Barriers and facilitators of clinician and researcher collaborations: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The poor translation of research findings into routine clinical practice is common in all areas of healthcare. Having a better understanding of how researchers and clinicians experience engagement in and with research, their working relationships and expectations of each other, may be one way to help to facilitate collaborative partnerships and therefore increase successful translation of research into clinical practice.

Aims

To explore the views of clinical and research staff about their experiences of working together during research projects and identify the facilitators and barriers.

Methods

We conducted four focus groups with 18 participants - clinicians, researchers and those with a dual clinical-research role, recruited from one mental health Trust a

SUBMITTER: Williams J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718701 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature