Scoping implementation science for the beginner: locating yourself on the "subway line" of translational research

Beginners to the discipline of implementation science often struggle to determine whether their research questions "count" as implementation science. In this paper, three implementation scientists share a heuristic tool to help investigators determine where their research questions fall in...

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Published in:	BMC medical research methodology 2019-06, Vol.19 (1), p.133-133, Article 133
Main Authors:	Lane-Fall, Meghan B, Curran, Geoffrey M, Beidas, Rinad S
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Debate Evidence-based medicine Health care reform Implementation science Knowledge translation Medical schools Methods Scientists Subways Translational research
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Summary:	Beginners to the discipline of implementation science often struggle to determine whether their research questions "count" as implementation science. In this paper, three implementation scientists share a heuristic tool to help investigators determine where their research questions fall in the translational research continuum. They use a "subway model" that envisions a journey to implementation research with stops along the way at efficacy and effectiveness research. A series of structured questions about intervention efficacy, effectiveness, and implementation can help guide researchers to select research questions and appropriate study designs along the spectrum of translational research.
ISSN:	1471-2288 1471-2288