Barriers to translational research in Windsor Ontario: a survey of clinical care providers and health researchers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Translational research is an ideology focussed on streamlining the transition of novel research into clinical practice to ultimately benefit populations. Central to this approach is overcoming barriers to research involvement and interdisciplinary collaboration. Identifying barriers has been the subject of several studies focused on communities with large academic hospitals. The Windsor-Essex region is currently built around community hospitals which have less of an emphasis on research, employ fewer physicians holding academic appointments and generally do not provide incentivised time for research and training. In this study, we surveyed clinicians and researchers working in Windsor-Essex to gain insight into barriers to translational research important to those workin

SUBMITTER: Senecal JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626997 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature