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Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2017: implementation mechanisms: what makes implementation work and why? part 1

2018; BioMed Central; Volume: 13; Issue: S2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13012-018-0714-0

1748-5908

Cara C. Lewis, Cameo Stanick, Aaron R. Lyon, Doyanne Darnell, Jill Locke, Ajeng J. Puspitasari, Brigid R. Marriott, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Madeline Larson, Carrie B. Jackson, Jordan Thayer, Callie Walsh Bailey, Rebecca Lengnick‐Hall, Shannon Dorsey, Sara J. Landes,

Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Committee membership and abstract review proceduresThe Program Committee worked to ensure that the abstract review criteria were fair, transparent, and prioritized translational efforts.Footnote 3 The criteria consisted of (1) Background (i.e., how succinctly and convincingly the authors outlined the rationale for the proposed study, including the problem the project set out to address); (2) Methodology and Research Design (i.e., for research-based submissions, the extent to which methodology fits the scientific question; methods and analysis are clearly stated; strong fit between aims, design, and analysis; well-executed; minimal limitations; for practice-based submissions, could include descriptions of context in place of research design); (3) Results and Conclusions (i.e., extent to which results were clearly stated, relevant statistics were reported, and the conclusion addressed the significance or implications of the results); (4) Implementation Focus (i.e., the degree to which the abstract reflects work that was squarely on the topic of implementation); and (5) Presentation Fit with Conference Theme, “Implementation Mechanisms: What Works and Why?” Each abstract was subjected to a double blind review.Footnote 4The SIRC 2017 conference received 195 individual submissions, which was more than double the number of submissions received for each of the previous three conferences. The Program Committee attempted to prioritize the following: maximizing the number of acceptances as in years past, reducing the number of competing presentations and number of possible break-out sessions, maintaining high quality presentations, and balancing researcher-generated with practice/provider-generated presentations. Ultimately, 60 presentations were accepted, either as plenaries or breakout symposia. An additional 60 presentations were accepted as posters, and 15 of those were also elevated into a breakout session as poster ‘teasers.’ The poster teaser format allowed presenters to orally present highlights from their work utilizing three PowerPoint slides, and conference participants were encouraged to further follow up with authors during the formal poster session reception.SIRC is sensitive to the fact that an ironic gap may be emerging wherein our best methods are not translating from science into practice. To advance efforts to bridge research and practice in implementation science, our practitioner/policy/practice leader task force developed a new award, the Translational Award, for SIRC 2017 to encourage researchers to articulate the practice implications of their work. Specifically, we asked our presenters to incorporate at least 1–2 slides in their presentation that offered practice and/or policy implications of the study findings and, given that D&I research is often heavily context- and evidence-based practice (EBP)-dependent, we asked presenters to consider how findings may generalize to other contexts and other EBPs. This year’s winning presentation was entitled Coordinated Knowledge Systems: Enhancing the Use of Evidence in Clinical Decision Making, by Kimberly Becker, Alayna Park, and Bruce Chorpita. The awards committee hopes to expand on applauding the translational work of presenters at SIRC 2019, perhaps offering multiple awards for both empirical and practice-oriented presentations that excel at articulating applied and generalizable knowledge gained from the work.In addition to the inaugural Translational Award, two standing awards were presented at SIRC. One award was student-focused, designed to recognize research led by a student at either the undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, or graduate level. Prerna Martin received the Student Award for her poster Evaluating the Impact of a Tailored Middle-Manager-Level Pilot Facilitation Intervention to Improve Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Community Mental Health. The second was new investigator-focused, designed to recognize research led by an investigator within 10 years of PhD receipt. Joanna Moulin received the New Investigator Award for her presentation Development and Testing of a Brief EBP Implementation Intentions Scale Using Rasch Analysis.