Resources: Seminars and Lunch and Learns

The Implementation Science Theme makes up part of the Improvement Academy and forms the implementation arm of the NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber (YHARC). We provide implementation support to a variety of stakeholders. Whether it is healthcare professionals wanting to plan for implementation or researchers wanting to know the best way to study and evaluate implementation, we are here to help.

There is growing emphasis on the importance of engaging health and social care staff in applied health research. But evidence of the actual benefits for individuals compared with organisations is scarce. This session will walk through the findings of a scoping review by the Improvement Science team designed to uncover the different ways of engaging staff and of the associated benefits. The session will feature reflections by Will Lea- an acute medicine doctor doing a PhD- on his experience too.

A novel project using creative methodologies conducted across England

In this Lunch & Learn, our guest speaker will review the historical and current literature on gestational diabetes, how NICE guidance fits into this and why a multi specialty/agency approach is needed to tackle public health issue which is having a substantial and multi generational impact on the population of Bradford.

In this session, we'll explore JU:MP (Join Us: Move Play), a groundbreaking 5-year program funded by Sport England to tackle inequalities in physical activity among children and families from multi-ethnic and underserved communities.

Join Dr Natalie Jones in this insightful Lunch and Learn session as she introduces VICTOR - the UK's first online tool for real-time research impact assessment in healthcare.

This Lunch & Learn shares creative, inclusive methods developed as part of the ADAPT study, which explored how stroke survivors can be better supported to stand and move.

Ready to advance your research career? Join our Lunch & Learn and find out about this exciting funded opportunity for healthcare professionals in Yorkshire and Humber.

In this Lunch & Learn, Suzanne will share insights from a recently published qualitative evaluation of the South West pilot, capturing the experiences and perspectives of three key groups involved in EC ACP training: (1) Consultant EC ACP Leads responsible for overseeing clinical training and supervision within the EDs; (2) EC ACP trainees who participated in the HEE SW pilot programme; and (3) EC ACPs who completed conventional training prior to the pilot. These insights highlight the pilot’s impact on training quality, supervision, and role development, offering valuable lessons to inform future ACP education and workforce planning.

Join Dr Sara Ahern and Dr Rachael Baum to learn how the Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub has transformed our understanding of early years interventions, and meet BiBBS ACHIEVE— programme which follows our Born In Bradford’s Better Start (BiBBS) birth cohort into middle childhood and offers exciting opportunities to generate vital insights into how we can create a healthier, happier, and fairer future for socially disadvantaged children.

Policymakers face an unprecedented challenge where evidence-based policymaking becomes increasingly impossible because of the intrinsic challenges associated with identifying and synthesising evidence within a marshland of noise. One solution relies on the use of expert groups and consensus methodologies, exploiting the information processing and synthesis contained within an expert opinion. Unfortunately, these processes are resource-intensive, contain bottlenecks, and risk sampling bias because costs escalate when more expert opinions are elicited.