Transcript Professor John Geen Clinical Lead for R&D Cwm Taf Health Board

Professor Alison Bullock
Cardiff University
SEWAHSP Strategy Launch
Working together for
knowledge transfer
Overview
An illustration of HS&DR members working together to
implement strategy
Knowledge transfer – what it is and why it’s important
Challenges
What we’ve done so far
Reflections and future plans
What is knowledge transfer?
Knowledge transfer (KT) is about the translation of research into
impacts
• getting news of research findings (knowledge) and innovations
to practitioners
• application - practitioners using research knowledge in their
decision-making
• bringing together
research and
practitioner
communities
(exchange).
The translation process
Research Translation
Fundamental Innovation &
Gap 1 Trials & well designed studies
Science
Discovery
Gap 4 – Population Sciences
Gap 2
Gap 3
Community,
Population, Policy
Impacts
Why is it important?
Innovation and research translation recognised as key policy drivers
(Welsh Government Policies, SEWAHSP strategy).
KT is one of the HS&DR Group’s five research priorities.
Important for practitioners in all priority
areas (cancer, cardio-respiratory, diabetes,
genetics...) as well as managers of service
delivery and educators of practitioners.
All need the know and apply the most
recent research findings and innovations.
• Helps practitioners provide the best care, improve health and
well-being, and enhances quality and safety
Knowledge transfer and exchange
KTE mechanisms
• can improve the quality and relevance of research projects
• can develop capacity in practitioner, managerial and
education communities for accessing, appraising and using
research evidence
• can encourage greater engagement, linkage and exchange
between research and practice communities
Challenges
• Low status of research related to service delivery and
education of healthcare professionals
• Share of funding for HS&DR is low relative to its importance
• Capacity and capability of practitioners and NHS managers to
engage with and use research
• Relevance: matching research to need
A story of collaboration in HS&DRG
KT in the HS&DR strategy
Working together on applications
– NISCHR AHSC call for clinical research time competition (May)
for a Stage 1 Welsh study
– NIHR HS&DR call for research to improve KT and innovation in
healthcare delivery and organisation (outline May; full Sept):
Getting the most out of knowledge and innovation transfer
‘agents’ in healthcare
Aims: to identify current mechanisms, gaps, barriers/enablers,
shape development, evaluate; bring together researchers,
managers, practitioners, policy makers
Features of the applications
• Stage 1 for an NHS manager: local scoping work to
complement and strengthen stage 2 national study
• NIHR HS&DR application includes 2 HS&RD Group members
and a senior NHS manager (for a-day-a-week) as co-applicants
• Direct NHS input into the RQs
• Provides capacity building opportunity
• Aligns research and education to practice
Outcomes
• Continuing to seek cross-institutional support for Stage 1
• Stage 2: awaiting outcome of NIHR HS&DR proposal
– Diverse strengths adds value to applications
– Task focused collaboration cements relationships
– Clarifies KT aims
Reflections
• SEWAHSP provides networking
opportunity, brings together
practitioners and academics to help
address Research-Practice gap
• Relationships and face-to-face contact
are important for effective collaboration
and later research utilization
• Cooperation works but doesn’t happen spontaneously – needs
structures, support (provided by SEWAHSP) and a task focus
(e.g. funding applications)
• Working with NHS practitioners/managers ensures relevant RQs
• Involving knowledge users as partners in the research process is
a strong predictor that findings will be used and the project will
achieve a greater impact
The future
• Build on what we have and
expand in line with evidence
• Pursue more joint applications for funding and
develop a programmatic approach to KT
• Pilot work and exchange conversations with
NHS (HB input)
• Through HS&DRG, agree priorities for research and research use.
• Translators to champion innovation and research translation
• Secondments and clinical academic posts?
• Education and training to develop research-aware NHS managers,
and to build capacity and capability