Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity--executive summary.
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.
Frontera
Walter R
WR
Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Fuhrer
Marcus J
MJ
Jette
Alan M
AM
Chan
Leighton
L
Cooper
Rory A
RA
Duncan
Pamela W
PW
Kemp
John D
JD
Ottenbacher
Kenneth J
KJ
Peckham
P Hunter
PH
Roth
Elliot J
EJ
Tate
Denise G
DG
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