Contemporary (post‐Wills) survey of the views of Australian medical researchers: importance of funding, infrastructure and motivators for a research career
| Autor: | Louise Shewan, Jane A Glatz, Andrew J.S. Coats, Christine C Bennett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male Financing Government Biomedical Research Attitude of Health Personnel Federal Government Job Satisfaction Interviews as Topic Patents as Topic Research Support as Topic Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Salary Motivation business.industry Australia Commerce Outcome measures General Medicine Middle Aged Public relations Medical research Authorship Important research Research career Female business Community recognition |
| Zdroj: | Medical Journal of Australia. 183:606-611 |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 0025-729X |
| DOI: | 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb00051.x |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES To investigate the perceptions of Australian health and medical researchers 4 years after the Wills Report recommended and led to a substantial increase in health and medical research funding in Australia. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A telephone poll of 501 active health and medical researchers, conducted between 28 April and 5 May, 2003. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Researchers' views on the adequacy of funding, infrastructure and support, salary, community recognition, the excitement of discovery and research outcomes such as publication and patenting in research. RESULTS Research funding was the most important concern: 91% of researchers (455/498) viewed funding as "very" or "extremely" important to their role, but only 10% (52/500) were "very" or "extremely" satisfied with the level of funding. Research infrastructure and support were seen as "very" or "extremely" important by 90% of researchers (449/501), while only 21% (104/501) were "very" or "extremely" satisfied. Researchers in medical research institutes were significantly more likely to be satisfied (27% [56/205] "very" or "extremely" satisfied) with the level of infrastructure and support than those working in universities (15% [41/268] "very" or "extremely" satisfied; P = 0.001). Among the factors that motivate researchers, the excitement of discovery stood out in terms of both high importance and satisfaction. Publications were viewed as more important research outcomes than patenting or commercial ventures. CONCLUSIONS Funding and infrastructure support remain overwhelmingly researchers' greatest concerns. University-based researchers were less satisfied with infrastructure and support than those in independent medical research institutes. |
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