Project monitoring and evaluation: an enhancing method for health research system management.
BACKGROUND
Planning, organizing, staffing, leading and monitoring are the basic functional component of management. In present article, we aim to define the project monitoring and evaluation in health research system (HRS) considering its success and challenges based on our national experience.


METHODS
IN THIS STUDY BASED ON THE INFORMATION OF ANNUAL MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITIES EVALUATION DURING THE LAST DECADE THE HRS INDICATORS HAVE BEEN SCORED IN THREE AXES BASED ON HRS FUNCTIONS: Stewardship, capacity building and knowledge production. In this article, we will focus on the results of HRS evaluation from 2002 to 2010, also on its success and challenges.


RESULTS
In an overall view, the main results are the experiences of the designing and implantation of such process after pre-project preparation, all parts followed under the whole supervision of the aims of the HRS evaluation. Project management light the way of practical application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques for better HRS evaluation and management.


CONCLUSIONS
We concluded that; although monitoring and evaluation as an essential part of HRS Management light the improvement ahead way but we still need to advantage of the new project management advances.
Development of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran ; Non Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Shirin
S
Djalalinia
Development of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran ; Department of Microbiology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Parviz
P
Owlia
Department of Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein
H
Malekafzali
Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Mostafa
M
Ghanei
Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abdolreza
A
Babamahmoodi
Development of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran ; Non Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Niloofar
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Peykari
Evaluation; health research system; management