This is our flagship three-day training course for anyone interested in learning about implementation science and implementation research. It provides a comprehensive overview, highlighting the various limitations and complexities involved in conducting this type of research. The course also aims to bolster participants’ ability to connect with and support the needs of practice, address complexity, and have an impact while offering guidance on participants’ own projects or study designs. It can be tailored to your specific needs.

About the course

Implementation is increasingly being put at the forefront of research funding requirements. It can be pretty confusing and stressful when you have a short amount of time to put together an implementation research proposal, particularly when you have little implementation science experience. Hundreds of theories, models and frameworks, thousands of published papers, and a lack of practical and accessible guidance can add to this confusion.

Trainer: Kristian Hudson, host of the Essential Implementation Podcast, and full-time implementation specialist supporting the YHARC, has developed this online, live, three day course design to bolster implementation research knowledge and transform implementation research skills.

How is this course different?

Our extensive experience has taught us that good implementation research support works best when trainees have time to ask questions and problem-solve their projects or ideas. It’s also important that Kristian can build a relationship with you to make sure we are delivering a course that fits your needs.

Implementation research training is rare but most of it tends to involve a large number of attendees who are subjected to an excessive amount of information, lectures and references. There isn’t time for group discussion or one-to-one advice. There isn’t time to truly digest what is being taught, each part is not always linked together well, and attendees do not leave feeling like they have what they need.

Kristian therefore never teaches more than twelve trainees at once so that he can make sure you have the opportunity and time to ask questions and also make sure you get what you need from the course. A free workbook is included and there is plenty of time for us to tackle whatever implementation research challenge you are facing whether that is writing an implementation research grant, designing a PhD, or carrying out a fully-fledged implementation research programme.

Course Aims

1. Get a comprehensive overview of implementation science and implementation research
2. Understand the limitations of traditional implementation science and research
3. Learn a more realistic and pragmatic approach to implementation research
4. Understand how to recognise and meet the needs of practice
5. Understand how practice can bolster the utility of our implementation findings
6. Learn to apply key implementation research essentials
7. Master implementation research approaches that support practice

Course content

Session 1: Implementation – why it matters and how implementation science can help

Session 2: Why understanding how to achieve adoption, integration and impact has been so difficult

Session 3: Understanding the dynamic relationships between interventions, contexts and stakeholders

Session 4: Integrating ‘within system learning’ into our research and what to do when this is not possible

Session 5: Relational implementation

Session 6: Real-world case studies and applying implementation research essentials

Timings

Session 1&2 –  Monday 16th June 09:30-14:00 BST

Session 3&4 – Tuesday 17th June 09:30-13:00 BST

Session 5&6 – Wednesday 18th June 09:30-13:00 BST

You will receive an email after registering including calendar invites with zoom links. You will also receive the course workbook a week before the course starts.

To register click here. If you have any questions or wish to talk with Kristian about the training content or tailored courses, email him at kristian.hudson@yhia.nhs.uk.

If you have questions about signing up to the training or need assistance email eloise.ryde@bthft.nhs.uk.

Cancellation & Refund Policy
You may cancel your enrolment and receive a full refund up to 30 days before the course start date. After this deadline, no refunds will be issued.