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ArticlePerspectives on medical education2021

Rethinking implementation science for health professions education: A manifesto for change.

Aliki Thomas, Rachel H Ellaway

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Article in Perspectives on medical education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Aliki ThomasSchool of Physical and Occupational Therapy and Institute of Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. aliki.thomas@mcgill.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-9807-6609
Rachel H EllawayDepartment of Community Health Sciences and Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship, The Cumming School of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3759-6624

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implementation science approaches the challenges of translating evidence into practice as a matter of scientific inquiry. This conceptual paper uses an implementation science lens to examine the ways in which evidence from health professions education research is brought to bear on decision-making. The authors describe different decision-making contexts and the kinds of evidence they consider, and from this, they outline ways in which research findings might be better presented to support their translation into policy and practice. Reflecting on the nature of decision-making in health professions education and how decisions are made and then implemented in different health professions education contexts, the authors argue that researchers should align their work with the decision-making contexts that are most likely to make use of them. These recommendations reflect implementation science principles of packaging and disseminating evidence in ways that are meaningful for key stakeholders, that stem from co-creation of knowledge, that require or result in meaningful partnerships, and that are context specific and relevant.

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Health OccupationsImplementation ScienceHumansContextDecision-makingEvidenceImplementation science

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PMID34757538
PMCPMC8633355

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