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2 KARTLÄGGNING OCH UTVÄRDERING AV SVENSK VÅRDFORSKNING – HUVUDRAPPORT OCH UNDERLAG FÖR VETENSKAPSRÅDETS REKOMMENDATIONER
Research Collaboration and Networks (national and international)
Collaboration nationally and internationally is stated within all seven research
areas. Within oral health sensible collaboration nationally some claimed
international, but little evidence
Future plans and potential
Future plans are described for topics within each area. However, no coherent
strategy is suggested. Their plans for the future are clearly described and
quite specific, however rather too wide ranging in our opinion. Why are
there plans (albeit within the overarching themes) to diversify beyond the
issues in which they currently have a strong position?
Overall assessment of strong and weak research areas
HkR has strength in very practice oriented research. However, the possibility
of reaching high research quality is hampered by spreading out too wide
with 7 research areas not really linked in topic or methodology. Claimed
activity in relation to Oral Health and systemic disease interactions, but no
evidence presented and no future plans identified. This aspect of research
is not unique.
Very clearly written self-evaluation report, avoiding repetition of information.
However, common problems to many self-evaluation reports arise:
lack of description of research methodologies, lack of delineation of externally
funded projects, lack of documentation of the outcomes of national
and international collaboration (e.g. publications), lack of identification of
HEI members in the authorship of the listed publications, lack of detail in
future plans as to how they intend to achieve their plans – funding, staffing,
collaboration, organization, etc.
Overall rating: C/D (Internationally recognised / Regionally/Nationally)
UNIVERSITY WEST
Main Research Areas
Care Sciences research at University West is three years old and appears to
be conducted through the Nursing, Health Sciences, Cultural and Social
Analysis and the Social Psychiatry programmes. Most of the research is carried
out in nursing and covers a broad range of research methodologies.
The main research areas are diverse and include: Chronic illness and fatigue;
Surgery, pain and sexuality; Self-care and compliance in severe chronic
illness; Quality of life and health in the elderly; Mental illness; Skills deve-
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