Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity Executive Summary
Date
2006-1-3
Authors
Frontera, Walter R.
Fuhrer, Marcus J.
Jette, Alan M.
Chan, Leighton
Cooper, Rory A.
Duncan, Pamela W.
Kemp, John D.
Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.
Peckham, P. Hunter
Roth, Elliot J.
Version
OA Version
Citation
Frontera, Walter R, Marcus J Fuhrer, Alan M Jette, Leighton Chan, Rory A Cooper, Pamela W Duncan, John D Kemp, Kenneth J Ottenbacher, P Hunter Peckham, Elliot J Roth, Denise G Tate. "Rehabilitation medicine summit: building research capacity Executive Summary" Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 3:1. (2006)
Abstract
The general objective of the "Rehabilitation Medicine Summit: Building Research Capacity" was to advance and promote research in medical rehabilitation by making recommendations to expand research capacity. The five elements of research capacity that guided the discussions were: 1) researchers; 2) research culture, environment, and infrastructure; 3) funding; 4) partnerships; and 5) metrics. The 100 participants included representatives of professional organizations, consumer groups, academic departments, researchers, governmental funding agencies, and the private sector. The small group discussions and plenary sessions generated an array of problems, possible solutions, and recommended actions. A post-Summit, multi-organizational initiative is called to pursue the agendas outlined in this report (see Additional File 1).
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Copyright 2006 Frontera et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.