The Government of Castilla-La Mancha will pool research talents at IDISCAM to advance research in the health sciences

The regional government will pool the research talents of Castilla-La Mancha into an institution, the Castilla-La Mancha Institute for Health Research (IDISCAM), to advance research in the health sciences.

Under the direction of Dr. Vicenz Martinez, the goal of IDISCAM is to favor researchers who are already incorporated and, on the other hand, to make the work as easy as possible for those professionals who wish to investigate or who are beginning their research, attending to demands and needs.

Martinez explained that for this “we will work in a digital network in which we integrate the members they want to be, and from a central point, but not the only one, we will provide advice and services in different aspects, from research methodology, statistics and translation into English scientifically and in what the researchers require”.

Likewise, “we will also develop a training plan for young researchers that will motivate them to investigate, help them with methodology and materials, and meet their training requirements,” the IDISCAM Director added.

For Martínez, “The region has great research talent, but it, like its population, is scattered, so we understand that the digital network is the best tool to unite and harmonize our researchers, who are in different fields, such as basic research and clinic, in emergency or primary care.”

On the other hand, Dr. Martinez expressed “We will take a strong and close core so that IDISCAM can be accredited by the Carlos III Health Institute. This will give us the level that Castilla-La Mancha deserves and corresponds to, something that we have to earn with the advantages and conditions that the Institute demands. With this Basic accreditation, all other research nodes that want to be members of IDISCAM will benefit.”

Interdependence among researchers is essential for this. “The benefits of future accreditation of researchers and isolated youth and training within this attempt to integrate all the research talents at Castilla-La Mancha, will allow us to foster new procedures that will emerge from the interconnection between healthcare professionals and primary researchers,” Martinez stated.

“There may be researchers at the moment working on similar or complementary things and they don’t know about it, which is why it’s so important to know what we’re doing,” the IDISCAM director stated.

For Dr. Martinez, “Research must address all aspects that can affect a citizen, from preventive medicine, to acute episodes operated on in the hospital, chronic seizures treated in primary care, and social and health issues or palliative care.”

And all this not only by doctors, but also by nursing, which will be another mainstay of research. Ultimately, we want it to benefit the citizen our system protects, and the best way to protect them is to investigate matters that matter to them. Martinez highlighted that today’s research is tomorrow’s medicine.

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