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Caterina Caminiti1, Elisa Iezzi2, Caterina Ghetti3
1Research and Innovation Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy. ccaminiti@ao.pr.it.
BMC Health Services Research
|October 16, 2015
Summary
Measuring healthcare professionals' research performance is crucial for high-quality care. A new, simple method assesses research activities, including often-overlooked contributions, to promote institutional research engagement.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Medical Research
- Health Services Research
Background:
- High-quality healthcare institutions require strong research capacity.
- Limited clinician engagement and recognition in research hinder institutional progress.
- A comprehensive method for assessing healthcare professionals' research performance is currently lacking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and present a simple, comprehensive method for measuring healthcare professionals' research performance.
- To address the gap in evaluating research activities beyond traditional bibliometric indicators.
- To facilitate the integration of research as a core institutional activity.
Main Methods:
- Conducted a literature analysis to identify key research performance indicators.
- Developed a system of 12 easily retrievable indicators with a weighting for effort.
- Included both bibliometric and "hidden" research activities in the assessment framework.
Main Results:
- A highly skewed score distribution was observed, with a minority of professionals excelling.
- Scientific papers received the highest score (70% of total points).
- Twenty percent of researchers accounted for 50% of the total performance points.
Conclusions:
- A straightforward method for measuring research performance has been developed for healthcare institutions.
- This method can be rapidly implemented to promote research and guide resource allocation.
- Further evaluations are necessary to validate the method's utility and impact.
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