One of the most factors to keep researcher in touch with the latest version of his own scientific topic is PERIODIC UPDATE, and the active example or improvement to this statement is our existence as a researchers in such academic platform of course including RG community.

Thank you very much Dr. Liqaa for your important question.

Regards, Emad

Yes! Researchers' skills need to be updated periodically, as the requirements and thrust of research changes with change in time.

How requirement is changing and so, researchers' skills are required, may see as under: 

The Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) is a comprehensive guide to the array of skills required to do and support research in various professional capacities as well as to work with others and ensure the wider impacts of research.

The University of Adelaide uses the RDF to support HDR students in identifying the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to be an effective researcher and enhance their employability skills.

The Researcher Development Framework is designed for researchers at all levels and you may find not all parts of it are relevant to you – but it will help you think about the full range of skills you will need to:

--succeed in your research degree

--achieve your longer-term personal and professional goals

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/carst/about/research-development-framework/

http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/gradschool/zone/early-stage/skills-development

Researchers (need to) update their skills with each new research project they embark on. Being willing and able to update one's research skills is an essential part of one's competence as a researcher.

Thank you so much Dr Emad for your valuable answer. 

Liqaa 

Dear Sabhash C. Kundu 

I appreciate your advices and thank you so much for sharing us this link. 

Liqaa 

You are absolutely right dear Kurt Kohn. 

Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

Yes , i feel , it is a continuous process of improvement ..a researcher cannot survive without periodical updating...

yes sure

Dear Dr. Anoop Kumar Srivastava. 

Thank you so much for your enriching answer. It is really a continuous process of improvement. 

Liqaa 

Dear Dr.Gadallah 

Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

Research aptitude improves with practice and skill. In the dynamic world of research skill is changing very fast. Updating domain specific skill also make a researcher more equipped in conducting research. Upgradation of knowledge in software and hardware make things better scientifically.

Informative answer dear colleague Anirbid Sircar. 

Thank you so much. 

Liqaa 

Yes. How can you be a researcher if you are not updated on what other researchers are publishing? The only way of being a good researcher is to put your information update otherwise you will be a museum ! 

Thanks a lot dear Phanuel Manizabayo 

I like your example "museum " .. It is really so. 

Liqaa 

Here at my university in Southampton, we use the Vitae "Researcher Development Framework", see:

https://www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers-professional-development/about-the-vitae-researcher-development-framework

Dear Jones 

Thank you so much for sharing this valuable link. It is a good chance to develop researchers' skills. I really like it. 

Liqaa 

Yes dear for sure because each one of them compliments the other.

Competitveness comes with Professional Development. Being a dynamic individual requires updating herself with content knowledge, update on skills with the new one, and the attitude to see things with a dynamic enegrgy towards continuing professioanl development.

updated of knowledge is important to be on track with current trends in research because it is dynamic.

Thank you dear Dr.Khansaa. 

Outstanding answer dear Diana Lee Tracy Kerr Chan.Thank you so much. 

Liqaa 

All knowledge and skills need constant updating due to the rapid development of all sciences

There is a simple evidence that older doctors are true to have experience but do not have the skills to deal with diseases that have developed themselves because of drugs and do not have the skills to deal with disease detection devices only through training and continuous development

You are right dear Ezhim A beta.

Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

You are absolutely right Dr. Salam Jassim Hmood. 

Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

Ya dear, I think so . We need to update our skills periodically. 

it is an important stepping. You will also lay important groundwork , and gain experience you will be able to draw on for the rest of your working life.

Thanks a lot dear Dr. Khansaa. 

I agree with you. 

Liqaa 

Dear Mrs. Haber,

Of course, a researcher cannot survive without periodical updating his/her work.

Regards.

حتما ومن الضروري تطوير تلك المهارات  من اجل الابداع والتميز

Yes, you are right Zijad Dzafic .

Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

Thank you dear Nabaa Al-Shaher. 

You are absolutely right. 

Liqaa 

Yes. This is why I have produced a Continuing Professional Development course.

https://www.researchgate.net/project/What-is-needed-in-a-CPD-course-for-busy-EE-professionals-on-Research

 Dear Dr. Kennedy 

Thank you so much for sharing your valuable efforts in professional development.  In fact I follow your project to gain knowledge from your  experience. 

Liqaa 

Hi my sister Liqaa,

NO RESEARCHER IS A KNOW ALL. Therefore, researchers must continually avail themselves to new research skills that would ENHANCE THEIR RESEARCH ABILITIES for them to produce practical and result-oriented studies that would advance the progress of communities.

A HUMBLE researcher, who is ALWAYS PREPARED TO LEARN soon becomes very knowledgeable in the new methodologies and approaches that work better and yield excellent findings.

Grasping opportunities to partake in research courses whether it is basic or not, attending workshops and seminars on research would afford researchers the wonderful privilege of REVISING THE KNOWLEDGE THEY ALREADY LEARNT WHICH THEY MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN, LEARN MODERN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS that makes analysis of data stress free and free of errors.

Indeed, EVERY RESEARCHER whether AMATEUR or EXPERIENCED must cease EVERY OPPORTUNITY to UPGRADE THEMSELVES in RESEARCH not just PERIODICALLY but CONTINUALLY as and when the opportunity presents itself.

Thanks

Dickson Adom

مرحبا دكتورة لقاء 

هذا أمر مفروغ منه .. أحسب أن صيغة السؤال ينبغي أن تكون :

كيف ننمي أو نحدث مهارات الباحثين ..

مع بالغ احترامي لنشاطك الؤوب 

أ.د.مازن السلمان

Researchers' skills are necessary to be updated progressively when the need arises as this will ensure that we are in touch with the literature related to our niche areas,

Yes. It is very necessary. Learning is a lifelong process and the more you learn, the better you get at whatever you do.

Hi Dickinson Adom 

I would like to quote your words :

"Indeed, EVERY RESEARCHER whether AMATEUR or EXPERIENCED must cease EVERY OPPORTUNITY to UPGRADE THEMSELVES in RESEARCH not just PERIODICALLY but CONTINUALLY as and when the opportunity presents itself ".

Thank you so much .

Liqaa 

Dear Dr.Mazin Alsalman 

هو مثل ما تفضلت بالضبط لكن صيغة السؤال كانت ضمنية استنتاجية ..

ممتنة لحضرتك ..

د.لقاء

Thank you so much dear Malini Ganapathy for your enriching answer. 

Liqaa 

Researchers and lawyers , both have to keep an eye on updates ....periodical updating is a must..  

Thanks a lot dear Dr. Anoop and Navaraj Upadhyaya for your valuable answers. 

Liqaa 

Thank you so much dear Hubert Amu 

Appreciate it.

Liqaa 

Its more of a continual process, but is sometimes periodic as time allows.

Yes 

Thank you so much dear Jerry Decker for your valuable answer. 

Liqaa 

Thanks a lot Ihsan Yildiz for your answer. 

Liqaa 

You are right dear Dr. Mohammed Aljaradin. Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

Yes dear no doubt they need such thing.

Thank you so much for your answer dear Dr. Khansaa. 

Yes Dr. Liqaa I think they need.

Thank you so much for your answer Dr. Amer. 

Liqaa 

Hi 

This link may be useful to you : 

http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/how-to-improve-your-researching-skills-and-write-accurately

Thank you so much for your answer dear Dr Khansaa . It is really useful link.

Liqaa 

Dear Mohammed Aljaradin 

Thank you so much for sharing this important link. I think it is good activity for your university to present such beneficial guide. I appreciate it. 

Liqaa 

Thank you so much dear colleagues. Your ideas and suggestions enrich this question. I appreciate them all.

Liqaa 

Dear Liqaa 

Researchers abilities need to be tested periodically in order to at least remember the main steps of writing a research paper. I think the following link may be useful for you. 

https://www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/research/research-paper-steps/

Dear Khansaa Hassan Al-Bahadli 

You are absolutely right that researchers' skills need to be trained and updated periodically at least to refresh the main ideas of researching as some writers stay a long time without any production.  I read the link you shared and I like to say thank you so much for your efforts. 

Liqaa 

Hi

Yes, they absolutely need to be updated from time to time and other teaching skills are also need to be modern and innovative not only the researching ones.

Would you trust a medical doctor who had not learned anything new in the last 50 years??

Definitely! And researchers should feel an obligation on their own to update their skills from time to time.

Respected viewpoint dear Dr.Khansaa. Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

Outstanding example dear prof Ian Kennedy. Thank you so much for your valuable answer. 

Liqaa 

According to Sekaran (2003) research is an organized, systematic, critical, scientific inquiry or investigation into a specific problem, undertaken with the objective of finding answers or solutions thereto.

Everyday new problems arise in the world and the researchers have to conduct new research in order to find the solutions.  Therefore researchers' skills need to be updated periodically. Otherwise it’s like drinking water from an old stale pond.

Reference

Sekaran, U., 2003. Research methods for business: A skill building approach. John Wiley & Sons.

An active researcher's knowledge and skills are updated continually. One cannot engage successfully with any research project if they do not complete a literature review (thus update and expand their knowledge on the subject under research) or design their research methodology according to what the relevant  literature advise (thus potentially updating their skills on methods  and tools for data collection and analysis).

With the above in mind, ideally your question is not necessary.

Very expressive answer dear Iddagoda. Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinions. 

Liqaa 

Dear Liqaa

I think the period should not be long but even monthl or even seasonally updated.

Excellent suggestion dear Dr Khansaa Hassan Al-Bahadli. Thank you so much.

Liqaa

Yes, it is a continuous process of improvement ... to provide a systematic approach to attract and employ staff skills. Developing and dealing with them as a continuous process

Absolutely right dear Djaafar Zemali. Thank you so much for your participation.

Liqaa

As your career progresses, new roles and responsibilities will place an increasing demand on the repertoire of skills needed for success.

The definition of a procedural skill as follows:

Skill is the ability, skill and ingenuity of the researcher in dealing with a subject according to what he gets and developing his training and experience during the years of his life.

Thank you so much dear colleagues for sharing your valuable opinions.

Liqaa

From my personal experience ( in India), I think that there MUST be periodical upgradation and EVALUATION program for not only of researchers, but of all levels of teachers and administrators with arrangement of rewards and punishment.

It is not easy to start for the persons in high chairs with high powers without minimum quality, but it is the ONLY way to build any third world nation like India in actual sense.

The skill of dealing with professors belonging to different schools of thought, and their views and visions of different.

When the researcher chooses a subject for his thesis and before preparing his plan, he will consult with the professors and find that they have different or contradictory visions. This may happen when presenting his plan to the seminar. Getting out of this problem is as follows:

A- isten to all views and absorbed.

B - The formation of a special vision that takes into account the closest views of the researcher's thought.

C - defend this view and stick to it and make the utmost effort to convince others. This skill is linked to the skill of good presentation.

To keep up with the latest techniques and trends in the field. When i went to school we used a microscope to physically count cells in hematology and it would take a long time to establish a full blood count in clinical pathology. Nowadays the process is now fully automated and the answer in available in a minute. To cope with this new technology i just need to go to a conference or read a publication and be able to use and understand the new state of affairs in the field

Dealing skill calculated accurately in the relationship of the researcher with the original supervisor and co-supervisor.

Some researchers are dealing with the original supervisor and co-supervisor in a matter of distrust in it, and that the researcher must be careful to be dealing with the co-supervisor with the knowledge of the original supervisor and not to move between the two professors of supervisors in a matter of suspicion. He loses both .

Of course we need to update our knowlegde periodically

Thank you so much dear colleagues for your participation.

Liqaa

Yes, it is required since periodical updating sharpens the knowledge of a researcher.

Agree.

It is very important to improve skills and knowledge base on regular basis to remain updated about latest development.

This will increase effectiveness in research.

...To develop the professionalism of the professor through continuous training in order to keep up with the latest technologies and trends in the field of applied research .

Yes, researcher's skills should be in a continuous update.

Informative answers dear colleagues. Thank you so much.

Liqaa

Learning skills and acquiring new knowledge is a life long process. It just does not stop after you have reached a research milestone in your career. In fact, the moment a person thinks he/she has learned everything there is to know, they have shut themselves off from new possibilities and adventures.

Absolutely right dear colleagues. Thank you so much.

Liqaa

For every one year experience, your resume will increase by one page. So updation needed for every researcher.

I agree with you Santhosh Kumar Balan. Thank you so much.

Liqaa

That is sure, researchers need to update them works periodically to be more read.

That is sure, researchers need to update them works periodically to be more read.

Good luck

The researcher's information and skill must be update continuously due to the rapid improvement in the science techniques and the communication technologies.

I think there are (at least) two angles to this.

One is the daily work a researcher perform and thereby should deepen already acquired skills or make it more broad in the researchers domain.

Otherwise it would not be much of a research.

The other angle is to step out of your own domain to acquire new skills which I see very fruitful for any researcher. Cross over domain research is usually very beneficial as it opens up new ways of reasoning and thinking.

But is is a matter of time and interest how to ensure your own skills as a reseracher...

Absolutely correct ...... researchers' skills should be updated periodically. By Browsing the WWW , PubMed, google scholar

Chemical abstracts or any other scientific engine that can be reached to find updates on a particular information or new research .

Researchers need to be provided conducive environment for research by University.

Supervisor has to be as a coach and guide for research work.

Supervisor need to provide motivation and right directions to the researcher during ups and downs while doing research.

Yes, a researcher has to enlarge his knowledge and skills. In modern competitive business and education environment, new knowledge appears in new specific domains, but also in interdisciplinary domains. New projects and collaboration also require new skills, and ask for new type of researcher who is a specialist in several domains (not all at the same level) or at least has to be well acquainted with several other domains, including knowledge and skills...