title: Interventions for improving research productivity in clinical radiology.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of research promotion activities on overall quality and quantity of research output in a clinical department of a teaching tertiary care hospital. Simple research enhancing strategies including regular journal club, research hour, basic research skills training, hiring of research faculty, research awards, and annual research retreat and research board to increase research production were implemented in the Department of Radiology of a teaching hospital in Pakistan. A total of 77 papers were produced by the Department of Radiology before the intervention, which increased to 92 after the introduction of research initiatives. There was a significant increase in the overall proportion of publications in the international journals after the intervention (p < 0.001) with an increasing trend towards indexed journals (p < 0.001). The research enhancing interventions had a positive effect on increasing clinical research output by the Department of Radiology. Such interventions can also be replicated in other clinical departments to increase their research productivity.
authors: Department of Radiology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. waseem.mirza@aku.edu
authors: Waseem
authors: W
authors: Akhtar
authors: Mubashir Aslam
authors: MA
authors: Arain
authors: Arif
authors: A
authors: Ali
authors: Zafar
authors: Z
authors: Sajjad
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D057191:Capacity Building; D004526:Efficiency; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data