This paper reviews recent policy understandings of research capacity in teacher education the UK. It then draws on a case study from Wales to suggest conceptualisation capacity-building that encompasses individual, organisational and systemic levels while remaining sensitive particulars professional practice education. We argue healthy ecology research-rich includes educators based universities...

BACKGROUND Best practice clinical health care is widely recognised to be founded on evidence based practice. Enhancing evidence based practice via the rapid translation of new evidence into every day clinical practice is fundamental to the success of health care and in turn health care professions. There is little known about the collective research capacity and culture of the podiatry professi...

BACKGROUND To describe and contrast programmatic offering of Clinical Epidemiology Masters programmes in Africa, to evaluate experiences of graduates and faculty, and assess if graduates are playing roles in research, practice and teaching of Clinical Epidemiology. METHODS We searched and identified relevant programmes, reviewed programmatic documentation, interviewed convenors and surveyed g...

The importance of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR+A) is widely recognized. Universities are central to strengthening and sustaining the HPSR+A capacity as they teach the next generation of decision-makers and health professionals. However, little is known about the capacity of universities, specifically, to develop the field. In this article, we report results of capacity ...