Directing Research in Primary Care

Bk. 2, Going Clinical

David A. Katerndahl, Kenneth M. Boyd

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CRC Press
28 February 2006

Medical research; General practice

This is a highly practical book that focuses on the specifics of development in primary care research units. It discusses development of both research units and researchers themselves and offers helpful case studies that include an in-depth look at the development of one particular research unit. The issues and approaches used are applicable to all primary care researchers and administrators in medicine around the world. Directing Research in Primary Care is an easy to read no-nonsense guide that provides invaluable information and guidance to individual researchers with or contemplating leadership roles and deans chairs and research directors supporting primary care research.

By: David A. Katerndahl, Kenneth M. Boyd
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st New edition
Dimensions: Height: 152mm, Width: 305mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781846190285
ISBN 10: 1846190282
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 28 February 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Directing research. Primary care research environment. The big picture. Whose job is it?: role of the research director. Meeting the administrative responsibilities of the research director. Developing individual researchers. Lighting and fanning the flame. Characteristics of the productive researcher. Developing research skills in individual researchers. Individual resources: mentors and money. Receiving promotion, getting tenured. Planning research careers. Promoting research in the department. Developing culture. Stages of departmental research development. Elements of a departmental development plan. Departmental resources: mentors, money, and models. Evaluating success. Building research within the complex adaptive departmental system. Complex adaptive systems. Evidence for multilevel complexity in research programs. Research development based on the recognition of complexity. Future of primary care research. To where we head.

David A. Katerndahl, Kenneth M. Boyd

Reviews for Directing Research in Primary Care: Bk. 2, Going Clinical

"""'Written from the perspective of the Director of Research, the book addresses the roles of administrators (deans, chairs, research directors) in supporting primary care research, the process for developing individual researchers, and the development of a research unit, both from a traditional perspective and from that of complexity science.' David A Katerndahl"""