- Title
- Research activities in general medicine: a scoping survey by the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Creator
- Aung, Ar K.; Pickles, Robert; Knight, Anne; Shannon, Leigh-anne; Bowers, Andrew; Donnelly, Sinead; Johnson, Douglas F.; Scott, Ian A.; Potter, Elizabeth L.; Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Research Network (IMSANZ-RN) Working Group,
- Relation
- Internal Medicine Journal Vol. 52, Issue 9, p. 1505-1512
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15866
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Background: In developing an effective framework for a collaborative research network (RN) that supports members involved in research, the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ) required a better understanding of the current level of research activity and engagement by general physicians, and factors influencing such engagement. Aims: To explore the current research landscape amongst general physicians in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Methods: A questionnaire exploring research participation, scope, research enablers and barriers was disseminated to IMSANZ members over a 3-month period. Core functions of IMSANZ-RN, research priorities, potential solutions to perceived barriers and required level of support were also evaluated. Results: A total of 82 members, mostly senior medical staff (74.4%), responded to the survey (11.8% response rate). More than 70% were involved in impactful research across multiple disciplines, encompassing a wide range of research themes and topics. However, there is limited support and resources available to conduct research, with most projects being self-instigated and self-funded. There is overwhelming support to increasing the profile of research in general medicine through the establishment of IMSANZ-RN, whose principal purposes, as identified by respondents, are to foster collaboration, promote research, provide research education and training, and share information among general physicians. Quality improvement studies (56.1%) and clinical trials (41.5%) were also identified as priority research types. Conclusions: This study has profiled the constraints faced by general physicians in conducting high-quality collaborative research and provides insights into what is needed to support greater research engagement, through development of a discipline-specific clinical RN.
- Subject
- Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand; general medicine; research; research network
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1485377
- Identifier
- uon:51576
- Identifier
- ISSN:1444-0903
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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