Advanced Implementation Science for palliative care and long term conditions - 0990073

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Module summary

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Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Spring Term 2024-25

Module aims

This module will equip health and social care professionals, educators and postgraduate researchers with advanced skills in theory and critical evidence use to develop, adapt and evaluate implementation strategies for the delivery of evidence-based palliative care and care for people with long term conditions.

Students will critically consider how research evidence, learning from reflection, and locally generated data can be integrated to achieve evidence-based change in practice.

Module learning outcomes

Upon successfully completing the module, students will be able to:

1. Apply theory critically and in-depth to the development of implementation strategies relevant to their area of practice or interest

1. Judiciously apply quantitative and qualitative evidence from multiple sources (research, routine data, experiential) to the tailoring of implementation strategies relevant to their area of practice or interest

1. Design a study for evaluating the impact of an implementation strategy

1. Experientially reflect on implementation challenges and opportunities from perspectives other than their own

1. Demonstrate the engagement and advocacy and skills necessary for leading change in practice

Module content

Session:

1. Getting to grips with theory as a tool for understanding implementation

1. What counts as ‘evidence’ for implementation?

1. When implementation goes wrong - learning from implementation failures

1. One-to-one tutorials

1. Reading week

1. Study designs for theorising and evaluating implementation strategies

1. Critical reflection on students’ observations of implementation in practice

1. Simulation practice of advanced implementation skills

1. Reflection and planning (group workshops)

1. Drop-in sessions with tutors

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Module feedback

Feedback during online facilitation and in one-to-one tutorials will enable students to continually build and focus their learning in relation to their practice and research priorities so that they are optimally positioned to demonstrate their skills in the assignments. Written feedback on the summative assignments will also be provided.

Indicative reading

Leeman, J., Birken, S.A, Powell, B.J, Rohweder, C. & Shea, C.M (2017) Beyond ‘implementation strategies’: classifying the full range of strategies used in implementation science and practice. Implementation Science 12:125

Best, A. and B. Holmes (2010). "Systems thinking, knowledge and action: towards better models and methods." Evidence & Policy 6 (2): 145-159.

D.A Richards & I. Rahm Hallberg (Eds.) (2015) Complex interventions in health: an overview of research methods. Abingdon: Routledge

Davidoff, F. Dixon-Woods, M., Leviton, L. & Michie, S. (2015) Demystifying theory and its use in improvement. BMJ Qual Saf. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003627

May, C. (2013) Towards a general theory of implementation. Implementation Science 8:18

Hawe, P., A. Shiell and T. Riley (2009) "Theorising interventions as events in systems." Am J Community Psychol 43(3-4): 267-276.

Nilsen, P & Birken, S (2020) Handbook on Implementation Science. Edward Elgar Publishing

Rapport, F., Williams, R. & Braithwaite, J. (2022) Implementation Science: The key concepts. Routledge