Re-Framing the knowledge to action challenge through NIHR knowledge mobilisation research fellows. Comment on “CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Within the Health System"

RYCROFT-MALONE, Jo and LANGLEY, Joe (2020). Re-Framing the knowledge to action challenge through NIHR knowledge mobilisation research fellows. Comment on “CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Within the Health System". International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM).

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Abstract

The ambition of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Health Service Impact (HIS) Fellowship initiative to modernise the health system is impressive. Embedded researchers who work between academia and non-academic settings offer an opportunity to reframe the problem of evidence uptake as a product of a gap between those who produce knowledge and those who use it. As such, there has been an increasing interest in the potential of people in embedded research roles to work with stakeholders in the co-production of knowledge to address service challenges. In this commentary, we draw on research and experiential evidence of an embedded researcher initiative, which has similar intentions to the HIS Fellowships programme: the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowship (KMRF) scheme. We outline the similarities and differences between the two schemes, and then consider the work, characteristics and skills, and organisational arrangements evident in operationalising these types of roles.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2020.02
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2020 12:42
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 02:16
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25641

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