Implementation of complex interventions in healthcare, 7,5 ECTS
| Course number | 31 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Subjectcourse |
| Track | - |
| Max participants | 25 |
| Application deadline | 2019-09-30 |
| Language | En |
| Course leader | Louise von Essen |
| Department | Department of Women’s and Children’s Health |
| Visiting address | Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, floor 1 |
| Post address | Uppsala universitet, Kvinnors och barns hälsa, Akademiska sjukhuset, 751 85 Uppsala |
| Dates | weeks 45-50, 2019 |
| Location | Uppsala University, Detailed schedule will be announced later |
| Course length | 6 weeks |
| Course report | |
| Course plan |
Description
Aim: To provide qualified insights in practical implementation of different healthcare interventions such as new interventions and clinical guidelines and a broad overview of research on how to improve healthcare.
Eligibility: Enrolled as PhD student and good command in English. All lectures, assignments, and examinations will be in English.
General information: The course is open to PhD students in different fields relevant to implementation of new knowledge in healthcare practice such as Healthcare Sciences, Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course the students should be able to:
•Understand and describe the complexity of implementation of interventions and clinical guidelines 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 for healthcare practice
•Understand and describe how implementation of interventions and guidelines can be measured and how to design studies with such a focus
•Explain and analyse what implementation of new knowledge in healthcare practice demands with regard to strategies, resources, and actors
•Apply all of the above mentioned in writing a research proposal to study implementation of an innovation in healthcare practice
Contents
1. Quality of Care & Implementation of Change: Introduction and Concepts
2. Measuring Quality of Care: Performance Indicators & Barriers and Facilitators for Quality Improvement
3. Characteristics of Successful Implementation Strategies
4. Evaluation of Implementation: Designs and Methods
5. Implementation and Evaluation of Community-Based Participatory Interventions
6. Implementation in Practice and the Role of Different Actors
7. Workshop on Intervention Mapping
8. Question and answer session to prepare for the final seminar
9. Final seminar
Instructions
See the course plan for more information: http://www.u-care.uu.se/digitalAssets/77/c_77805-l_3-k_course-plan-implementation-of-complex-interventions-in-healthcare-20190212.docx
Examination
Attendance and active participation at all occasions as per below is required. Students are expected to prepare well before lectures and read at least three core articles before teaching occasions. Examination includes three written assignments. The format for the final seminar is a live video conference. Before the final seminar each student writes a paper and reads other students’ papers. Each student presents his/her paper and functions as a discussant concerning another paper at the seminar.
Literature
The literature consists of articles and handouts.
Teaching staff
PhD, Researcher Anders Brantnell, Uppsala University
PhD, Lecturer Leif Eriksson, Uppsala University
Prof.dr. Marlies Hulscher, Radboud University
Prof.dr. Theo van Achterberg, KU Leuven
More information
Agata Kostrzewa, course administrator, agata.kostrzewa@kbh.uu.se
Louise von Essen, course leader, louise-von.essen@kbh.uu.se