Promising points for intervention in re-imagining partnered research in health services comment on “Experience of health leadership in partnering with university-based researchers in Canada – A call to ‘re-imagine’ research”

Authors

Eugenia Canas, Western University
J. Kevin Shoemaker, Western UniversityFollow
Anita Kothari, Western University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2021

Journal

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volume

10

Issue

3

First Page

155

Last Page

157

URL with Digital Object Identifier

10.34172/ijhpm.2020.24

Abstract

In this commentary, we respond to Bowen and colleagues’ empirical study of research partnerships between Canadian health organizations and university-based investigators. We draw on our experiences of university and health-services partnerships to elaborate on some of the misalignments between researchers and health services leaders identified by Bowen et al. We take up Bowen and colleagues’ call to re-imagine research by proposing three promising points of intervention in research partnerships. These are: (1) orient towards research relationships rather than project-based partnerships; (2) recognize shared and diverging expectations and objectives; and (3) foster a more nuanced understanding of mutual gains.