Frontline Clinician Appraisement of Research Engagement: “I feel out of touch with research”

Abstract

Background Health services research can benefit from frontline clinician input across all stages of research, yet their key perspectives are often not meaningfully engaged. Objective How can we improve clinician engagement in research? Design Convenience sampling and semi-structured interviews followed by descriptive content analysis with an inductive approach, followed by group participatory listening sessions with interviewees to further contextualize findings. Participants Twenty-one multidisciplinary clinicians from one healthcare system. Key Results We identified two major themes: perceptions of research (how research fits within job role) and characterizing effective engagement (what works and what does not work in frontline clinician engagement). “ Perceptions of Research ” encompassed three subthemes: prior research experience; desired degree of engagement; and benefits to clinicians engaging in research. “ Characterizing Effective Engagement ” had these subthemes: engagement barriers; engagement facilitators; and impact of clinician’s racial identity. Conclusions Investing in frontline clinicians as research collaborators is beneficial to clinicians themselves, the health systems that employ them, and those for which they care. Yet, there are multiple barriers to meaningful engagement. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11606-023-08200-9.

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