Strategic Approach to Building Research Capacity in Inter-professional Education and Collaboration

Suter, Esther; Lait, Jana; MacDonald, Laura; Wener, Pamela; Law, Rebecca M.; Khalili, Hossein; McCarthy, Patricia L.

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“…They also aim to build stronger inter-organisational relationships and networks within health systems. The approach planned by many of the ACORN organisations is multi-layered and multifaceted, which has been shown to be effective elsewhere [ 8 , 13 , 23 ], and affirms observations made by others about the complexity of effective RCD organisational ‘interventions’ [ 14 , 16 , 24 , 25 ].…”

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“…The utility of the Cooke framework for RCD analysis and evaluation has been demonstrated [ 16 – 18 ], and this framework has been widely used in supporting RCD in a range of contexts [ 19 , 20 ]. In undertaking this methodology we were able to capture core activities that may be transferable to other healthcare contexts, and by looking through the lens of the adapted framework we were able to determine the theoretical underpinning of how such activities can contribute to capacity building endeavour.…”

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How do NHS organisations plan research capacity development? Strategies, strengths, and opportunities for improvement

Gee

Cooke

2018

BMC Health Serv Res

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Research that is integral into a ‘learning healthcare system’ can promote cost effective services and knowledge creation. As such, research is defined as a ‘core function’ in UK health service organisations, and is often planned through research and development (R&D) strategies that aim to promote research activity and research capacity development (RCD).The discussion focuses around the content of ten R&D strategies for healthcare organisations in England and Scotland, with respect to RCD. These organisations were engaged with a research interest network called ACORN (Addressing Organisational Capacity to do Research Network) that included two Scottish Health Boards, four community and mental health trusts, two provincial district hospitals, and two teaching hospitals.We undertook a thematic documentary analysis of the R&D strategies which identified 11 ‘core activities’ of RCD. The potential for building research capacity in these ‘core activities’ was established by reviewing them through the lens of a RCD framework.Core activities aimed to ‘hard wire’ RCD into health organisations. They demonstrated a complex interplay between developing a strong internal organisational infrastructure, and supporting individual career planning and skills development, in turn enabled by organisational processes. They also included activities to build stronger inter-organisational relationships and networks. Practitioner, manager and patient involvement was a cross cutting theme. The potential to demonstrate progress was included in plans through monitoring activity across all RCD principles. Strategies were primarily aimed at research production rather than research use. Developing ‘actionable dissemination’ was poorly addressed in the strategies, and represents an area for improvement.We describe strengths of RCD planning activities, and opportunities for improvement. We explore how national policy and research funders can influence health systems’ engagement in research.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-018-2992-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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How do NHS organisations plan research capacity development? Strategies, strengths, and opportunities for improvement

Gee

Cooke

2018

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Besides all these, the background of participants was often not specified beyond general terms like ‘health professionals’, ‘ethic committee members’, ‘scholars’, ‘university faculty members’, or ‘allied health professionals’. In a different approach, Suter et al [ 31 ] analysed reports and Bates et al [ 29 ] investigated case studies (without specifying the material scrutinized).…”

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Tools and instruments for needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation of health research capacity development activities at the individual and organizational level: a systematic review

Huber

Nepal

Bauer

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Health Res Policy Sys

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BackgroundIn the past decades, various frameworks, methods, indicators, and tools have been developed to assess the needs as well as to monitor and evaluate (needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation; “NaME”) health research capacity development (HRCD) activities. This systematic review gives an overview on NaME activities at the individual and organizational level in the past 10 years with a specific focus on methods, tools and instruments. Insight from this review might support researchers and stakeholders in systemizing future efforts in the HRCD field.MethodsA systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and Google Scholar. Additionally, the personal bibliographies of the authors were scanned. Two researchers independently reviewed the identified abstracts for inclusion according to previously defined eligibility criteria. The included articles were analysed with a focus on both different HRCD activities as well as NaME efforts.ResultsInitially, the search revealed 700 records in PubMed, two additional records in Google Scholar, and 10 abstracts from the personal bibliographies of the authors. Finally, 42 studies were included and analysed in depth. Findings show that the NaME efforts in the field of HRCD are as complex and manifold as the concept of HRCD itself. NaME is predominately focused on outcome evaluation and mainly refers to the individual and team levels.ConclusionA substantial need for a coherent and transparent taxonomy of HRCD activities to maximize the benefits of future studies in the field was identified. A coherent overview of the tools used to monitor and evaluate HRCD activities is provided to inform further research in the field.

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“…As IPE research has grown, it has become easier to identify and draw on a wealth of resources. For example, various frameworks can help with identifying research and evaluation priorities and objectives (Cooke, 2005;Suter et al, 2011). The modified Kirkpatrick Framework (Barr et al, 2005) is frequently used to help frame education-focused evaluation studies.…”

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Top tips for interprofessional education and collaborative practice research: a guide for students and early career researchers

O’Carroll

Owens

et al. 2020

Journal of Interprofessional Care

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Interprofessional research within the contexts of education and health and social care practice has grown exponentially within the past three decades. To maintain the momentum of high-quality research, it is important that early career researchers embarking on their first research journey and new to interprofessional education or interprofessional collaborative practice search, and students undertaking a programme of research, feel supported in making their contribution to the field. This guide, developed by the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) Research Group, has been written with these groups in mind who are embarking on their first research journey, and new to the interprofessional field. It aims to raise awareness of academic resources and share practical advice from those who have previously experienced problems when undertaking interprofessional research in education or health and social care practice.

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Strategic Approach to Building Research Capacity in Inter-professional Education and Collaboration

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How do NHS organisations plan research capacity development? Strategies, strengths, and opportunities for improvement

How do NHS organisations plan research capacity development? Strategies, strengths, and opportunities for improvement

Tools and instruments for needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation of health research capacity development activities at the individual and organizational level: a systematic review

Top tips for interprofessional education and collaborative practice research: a guide for students and early career researchers

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