From novice to expert: a qualitative study of implementation facilitation skills.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is widely reported that facilitation can aid implementation of evidence-based practices. Although scholars agree that facilitators need a diverse range of skills, only a few retrospective studies have identified some of these. During the test of a facilitation strategy within the context of a VA initiative to implement evidence-based care delivery models, we documented the skills an expert external facilitator transferred to two initially novice internal regional facilitators. Ours is the first study to explore facilitation skills as they are being applied and transferred.

Methods

Facilitators applied the strategy at eight primary care clinics that lacked implementation capacity in two VA networks. We conducted monthly debriefing interviews over a 30-month peri

SUBMITTER: Ritchie MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427882 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature