Building research capacity in Australian departments of general practice and rural health: A document review of annual reports

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-11

  McIntyre, Ellen ^a   Saltman, Deborah ^b   Traynor, Vanessa ^c   Sims, Jane ^d   Jeffrey, J ^e   Dollard, Joanne ^f   Richards, R ^f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic general practice; primary health care; research capacity building; research effort; research networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849131166     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423607000023     Document Type: Article

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