Building Research Capacity in Social Work: Process and Issues

Orme, Joan; Powell, Jackie

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm122

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“…A team-based approach to build research capacity was reported to be effective in developing linkages and collaborations with participating members in primary care. [16] The challenges experienced by study participants were consistent with the literature including not have sufficient protected time [6,14,[20][21][22] or resources (e.g. budget, research staff).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 61%

“…[22,27,28] Despite the valuing of the experience, challenges emerged that necessitate future efforts to provide support for nurses and health disciplines participating in research capacity building strategies. At a minimum, nurses and health disciplines need to have protected time and backfill, [6,14,[20][21][22] research personnel to assist with data collection and analysis, and funds to support knowledge translation activities (e.g., open access journal fees and conferences). [11] Future educational strategies should consider including a team based, CoP approach with a mentorship team [15] to build collaborative practice based research.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other work has identified similar challenges that health disciplines have in conducting research. [14,21] The following limitations need to be taken into consideration when interpreting the study findings. First, the study was conducted at one academic teaching hospital with a small sample size (n = 12) and may not be transferrable to other settings.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…educational programs, fellowships, funding), [6][7][8][15][16][17] nurses and health care professionals continue to report lacking skills and confidence to conduct research due to minimal or no experience and not having enough time to participate in research. [1,6,12,14,[18][19][20][21] In this context, an Academic Health Sciences Center (AHSC) developed and hosted a competitive grants competition with a comprehensive learning approach as part of a larger strategy aimed at building CPBR. Underpinning the CPBR competition was the view that engaging point of care clinicians in research opportunities will motivate them to provide better care to patients.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Learning to navigate and enriching the research process by engaging in a collaborative practice research capacity strategy

Jeffs¹,

Bulmer²

2018

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Engaging regulated health professionals in research is associated with greater service efficiencies and positive patient outcomes (reduced patient mortality and morbidity). This paper provides the results from a study undertaken to explore the perspectives and experiences of nurses and health disciplines participating in a collaborative practice based research (CPBR) capacity building educational program. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of nurses and other health disciplines in an interprofessional, collaborative research capacity building strategy. The interviews were analyzed using an inductive, thematic analysis process. Twelve members participating in the CPBR program who were female with 5 nurses, 3 occupational therapists, 2 social workers, 1 speech language pathologist and 1 research coordinator were recruited for the study. The following five themes emerged from the data: 1) learning to navigate the research landscape in a shared space; 2) providing an opportunity and support for interprofessional clinician driven research; 3) enriching the research process by engaging different professions to collaborate; 4) impacting current and future collaborative practice; and 5) keeping the momentum amidst experiencing challenges. Our study demonstrated the value of providing opportunity for nurses and health disciplines to engage in collaborative practice based research and undertake a project relevant to clinical practice that adds to the body of knowledge on the value of collaborative practice based research capacity building strategies and communities of practice.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Learning to navigate and enriching the research process by engaging in a collaborative practice research capacity strategy

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Bulmer²

2018

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“…An audit of research teaching in UK qualifying social work education (MacIntyre and Paul, 2011, 685), found 'fundamental reservations and resistance' on the part of educators, students and practitioners about the place of research in social work. Whilst the profession continues to be urged to improve the evidence base that informs social work practice, Orme and Powell (2008) identified a 'circle of resistance' to developing research capacity whereby insufficient research teaching on qualifying programmes had contributed to sidelining of research skills, including writing, in social work organisations. Considerable investment has been made into breaking this 'cycle', in both academic and practice settings in the UK.…”

Section: Researching and Writingmentioning

confidence: 99%