A framework to evaluate research capacity building in health care.
A framework to evaluate research capacity building in health care.
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2296-6-44
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发表时间：
2005-10-27
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Cooke, Jo
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作者：
Cooke, Jo
背景：国际上已经认识到，为了为政策和实践中的决策提供可靠的证据基础，在卫生服务方面建立研究能力是非常重要的。通过实践提高研究能力的活动包括支持个人和团队、组织和网络的倡议。关于如何衡量研究能力建设（RCB）的有效性，很少有人讨论或得出结论。它强调了在同行评议期刊上发表文章的传统结果和成功的资助申请可能是重要的衡量结果，但是它们可能不能解决所有相关的问题来突出进展，特别是在新手科学家中。它们没有捕捉到有助于发展支持能力发展的环境的因素，也没有捕捉到有助于衡量研究的有用性或“社会影响”的因素，也没有捕捉到有助于专业成果的因素。本文提出了一个规划变革和衡量进展的框架，该框架基于RCB的六项原则，这些原则是通过对文献、政策文件、实证研究和英国一个研究与发展支持单位的经验的分析而产生的。这些原则是，RCB应该：培养技能和信心，支持联系和伙伴关系，确保研究“接近实践”，发展适当的传播，投资于基础设施，并建立可持续性和连续性的要素。建议每个原则在个人、团队、组织和超组织层面上起作用。并给出了一些衡量进度的标准。摘要：本文强调需要确定测量RCB的方法。本文指出了文献中存在的现有测量方法的局限性，并提出了一个测量进展的框架，这可能成为比较RCB活动的基础。通过这种方式，它可以有助于确定这些干预措施的有效性，并建立一个知识库，为RCB科学提供信息。
BACKGROUND: Building research capacity in health services has been recognised internationally as important in order to produce a sound evidence base for decision-making in policy and practice. Activities to increase research capacity for, within, and by practice include initiatives to support individuals and teams, organisations and networks. Little has been discussed or concluded about how to measure the effectiveness of research capacity building (RCB) DISCUSSION: This article attempts to develop the debate on measuring RCB. It highlights that traditional outcomes of publications in peer reviewed journals and successful grant applications may be important outcomes to measure, but they may not address all the relevant issues to highlight progress, especially amongst novice researchers. They do not capture factors that contribute to developing an environment to support capacity development, or on measuring the usefulness or the 'social impact' of research, or on professional outcomes. The paper suggests a framework for planning change and measuring progress, based on six principles of RCB, which have been generated through the analysis of the literature, policy documents, empirical studies, and the experience of one Research and Development Support Unit in the UK. These principles are that RCB should: develop skills and confidence, support linkages and partnerships, ensure the research is 'close to practice', develop appropriate dissemination, invest in infrastructure, and build elements of sustainability and continuity. It is suggested that each principle operates at individual, team, organisation and supra-organisational levels. Some criteria for measuring progress are also given.SUMMARY: This paper highlights the need to identify ways of measuring RCB. It points out the limitations of current measurements that exist in the literature, and proposes a framework for measuring progress, which may form the basis of comparison of RCB activities. In this way it could contribute to establishing the effectiveness of these interventions, and establishing a knowledge base to inform the science of RCB.