Links

•  NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation Co-hosted by AcademyHealth and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this annual conference is a forum for discussing the science of dissemination and implementation. It aims to grow the research base by bridging the gap between evidence, practice, and policy in health and medicine.
• APHA Annual Meeting
• VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative
• AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
• Global Implementation Conference (GIC) 
• Society for Behavioral Medicine NIMH Mental Health Services Research
• Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting
• Biennial Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) Conference
• IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement for Health Care
• Quality Safety and Education for Nurses (QSEN)  National Forum
• Evidence-Based Guidelines Affecting Policy, Practice and Stakeholders (E-GAPPS II) The Evidence-based Guidelines Affecting Policy, Practice and Stakeholders (E-GAPPS II) Conference centers on issues relevant to the implementation of clinical guidelines.
• Global Evidence and Implementation Summit 2018 (GEIS) GEIS 2018 is for funding agencies, policy makers, practitioners, knowledge brokers, implementation scientists and researchers committed to the generation and implementation of evidence for better policy and practice. (Combines the Biennial Australasian Implementation Conference (AIC) and What Works Global Summit)
• Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
• Academy of Management Annual MeetingThe Academy of Management is the preeminent professional association for management and organization scholars.

• Organization Theory in Health Care Association Annual ConferenceEach year, OTHC holds a conference that brings together up to 50 invited experts and leading researchers to discuss the most recent research findings and methodological breakthroughs in health care organization and management science.

• Canadian Patient Safety Institute Knowledge Translation and Implementation Science (Archive Webinar Series 2018)
• Dartmouth Master of Health Care Delivery Science
• Johns Hopkins DrPH concentration in Implementation Science
• Indiana University Certificate in Health Innovation and Implementation Science
• King’s College, London, UK Masterclass Implementation and Improvement science
• Ohio State University PhD Program in Implementation Science
• National College of Ireland Certificate in Project Management and Implementation Science
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Postgraduate Certificate in Implementation Science
• University of Albert, Edmonton, Canada  Knowledge Utilization Studies Program (KUSP)
• University of California, San Francisco Online Implementation Science Training Program Certificate Program in Implementation and Dissemination Science Master’s Degree Program in Clinical Research, Implementation Science Track
• University of Florida Graduate Certificate in Implementation Science
• University of Guelph, Ontario Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization
• University of Maryland, Baltimore Certificate/Concentration in Dissemination Science
• University of Melbourne Online Specialist Certificate in Implementation Science
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas Global Health and Implementation Science Certificate
• University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate
• University of Washington PhD in Global Health, Metrics and Implementation Science Fundamentals of Implementation Science (Online) Intensive Course in Fundamentals of Implementation Science in Global Health
• University of Wisconsin Health Services Research and Healthcare Quality Improvement Training Program
• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Master of Science in Epidemiology – Implementation Science focus

K12 Mentored Training in Implementation Science (MTIS)
The overall goal of this career development program is to prepare D&I scholars focused on Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep (HLBS) disorders to become independent, productive researchers. The K12 provides personalized educational pathways that allow scholars to identify competencies needed to address their specific goals and anticipated career trajectory.

AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellowship (DSSF)
The AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellowship (DSSF) provides a paid post-doctoral learning experience to help researchers gain more applied experience conducting research in delivery system settings. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is one of the integrated delivery systems that participates in this fellowship program.

PRACCTIS: Prevention and Control of Cancer Post-Doctoral Training in Implementation Science
PRACCTIS is a full-time NCI-funded post-doctoral fellowship training program designed to provide the next generation of cancer prevention and control researchers with the knowledge and skill sets to eliminate gaps in the translation of research to practice along the cancer continuum, including prevention of disease, early detection, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. This 2-3 year program emphasizes didactic training in implementation science and mentored research opportunities and provides access to a wide array of training and enrichment opportunities on the UMass Medical School campus. We emphasize training independent investigators who will become leaders in cancer prevention and control implementation science research.

VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D)
This fellowship provides two years of post-residency research, education, and clinical learning opportunities to eligible physicians. Fellows spend approximately 75 percent of their time in research and education and 25 percent in clinical care at competitively selected VA sites. Mentors of national stature provide guidance to fellows in rich learning environments. Graduates are expected to be role models in leading, developing, conducting, and evaluating innovative health services research in a variety of clinical settings. Many programs include specific expertise and program content in implementation science.

VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program
The purpose of VA’s National Quality Scholars Fellowship Program (NQSFP) is to provide a fellowship program in healthcare quality improvement for physician and nurse scholars. In this two-year, post-residency fellowship for physicians and pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowship for nurses, participants learn to develop and apply new knowledge for the ongoing improvement of healthcare services for VA and the nation.

Implementation Science Exchange (UNC)
One-stop resource for implementation science researchers. Tools, measures, and MUCH more.

Make Research Matter online toolkit
MRM is an online toolkit that assists developers of public health and health services research interventions increase the D&I potential of their interventions. The toolkit was developed building on the expertise of D&I researchers and existing literature about D&I, and was funded by the National Cancer Institute.

State Implementation & Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center, UNC
The State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center is a national technical assistance center funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs.

The Active Implementation Hub
“The Active Implementation Hub is a free, online learning environment for use by any stakeholder — practitioners, educators, coaches, trainers, purveyors — involved in active implementation and scaling up of programs and innovations. The site goal is to increase the knowledge and improve the performance of persons engaged in actively implementing any program or practice.”

The SIRC Instrument Review Project (IRP): A Systematic Review & Synthesis of Implementation Science Instruments
The overarching aim of the SIRC Instrument Review Project (IRP) is to conduct a systematic review and synthesis of D&I instruments pulling, not only from published work, but also utilizing existing D&I research networks to obtain instruments in earlier phases of development.

Searchable multimedia collection – 4Researchers
Geared toward researchers at all career levels, 4researchers.org is a searchable multimedia collection of practical, engaging “how-to” information about conducting research in the behavioral sciences and other related fields.
Topics such as research design, participant issues, collaboration, study management, dissemination, and career advancement.

Online Training Modules for Evidence-Based Behavioral-Practice
Free online training to help with EBBP and D&I after you create a free account.

Implementation Science Research Webinar Series
In 2013, The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences Implementation Science Team started a webinar series focused on advanced dissemination and implementation research topics.  Each session will include approximately 30 minutes for presentation(s) by leaders in the field as well as 30 minutes for engaged discussion and Q&A.

D&I Modeling System
This interactive website was designed to help researchers and practitioners to select the D&I Model that best fits their research question or practice problem, adapt the model to the study or practice context, fully integrate the model into the research or practice process, and find existing measurement instruments for the model constructs. The term ‘Model’ is used to refer to both theories and frameworks that make the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions more likely.

Quality Fact Sheets — AHRQ

Translating Research Into Practice Fact Sheets – AHRQ

Insights and Innovation in Improving Health Seminar Series  
CRISP’s monthly seminar series in implementation sciences addressed topics that corresponded with our 4 educational domains in implementation sciences:

• Theory and strategies.
• Community and stakeholder engagement.
• Tools and approaches.
• Evaluation: design and analysis
• Toolkits

Clinical Directors Network
CDN’s overall goal is to translate clinical research into clinical practice for the enhancement of health equity and improvement of public health. Has webcasts on this site.

Implementation Research Guide for LMICs
The Implementation Research in Health Guide was created with the aim of boosting implementation research capacity, particularly in LMICs. Intended for newcomers to the field, those already conducting implementation research, and those with responsibility for implementing programmers, the Guide provides an introduction to basic implementation research concepts and language, briefly outlines what it involves, and describes the many exciting opportunities that it presents.

Integration and Implementation Sciences (I2S)
I2S provides a growing repository of resources drawing from related approaches, including systems thinking, transdisciplinarity, implementation science, action research and more. I2S books and reports present original concepts, methods and applications. Contains a variety of multimedia resources.

Dissemination Planning Tool: Exhibit A
This PDF/Word doc tool was developed to help researchers evaluate their research and develop appropriate dissemination plans, if the research is determined to have “real world” impact.

Implementation research toolkit
Implementation research is conducted within routine systems and real life settings, removed from the controlled settings associated with other types of scientific research. This toolkit was designed to help people learn a standard process that would lead to results that could be compared across regions and countries. It is designed to help identify system bottlenecks and the stakeholders to be involved, formulate appropriate research questions, conduct the research and develop a plan for implementing the study results.

Beyond Scientific Publication: Strategies for Disseminating Research Findings (PDF)
How to develop a dissemination plan. Distributed by Yale Center for Clinical Investigation.

RE-AIM Online Module Training
This web-based module provides instruction and case examples to illustrate the five dimensions of the RE-AIM framework: Reach, Effectiveness or efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance. The RE-AIM framework is useful for planning new interventions, adapting existing interventions, and designing evaluations that assess the potential public health impact of interventions.

Research to Reality Cyber-Seminars
Each cyber-seminar includes a presentation summary, learning objectives, speaker bio’s, links to published articles, and other helpful resources and tools.

Handles:

@ConsortiumforIS

@EvansCIIS

@GlobalImplement

@ImplementCollab

@implementEIC

@ImplementSci

@ImplementSciCoP

@ImpScience

@ImpSciUW

@ImpSciX

@IRIfellowship

@KTCanada

@mtdirc (This is us!)

@NCI_ImplSci

Hashtags:

#Dissemination

#Implementation

#ImpSci

#KnowledgeTranslation

#KnowledgeSynthesis

• Implementation Science
• American Journal of Public Health
• Administration and Policy in Mental Health in Mental Health Services Research
• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research
• Health Affairs
• Psychiatric services
• Institute of Medicine Reports
• Medical Care
• Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

List derived from: Norton WE, Lungeanu A, Chambers DA, Contractor N. Mapping the Growing Discipline of Dissemination and Implementation Science in Health. Scientometrics. 2017;112(3):1367-1390. doi:10.1007/s11192-017-2455-2.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Training Institute on Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH)
NIH and VA sponsor this 5-day training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation research in health. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts (practitioners and teachers) in theory, implementation and evaluation approaches to D&I, creating partnerships and multi-level, trans-disciplinary research teams, research design, methods and analyses appropriate for D&I investigations and conducting research at different and multiple levels of intervention (e.g., clinical, community, policy).

Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC)
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) hosts this training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting D&I research with a specific focus on cancer, across the cancer control continuum. The institute is a combination of a 4-month online course (six modules with related assignments) and a 2-day in-person. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts in theory, implementation, and evaluation approaches to D&I; creating partnerships and multilevel, transdisciplinary research teams; research design, methods, and analyses appropriate for D&I; and conducting research at different and multiple levels of intervention (e.g., clinical, community, policy).

Participants will be expected to return to their home institutions prepared to share what they have learned at the institute to help further the field of D&I research (e.g., giving talks, leading seminars, forming new collaborations, mentoring, submitting D&I grant proposals).

Implementation Research Institute
The Implementation Research Institute (IRI) was established to advance the field of implementation science in mental health by enhancing the career development of early to mid-career investigators. The IRI is a unique interdisciplinary training program that will help you launch a research career in implementation science.

More trainings listed here (UNC’s list).

The Community Guide
The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community. Systematic reviews are used to answer these questions:

• Which program and policy interventions have been proven effective?
• Are there effective interventions that are right for my community?
• What might effective interventions cost; what is the likely return on investment?

Cochrane Public Health Group
The Cochrane Public Health Group (CPHG) works with individuals and teams internationally to produce and publish Cochrane reviews of the effects of population-level public health interventions. We support, facilitate, edit and publish systematic reviews of population level interventions that address the structural and social determinants of health, qualitative questions relevant to public health, and other questions that need an unbiased thorough approach for publication on The Cochrane Library.

Together with networks and locations in Europe, the United Kingdom and South Asia, we train, support and build the capacity of author teams locally and internationally.

We also develop and adopt appropriate communication and dissemination strategies to ensure CPHG published reviews have an impact on policy and practice development and continue to advocate for high quality research, evaluation and evidence.

Center for Reviews and Dissemination
The CRD provides research-based information about the effects of health and social care interventions via our databases and undertake systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. The findings of our research outputs are widely disseminated and have impacted on health care policy and practice, both in the UK and internationally. Has an international focus.

Campbell Collaboration
The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions in Crime & Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare.

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services includes U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening, counseling, and preventive medication topics and includes clinical recommendations for each topic. This new pocket guide provides family physicians, internists, pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians with an authoritative source for making decisions about preventive services. This was the precursor to The Community Guide and looks at clinical interventions. The guide also takes cost effectiveness into design. This is graded differently from the guide.