Keith, Being an engineer, I wouldn't know about the systematic nature, or lack thereof, of clinical/workshop/studio. I wonder if it's just a different systematization. Cheers. Fil On 15 June 2011 18:43, Keith Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Fil, > > I'm cool with this approach - such might be done within a clinical setting, but it is a distinctly different behaviour and hence it might be called "research within clinical practice". My point is that very little work done within the clinical/workshop/studio is a systematic investigation. > > cheers > > keith > >>>> "Filippo A. Salustri" <[log in to unmask]> 06/16/11 1:27 AM >>> > Keith et al, > I'd say of you're remark below that if the clinical practice is such > that it is a "systematic investigation into and study of materials and > sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions," then > it's *also* research. Why can't it be both? (Just curious) > Cheers. > Fil -- \V/_ Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: [log in to unmask] http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/