LIS researchers and practitioners: creating a research culture

The practice-research nexus in allied health: practitioner-researchers or practitioners and researchers?

“I must admit before I did honours I thought you’d either be a researcher or you’d be a clinical podiatrist, but now that I’ve done both......well basically you need to be keeping up with your research so you know what to do clinically, so it’s all intertwined” (Rachel)*. How do you view yourself as an allied health professional a clinical practitioner with no time for research, or a researcher...

Research Priorities for Fertility and Conception Research as Identified by Multidisciplinary Health Care Practitioners and Researchers

The Robinson Research Institute of the University of Adelaide convened a multidisciplinary group of n = 33 clinicians, researchers and representatives of government organisations on the 2 October 2014 for a workshop entitled "Promoting fertility and healthy conception. How do we generate greater reproductive health awareness?" The key aim of the workshop was to assess the body of knowledge that...

Creating a research culture in a nursing school.

BACKGROUND Research in nursing schools still falls behind that in other disciplines. Schools need to develop a good research culture, in which those undertaking and supervising research are supported and guided. This requires commitment from management and effective leadership. CONCLUSION To raise awareness the authors explore some of the ways in which a nursing school can foster a positive r...

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Improving Collaboration between Researchers and Practitioners in Construction Research Projects using Action Research Technique

Action research is an established qualitative research method in use for scholarly investigations in information systems, business management, and human, behavioral and medical sciences. Action research aims at building and testing theory within the context of solving an immediate practical problem in a real setting. However in construction this research approach is relatively new and not many ...