TY - JOUR
T1 - Opportunities, challenges, and lessons of international research in practice-based research networks
T2 - The case of an international study of acute otitis media
AU - Green, Larry A.
AU - Fryer, George E.
AU - Froom, Paul
AU - Culpepper, Larry
AU - Froom, Jack
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - The requirements of research become more complex and demanding in international collaborations. The opportunity to study naturally occurring variation in treatment prompted networking primary care research networks in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and North America to study acute otitis media. Additional challenges faced and addressed in this study included (1) differing national requirements for protecting human subjects; (2) variation in data collection processes in primary care practices; (3) data transmission among participants; (4) duties and tariffs on necessary instruments; (5) fluctuation in currency exchange rates; (6) incapacitation of coinvestigators; (7) complex administration of funds; (8) financing the additional, legitimate costs of collaboration; (9) sustaining strong personal relationships among coinvestigators; and (10) accepting longer time frames than would otherwise be expected. Overall, international practice-based research can be productive, affect millions of people, and be extremely rewarding to investigators. It is not, however, for the faint-hearted.
AB - The requirements of research become more complex and demanding in international collaborations. The opportunity to study naturally occurring variation in treatment prompted networking primary care research networks in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and North America to study acute otitis media. Additional challenges faced and addressed in this study included (1) differing national requirements for protecting human subjects; (2) variation in data collection processes in primary care practices; (3) data transmission among participants; (4) duties and tariffs on necessary instruments; (5) fluctuation in currency exchange rates; (6) incapacitation of coinvestigators; (7) complex administration of funds; (8) financing the additional, legitimate costs of collaboration; (9) sustaining strong personal relationships among coinvestigators; and (10) accepting longer time frames than would otherwise be expected. Overall, international practice-based research can be productive, affect millions of people, and be extremely rewarding to investigators. It is not, however, for the faint-hearted.
KW - International cooperation
KW - International research
KW - Otitis media
KW - Practice-based research/methods
KW - Research design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=7044260997&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1370/afm.224
DO - 10.1370/afm.224
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AN - SCOPUS:7044260997
SN - 1544-1709
VL - 2
SP - 429
EP - 433
JO - Annals of Family Medicine
JF - Annals of Family Medicine
IS - 5
ER -