Implementing Change in Practice University of Surrey

Overview

This Implementing Change in Practice course offered at the University of Surrey builds on the learning from Transforming Services for Quality and introduces the fundamental concepts, underpinning theories, and tools of implementation science in improving the quality and effectiveness of health and social care services.

Key facts

Students will develop a clear understanding of the similarities and differences between clinical research, quality improvement methods, dissemination and implementation studies and how we can best integrate them to maximise success of implementing small or large scale change initiatives.

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of different approaches in evaluation and implementation science including hybrid effectiveness and implementation trial designs, implementation strategies and outcomes.

• Undertake an exploration of the challenges of adoption and widespread use of new or evidence based practice changes within health and social care contexts and discuss how, why and under what conditions the type of interventions and contexts can affect the implementation success or failure.

• Demonstrate awareness of how to formulate implementation research questions and how these determine the research methods and implementation strategies that should be used to test them in real world settings.