[Research in the 21st century: Euroconference].
The INVESTEN group of the "Instituto de Salud Carlos III", INVESTEN-ISCIII, organized the first Euro-conference related with Nursing Research, "Building a European Nursing Research Strategy", which was held in Salamanca from 13-17 March 1999. The aim of the Euro-conference was to establish the priorities and recommendations for Nursing Research needed to potentiate Nursing Research in Europe at the Beginning of the next millennium. Fourty countries participated in the Euro-conference, which was partially financed by the European Union. Based on the Strasburg Recommendations, the Euro-conference included five main topics in Nursing Research: structure and organization, integrating nursing research into practice, training, financing and priorities. Topics were studied and discussed in working groups of 15-20 participants. Each group was coordinated by different members of the INVESTEN-ISCIII group, with experts on each subject and nurses working in teaching, investigation and clinical practice. The objective was to create a report reflecting the present state of Nursing Research.
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D005062:European Union; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013030:Spain