背景:研究结果和影响的传统报告,倾向于专注于研究产品出版物并获得成功,不捕获值,一些贡献,或研究项目的复杂性。这项研究的目的是了解在布鲁耶尔学习中心展开的五个系统级研究项目的贡献,渥太华长期护理(LTC)的研究与创新(CLRI),安大略省,加拿大。研究问题是,(1)与研究最终用户的伙伴关系如何(政策制定者,管理员和其他公共/私人组织)特征?(2)与CLRI管理委员会和指导委员会的互动如何影响研究产品的开发?(3)其他活动以何种方式进行,进程,
方法:该研究以Kok和Schuit的研究影响概念为指导,使用多案例研究设计。通过焦点小组和与研究团队的访谈收集数据,管理和指导委员会,研究用户合作伙伴,和不相关的演员。收集了文件并分析了上下文背景。
结果:跨案例分析揭示了四个主要主题:(1)利益和感知的紧张关系:与合作伙伴合作;(2)与LTC社区交谈:与CLRI指导委员会的互动;(3)知识经纪人:与管理委员会的互动;(4)所有形式的研究贡献。
结论:大多数贡献集中在与网络的互动以及激发该省关于LTC问题的重要对话上。这些贡献得到了指导和管理委员会“研究到行动平台”的大力支持,这可以看作是一种知识中介模型。显然,研究人员与用户的伙伴关系是有益和重要的。
BACKGROUND: Traditional reporting of research outcomes and impacts, which tends to focus on research product publications and grant success, does not capture the value, some contributions, or the complexity of research projects. The purpose of this
study was to understand the contributions of five systems-level research projects as they were unfolding at the Bruyère Centre for Learning, Research and Innovation (CLRI) in long-term care (LTC) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The research questions were, (1) How are partnerships with research end-users (policymakers, administrators and other public/private organisations) characterised? (2) How have interactions with the CLRI Management Committee and Steering Committee influenced the development of research products? (3) In what way have other activities, processes, unlinked actors or organisations been influenced by the research project activities?
METHODS: The
study was guided by Kok and Schuit\'s concept of research impacts, using a multiple case
study design. Data were collected through focus groups and interviews with research teams, a management and a steering committee, research user partners, and unlinked actors. Documents were collected and analysed for contextual background.
RESULTS: Cross-case analysis revealed four major themes: (1) Benefits and Perceived Tensions: Working with Partners; (2) Speaking with the LTC Community: Interactions with the CLRI Steering Committee; (3) The Knowledge Broker: Interactions with the Management Committee; and (4) All Forms of Research Contributions.
CONCLUSIONS: Most contributions were focused on interactions with networks and stimulating important conversations in the province about LTC issues. These contributions were well-supported by the Steering and Management Committees\' research-to-action platform, which can be seen as a type of knowledge brokering model. It was also clear that researcher-user partnerships were beneficial and important.