Directing Research in Primary Care

David A. Katerndahl, Kenneth M. Boyd

• Directing research. Primary care research environment. The big picture. Whose job is it?: role of the research director. Meeting the administrative responsibilities of the research director. Developing individual researchers. Lighting and fanning the flame. Characteristics of the productive researcher. Developing research skills in individual researchers. Individual resources: mentors and money. Receiving promotion, getting tenured. Planning research careers. Promoting research in the department. Developing culture. Stages of departmental research development. Elements of a departmental development plan. Departmental resources: mentors, money, and models. Evaluating success. Building research within the complex adaptive departmental system. Complex adaptive systems. Evidence for multilevel complexity in research programs. Research development based on the recognition of complexity. Future of primary care research. To where we head.

"'Written from the perspective of the Director of Research, the book addresses the roles of administrators (deans, chairs, research directors) in supporting primary care research, the process for developing individual researchers, and the development of a research unit, both from a traditional perspective and from that of complexity science.' David A Katerndahl"