[Utilization of research results at office of deputy minister for management and resources development and identification of obstacles]

ABSTRACT

The main purpose of this project was exactly identification of the applied researches done by different offices of the Iranian Ministry of Health, Remedies and Medical Education in the deputy between September of 1998 to September of 2003, considering their results and the degree of utilization by the users. This project had 4 steps .The 1[st] step was a questionnaire for identifying some demographic data .Study of research final reports was the 2[nd] step, gathering special goals and tangible products .In the 3[rd] one, an interview was made with the researches main users .The last step was to analyze the findings and to emphasize on systematic obstacles with relevant suggestions. For total of 23 researches, about $ 462000 paid .For 16 researches a public announcement have done, the reminders had restrict announces .Among the researchers, 17 were selected by their proposals, but 6 ones just by their Cerculem Vitaes .Only the degrees of 17 researchers were relevant to the research subjects. The sum of all researches done in this period, the utilization capability was [High], but the utilization indeed was [Low] .About 38%of them were faced with some managerial obstacles and 62%had some kinds of operational ones .According to the results, choosing better subjects, documenting the main goals of the research, selecting the researchers based on their experiences and their proposals, attention to operational agenda, stability of policies, and higher administration commitment are useful suggestions for removing the obstacles