背景:合作健康研究,如综合知识翻译(IKT),要求研究人员具有与知识用户合作的特定知识和技能。研究生往往没有机会学习如何与卫生系统或社区的知识使用者建立合作关系的技能,尽管它在研究中很重要。此环境扫描的目的是确定研究生学员在研究中使用IKT方法的可用指南。
方法:我们进行了三个独立的系统搜索环境扫描,以确定可用于支持研究生参与IKT研究方法的指南:(i)定制的Google搜索;(ii)有针对性的加拿大大学网站搜索;(iii)向研究生课程管理员发送电子邮件,要求提供为研究生设计的指南和文件。使用标准化的数据提取工具提取数据,并使用定向内容分析方法进行分析。由于基于先验资格标准包含的结果最少,我们返回了排除的记录,以进一步审查IKT研究受训者支持的环境现状.
结果:我们的搜索策略产生了22.900个项目,经过严格的纳入标准的两步筛选程序后,三份文件符合资格标准。所有三个文件都强调了在整个研究过程中需要IKT计划以使知识用户参与。此外,文件强调需要采取切实步骤来指导研究生与知识用户进行有效的沟通。由于缺少检索到的文档,我们对排除在外的相关IKT文件进行了事后内容分析,并确定了5个主题,表明在人际和组织层面对IKT方法的教育和参与度有所提高.
结论:我们确定了三份文件,为受训者在健康研究中使用协作方法提供指导。该扫描强调了两个关键发现,包括支持受训者让知识用户参与研究以及与研究计划一起准备IKT计划的重要性。需要进一步的研究来共同设计指南,以支持研究生和学员参与IKT方法。
BACKGROUND: Collaborative health research, such as integrated knowledge translation (IKT), requires researchers to have specific knowledge and skills in working in partnership with knowledge users. Graduate students are often not provided with the opportunity to learn skills in how to establish collaborative relationships with knowledge users in the health system or communities, despite its importance in research. The objective of this environmental scan is to identify available
guidelines for graduate trainees to use an IKT approach in their research.
METHODS: We conducted an environmental scan with three separate systematic searches to identify
guidelines available to support graduate students in engaging in an IKT approach to research: (i) a customized Google search; (ii) a targeted Canadian university website search; and (iii) emails to administrators of graduate studies programmes asking for available
guidelines and documents designed for graduate students. Data were extracted using a standardized data extraction tool and analysed using a directed content analysis approach. Due to the minimal results included based on the a priori eligibility criteria, we returned to the excluded records to further review the current state of the environment on trainee support for IKT research.
RESULTS: Our search strategy yielded 22 900 items, and after a two-step screening process with strict inclusion criteria three documents met the eligibility criteria. All three documents highlighted the need for an IKT plan for knowledge user involvement throughout the research process. Furthermore, documents emphasized the need for tangible steps to guide graduate students to engage in effective communication with knowledge users. Due to the lack of documents retrieved, we conducted a post hoc content analysis of relevant IKT documents excluded and identified five themes demonstrating increased education and engagement in an IKT approach at an interpersonal and organizational level.
CONCLUSIONS: We identified three documents providing guidance to trainees using a collaborative approach in their health research. This scan highlighted two key findings including the importance of supporting trainees to engage knowledge users in research and preparing an IKT plan alongside a research plan. Further research is needed to co-design
guidelines to support graduate students and trainees in engaging in an IKT approach.