Research collaboration in Tehran University of Medical Sciences: two decades after integration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 1985 medical schools were integrated into the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education was created in Iran. Under this infrastructure education, research and service provision are unified, and it is expected that collaboration between researchers and decision makers become easier in such an integrated context.The question here is how the researchers behavior in the biggest medical university of the country towards collaboration is, i.e. how much do decision makers participate in different stages of research? Which factors affect it?

Methodology

The samples under study were all Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) completed research projects that had gotten grants in 2004 and were over by the time this study was done. Two ques

SUBMITTER: Majdzadeh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2679006 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature