The main objective of this research is to design and operate a prediction market inside an R&D community, to assess the emergence and the evolution of mobile technologies. To support this research, we iteratively developed and evaluated several prototypes. We intend to demonstrate the successful use of prediction markets for predicting the impact of a research activity. Furthermore, following a...

INTRODUCTION There is increasing pressure for Australian rural general practices to engage in educational delivery as a means of addressing workforce issues and accommodating substantial increases in learners. For practices that have now developed a strong focus on education, there is the challenge to complement this by engaging in research activity. This study develops a rural academic general...

Introduction: Practice-based research is a challenge as clinicians are busy with their patients and any participation in research activities will be secondary to the needs of the patients and the clinic. As a result, it is difficult to obtain high compliance among clinicians. A method to enhance compliance in multicentre practice-based research has been developed and refined for use in the chir...

BACKGROUND Research involving chiropractors is evolving and expanding in Europe while resources are limited. Therefore, we considered it timely to initiate a research agenda for the chiropractic profession in Europe. The aim was to identify and suggest priorities for future research in order to best channel the available resources and facilitate advancement of the profession. METHODS In total...

OBJECTIVES To determine general practitioners' (GPs') attitudes towards and involvement in general practice research. DESIGN Postal survey and semi-structured interviews conducted from May to September 2001. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING 467 of 631 GPs in four Queensland Divisions of General Practice responded to the survey (74% response rate); 18 selected GPs were interviewed. MAIN OUTCOME ME...

as a means of stimulating resident research activities and fostering the development of our future family medicine scholars. Through overcoming challenges and by seeking strategic partnerships, the AFMRD is actively pursuing many of its stated goals and central mission of serving as a resource for family medicine residency directors. Peter J. Carek, MD, MS, FAAFP, Treasurer, AFMRD David Araujo,...

BACKGROUND An intensive 3-day training programme, the 'Registrar Research Workshop' (RRW), has aimed to build research capacity among Australian general practice registrars since 1994. OBJECTIVES To investigate the impact of the RRW on participants' skills, confidence, interest in research and research activity. METHODS Cross-sectional postal survey in 2006 of five groups of registrars who ...