Bioinformatics Training Needs Survey

What type of bioinformatics training would you like to see at Edinburgh Genomics?

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this Edinburgh Genomics Training survey. Your input can help make our bioinformatics courses as relevant and as useful to you as possible.

All questionnaires are completely anonymous unless name or email address are entered by you at the end of this survey. Data from this survey are used for the sole purpose of developing training courses at Edinburgh Genomics, are stored securely, and will not be shared with any third party.

Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory for the completion of the survey.

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* 1. In which type of bioinformatic analysis/topic would you most like to receive training? (tick as many as apply)

RNA-seq

Single cell RNA-seq

Genome annotation and assembly

ChIP-seq

Data manipulation and visualisation

GATK /Variant discovery

Metagenomic/Metatranscriptomic

Metabarcoding

Long read data (e.g. MinION, PacBio, etc.)

Phylogenetic/Phylogenomic

GWAS

RAD-seq

Population genetics

Advanced Linux (cloud computing, clusters, and pipelines)

Introduction to Linux for genomics

Introduction to R for genomics

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What factors would most affect your choice of training course?

	Extremely important	Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important
Proximity to my workplace	Proximity to my workplace Extremely important	Proximity to my workplace Very important	Proximity to my workplace Somewhat important	Proximity to my workplace Not very important	Proximity to my workplace Not at all important
Price	Price Extremely important	Price Very important	Price Somewhat important	Price Not very important	Price Not at all important
Quality of online resources	Quality of online resources Extremely important	Quality of online resources Very important	Quality of online resources Somewhat important	Quality of online resources Not very important	Quality of online resources Not at all important
Reputation of provider	Reputation of provider Extremely important	Reputation of provider Very important	Reputation of provider Somewhat important	Reputation of provider Not very important	Reputation of provider Not at all important
Time of year	Time of year Extremely important	Time of year Very important	Time of year Somewhat important	Time of year Not very important	Time of year Not at all important
Expertise of instructors	Expertise of instructors Extremely important	Expertise of instructors Very important	Expertise of instructors Somewhat important	Expertise of instructors Not very important	Expertise of instructors Not at all important
Ratio of participants to instructors	Ratio of participants to instructors Extremely important	Ratio of participants to instructors Very important	Ratio of participants to instructors Somewhat important	Ratio of participants to instructors Not very important	Ratio of participants to instructors Not at all important
Provision of quality catering and refreshments	Provision of quality catering and refreshments Extremely important	Provision of quality catering and refreshments Very important	Provision of quality catering and refreshments Somewhat important	Provision of quality catering and refreshments Not very important	Provision of quality catering and refreshments Not at all important

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* 3. Rate your current ability in the following languages/environments.

	No experience	Beginner user	Intermediate user	Advanced user
R	R No experience	R Beginner user	R Intermediate user	R Advanced user
Python	Python No experience	Python Beginner user	Python Intermediate user	Python Advanced user
Linux/Bash	Linux/Bash No experience	Linux/Bash Beginner user	Linux/Bash Intermediate user	Linux/Bash Advanced user
C/C++	C/C++ No experience	C/C++ Beginner user	C/C++ Intermediate user	C/C++ Advanced user
Ruby	Ruby No experience	Ruby Beginner user	Ruby Intermediate user	Ruby Advanced user
Perl	Perl No experience	Perl Beginner user	Perl Intermediate user	Perl Advanced user
Java	Java No experience	Java Beginner user	Java Intermediate user	Java Advanced user
JavaScript/PHP	JavaScript/PHP No experience	JavaScript/PHP Beginner user	JavaScript/PHP Intermediate user	JavaScript/PHP Advanced user

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* 4. In which languages or environments would you most like to improve your skills (please select at least one)?

Python

Linux/Bash

C/C++

Ruby

Perl

Java

JavaScript/PHP

None of these

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Considering your current work commitments, what would be the ideal length of a workshop?

1 day

2 days

3 days

4 days

5 days

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* 6. How important to you is being given the chance to work on your own data during a workshop?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 7. How important to you is it that, during a workshop, you work with datasets relevant to your field or particular model system?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 8. Are you prepared to do a small amount of "homework" before attending a workshop?

Yes

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* 9. Would you be willing to install trusted open-source programs (R, Rstuio, Python, etc.) on your personal laptop to use during a course?

Definitely

Probably

Probably not

Definitely not

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* 10. If a two-day workshop, including lunch and meeting your expectations for quality, were priced at £400, would you say it is:

So cheap that you would feel the quality wasn't very good

A good deal that you would be likely to buy

Expensive enough that you would have to give it more thought before buying it

So expensive I would never consider buying it

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* 11. If a two-day workshop, including lunch and meeting your expectations for quality, were priced at £600, would you say it is:

So cheap that you would feel the quality wasn't very good

A good deal that you would be likely to buy

Expensive enough that you would have to give it more thought before buying it

So expensive I would never consider buying it

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* 12. Which of the following training providers had you heard of before starting this survey (please select at least one)?

Edinburgh Genomics Training

PR statistics

Python for Biologists

University of Cambridge Bioinformatics Training

Glasgow Polyomics Training

Earlham Institute

University of Leicester Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Analysis Support Hub (BBASH)

Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre

EMBL-EBI Training

Babraham Institute - Babraham Bioinformatics

Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses

University of Newcastle Bioinformatics Support Unit

None of these

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Position:

Principal investigator

Staff scientist

Technician

Postdoc

PhD student

Undergraduate student

Other (please specify)

Comment (optional):

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* 14. In which field do you work?

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* 15. In which country are you based?

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* 16. Have you ever attended an Edinburgh Genomics bioinformatics training course?

Yes

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* 1. In which type of bioinformatic analysis/topic would you most like to receive training? (tick as many as apply)

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* 2. What factors would most affect your choice of training course?

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* 3. Rate your current ability in the following languages/environments.

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* 4. In which languages or environments would you most like to improve your skills (please select at least one)?

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* 5. Considering your current work commitments, what would be the ideal length of a workshop?

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* 6. How important to you is being given the chance to work on your own data during a workshop?

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* 7. How important to you is it that, during a workshop, you work with datasets relevant to your field or particular model system?

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* 8. Are you prepared to do a small amount of "homework" before attending a workshop?

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* 9. Would you be willing to install trusted open-source programs (R, Rstuio, Python, etc.) on your personal laptop to use during a course?

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* 10. If a two-day workshop, including lunch and meeting your expectations for quality, were priced at £400, would you say it is:

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* 11. If a two-day workshop, including lunch and meeting your expectations for quality, were priced at £600, would you say it is:

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* 12. Which of the following training providers had you heard of before starting this survey (please select at least one)?

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* 13. Position:

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* 14. In which field do you work?

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* 15. In which country are you based?

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* 16. Have you ever attended an Edinburgh Genomics bioinformatics training course?

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* 17. Affiliation/Employer (optional):

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* 18. Email address (optional):

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* 19. Name (optional):

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* 20. Please provide any further comments about what, in your opinion, makes a successful training course.