hospitals. Part of such a mandate is the creation of a priority list of research topics, which directs the researcher to what information is deemed important by the PIDSP, if the research is to receive funding from the Society, should such be requested. This list was first created in 2016. In April 2021, the PIDSP Research Committee met and agreed to update the list, by conducting a series of three internal surveys to determine if the items in the existing list were still relevant, and if new topics should be included. Twenty three PIDSP members, which included board members, known researchers, and university faculty, were surveyed using an online Google form, over three surveys between May 31, 2021 and October 3, 2021. New items were elicited from the respondents, and the old and new items were asked to be prioritized into the headings: high, medium, low, and not a priority. Only the high and medium priority items were included in the final updated list.