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The Association of Canadian University Departments of Anaesthesia (A.C.U.D.A.) surveyed all 16 university departments during 1975/76/77, to obtain detailed and accurate in formation on manpower and research activities. The results of this survey have been summarized and show that only 0.68 per cent of federal MRC funds support anaesthesia research compared with 3.29 percent of the U.S. federal N.I.G.M.S. funds. Notably 90 per cent of Canadian research funds are held in three departments. Canadian academic anaesthetists spend twice as much time in clinical service as their U.S. counterparts and there are 46 percent fewer full-time faculty and 64 per cent fewer researchers in Canadian departments of Anaesthesia as compared to the U.S. A number of recommendations are made which will be acted upon as a basis for future planning.
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ĽAssociation Canadienne des Départements Universitaires ďAnesthésie a fait enquête auprès de ses 16 membres au cours des années 1975/76/77, en vue ďobtenir des renseignements aussi précis que possible sur les ressources humaines et financières de la recherche dans nos départements. En résumé, cette enquête démontre qu’à peine 0.68 pour cent des fonds du Conseil de la Recherche Médicale sont assignés à la recherche en anesthésie en comparaison de 3.29 pour cent des ressources comparables (mutatis mutandis) qui du côté américain sont distribués par le National Institute of General Medical Science.
A noter plus particulièrement que 90 pour cent des fonds canadiens de recherche sont entre les mains de trois départements seulement. Les anesthésistes universitaires canadiens passent deux fois plus de temps aux activités cliniques que leurs collègues américains; les départements universitaires canadiens ont moins (—46 pour cent) de membres plein temps et aussi moins de chercheurs (—64 pour cent) que leurs équivalents américains.
Ce rapport comporte un certain nombre de recommandations à ľadresse des départements universitaires en vue de guider leur action future.
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Forrest, J.B. The current status of anaesthesia research in canada. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 25, 524–531 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03007419
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