title: Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity--executive summary.
abstract: The advancement of medical science depends on the production, availability, and utilization of new information generated by research. A successful research enterprise depends not only on a carefully designed agenda that responds to clinical and societal needs but also on the research capacity necessary to perform the work. Research that is likely to enhance clinical practice presupposes the existence of a critical mass of investigators working as teams in supportive environments. Unfortunately, far too little research capacity of that kind exists in rehabilitation medicine to ensure a robust future for the field. The "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was conceptualized as a way of fashioning a long-term plan to foster the required developments.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Walter R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Frontera
authors.forename: Marcus J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fuhrer
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jette
authors.forename: Leighton
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Rory A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Pamela W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ottenbacher
authors.forename: P Hunter
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Peckham
authors.forename: Elliot J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Denise G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Tate
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004219:District of Columbia; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000193:education; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012656:Self-Help Devices