Building a Research Capacity for Occupational Medicine

Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity.

The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were 1) researchers; 2) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; 3) funding; 4) partnerships; and 5) metrics. The...

Commentary Rehabilitation medicine summit : building research capacity

The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were: 1) researchers; 2) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; 3) funding; 4) partnerships; and 5) metrics. Th...

Building capacity for knowledge translation in occupational therapy: learning through participatory action research

BACKGROUND There has been widespread acknowledgement of the need to build capacity in knowledge translation however much of the existing work focuses on building capacity amongst researchers rather than with clinicians directly. This paper's aim is to describe a research project for developing a knowledge translation capacity building program for occupational therapy clinicians. METHODS Parti...

Qualitative research and Occupational Medicine.

Building capacity for nurse-led research.

AIM To discuss factors that have influenced the development of research capacity among nurses in lower and middle-income countries (LMICs). BACKGROUND Concerned health scientists have addressed the importance of building research capacity among health professionals. Strengthening capacity specifically among LMIC nurses has been infrequently discussed. Without the requisite educational prepara...