Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Medical Journal of Australia
Volume
217
Issue
10
First Page
514
Last Page
516
PubMed ID
36335544
Publisher
Wiley
School
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Funders
Australasian Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Trials Network
Abstract
For the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to achieve its full impact, it is necessary for health practitioners to be trained and reliably funded to deliver research and translation alongside their clinical work. We offer insight into current systems, concerns and suggestions as this applies to clinical research in nursing and midwifery. Nurses and midwives globally have a long record of delivering high quality clinical research that improves care and outcomes. An analysis of four landmark nursing-led studies in the United States illustrates the value-adding potential of such research: for every grant dollar, the return on investment ranged from $202 to $1206. In Australia, investment in nursing- and midwifery-led research also pays dividends for health care costs and population and health system outcomes, as evidenced from the many research contributions of Australian nurses and midwives over the past decade (Box).
DOI
10.5694/mja2.51758
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Eckert, M., Rickard, C. M., Forsythe, D., Baird, K., Finn, J., Gilkison, A., ... & Keogh, S. (2022). Harnessing the nursing and midwifery workforce to boost Australia's clinical research impact. Medical Journal of Australia. 217(10), 514-516. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51758