Clinical research potential in Victorian hospitals: The Victorian clinician researcher needs analysis survey

Abstract

Background: The 2012 McKeon Review highlighted the role of clinician researchers in patient based research and the need to foster this capacity. While anecdotal evidence suggests that clinician researchers are under threat and underfunded, Australian data on barriers and enablers of clinician-led research are scant. Aims: To describe (i) characteristics of clinician researchers; (ii) for research-active clinicians: areas of research, barriers/enablers of research and factors associated with funding success; and (iii) for research-inactive clinicians: enablers of future research. Methods: An online survey distributed through the Bio21 Cluster to clinicians (doctors, nurses, allied health prof..