From our perspective, it may provide to practitioners of many research fields both facts and reasoning.
In conclusion, practitioners of chemical research should not refrain from mastering the use of bibliometrics indicators.
In this Editorial, the authors, a scientist and a clinician, discuss the rift between practitioners of laboratory research and clinical medicine.
"This enables them to distinguish between fad and genuine innovation in the discipline as practitioners, intelligent consumers of research and promoters of the scientific method.
Conceptual research utilization occurs when research serves an 'enlightenment' function [ 12, 13]: that is, practitioners' become aware of research findings, and the findings inform, broaden or alter their thinking and practice in indirect ways [ 11].
To reverse the trend, we suggest strengthening of eye care programmes, even distribution of eye care resources, active collaboration with orthodox eye care providers and traditional medical practitioners, and intensification of research efforts into the pharmacology of TEMs.
However, it is widely recognised that many barriers exist that can impede practitioners' effective communication of research evidence to patients, such as a lack of: time; organisational support; authority; and critical appraisal skills [ 19- 23].
The Federation also aims to foster and facilitate collaboration, research training opportunities, research funding and academic advice, and to encourage participation of practitioners in research activities.
Here the project coordinator and the general practitioner of the research group worked together with the primary care administration/management. When the IM trial had started, the research group meetings continued, combined with consensus case conferences conducted in order to provide patient care in the IM model.
Briefly, this was achieved by the general practitioner of the research group heading informal, in-house presentations at the primary care units of Skarpnäck and Bagarmossen supplemented by seminars, together with the group coordinator, at three neigbouring primary care units.
However, the level of engagement of primary care practitioners with research has been traditionally poor [ 4- 6].
