Incorporating research into your everyday role

![CDATA[The results of a recent survey of Health Information Management (HIM) and Clinical Coding (CC) practitioners found a poor, if not non-existent, research culture in practitioner roles, with lack of time, recognition and organisational/role support to incorporate research into everyday HIM and CC roles (Rupnik et al 2017). This finding is supported by the literature on other health professions, which reports that research is often not a priority within the work day, and there is a lack of and support to undertake research (Marshall et al. 2016; Akerjordet, Lode & Severinsson, 2012; Johnson et al. 2014; Rahman et al. 2011). Furthermore, there is a lack of interest, knowledge, and experience among practitioners, in addition to a paucity of resources (Rupnik et al 2017, Akerjordet, Lode & Severinsson, 2012). The recommendation from Rupnik et al (2017) is HIMAA needs to advocate for research to be incorporated into practitioner roles and for increased professional development opportunities to provide practitioners with the knowledge and skills to identify opportunities and incorporate research into everyday roles. The HIMAA Research Advisory Committee (RAC) has included in its workplan initiatives to provide mentorship to members in all matters related to undertaking research. This includes providing a workshop at the annual national conference. The aim of the 2019 workshop is to provide participants with the skills to identify a suitable project in an everyday workplace setting that will have research value.]]