The ‘Designated Research Team’ approach to building research capacity in primary care

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-86

  Cooke, Jo ^a   Nancarrow, Susan ^a   Hammersley, Vicky ^b   Farndon, Lisa ^c   Vernon, Wesley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Podiatry Services   (United States)

^d Sheffield Southwest PCI   (United States)

Author keywords

facilitating factors; podiatry; research capacity building; research teams; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942834143     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423606pc264oa     Document Type: Article

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