Webcast Recording: Getting Started with Implementation Science: Key Concepts and Principles

Recorded on June 4, 2024. 61 minutes in length.

Implementation science is a specialized field dedicated to the study of methods and strategies to support the integration of evidence-based practices, programs, and policies into health systems. This webinar will provide an overview of implementation science and increasing importance in the current scientific landscape of psychosocial oncology. Different key concepts and terms will be defined (e.g., effectiveness vs. efficacy). Also, prominent implementation science theories, models, and frameworks will be presented. Methodological approaches to assessing  barriers and enablers to implementation and defining implementation outcomes, will be discussed.

The learning objectives include: 

• Understanding what is implementation science in the current scientific landscape. 
• Identifying key implementation science theories, models, and frameworks.
• Identify methods to assess barriers and enablers to implementation. 
• List key implementation outcomes.

FEATURING:

Dr Guillaume Fontaine RN, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Implementation Science in the Ingram School of Nursing at McGill University, Canada and a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology of the Lady Davis Institute in Montreal, Canada. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Implementation Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute with Professor Jeremy Grimshaw and holds a Visiting Fellow position at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. As an implementation scientist, Dr. Fontaine navigates the complex terrain of bringing scientific advancements into everyday use, devising strategies to overcome barriers and ensure that research findings effectively enhance healthcare and societal outcomes.

Dr Heather Shepherd BA (Hons) RN DipHE PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sydney, Australia theme lead of Evidence for Practice and Lead of the Implementation Science Academy at Sydney Health Partners focussed on capacity and collaboration building between academic and clinical services. Heather's research and teaching roles are founded on her expertise as a health communication and health services researcher and her clinical background in critical care, reproductive and sexual health nursing, and health services management; currently leading teaching within Sydney Nursing School on quality and safety in healthcare, social determinants of health, and building curricula on health literacy, implementation science and quality improvement. Dr Shepherd's research focuses on implementation science, shared decision-making, doctor/patient communication, evidence-based medicine, health professionals’ perspectives, and development and evaluation tools to support health literacy and consumer empowerment.

MODERATED BY:

Associate Professor Joanne Shaw
Faculty of Science
University of Sydney (Australia)

Registration:

• FREE for current IPOS members
• $10 USD for non-members

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