Implementation of complex interventions in healthcare

Beskrivning

To provide qualified insights in practical implementation of different healthcare interventions such as new treatments and clinical guidelines and a broad overview of research on how to improve healthcare. The course is open to PhD students in different fields relevant to implementation of new knowledge in healthcare practice such as public health, medicine, and psychology.

Requirements:
Registered for graduate studies

Selection:
If there are more applicants than places on the course, the selection is made on the date of application.

Inlärningsmål

Education goals
After finishing the course the students should be able to:
• Understand and describe the development of implementation science and it’s multidisciplinary character
• Understand and describe the complexity of implementation of new knowledge in healthcare practice
• Have in depth knowledge of different theoretical perspectives, methods, and strategies with regard to implementation science and the relevance and usefulness of these in practice
• Understand and describe how implementation can be measured and how to design studies from an implementation point of view
• Explain and analyze what implementation of new knowledge in practice demands in form of strategies, resources, and actors

Innehåll

Lectures:
1. Implementation of change; introduction and concepts
2. Measuring quality of care: performance indicators
3. Characteristics of successful implementation strategies
4. Evaluation of implementation: designs and methods
5. The practice of planning and performing implementation studies
6. Implementation in practice and the role of different actors
7. Workshop on intervention mapping

Examination

Active participation at lectures and one seminar and two examination projects. Students are expected to prepare well before lectures and read articles before each lecture. Attendance at lectures is mandatory. The seminar format is live video conference.

Litteratur

Articles, books, and handouts.

Lärare

Prof.dr. Theo van Achterberg, KU Leuven, Leuven
Prof.dr. Marlies Hulscher, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen
Prof.dr. Gerjo Kok, Maastricht University, Maastricht
PhD student Anders Brantnell, Uppsala University, Uppsala

Kontakt

Calle Martinsson, Course administrator
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University
calle.martinsson@pubcare.uu.se, +46(0)18-471 66 84

PhD student Anders Brantnell, Uppsala University, Uppsala
anders.brantnell@pubcare.uu.se

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