Implementation Science

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This course is part of our Advanced Course in Infection Prevention and Control. See below for links to other modules!

Course Overview

The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s advanced module, Implementation Science, shows ways to lead initiatives that drive sustainable improvements in infection prevention outcomes. This course delves into key aspects of implementing evidence-based practices, including how to predict team behavior and response to change using social science models. You’ll also explore the role of mandates, nudges, and feedback in improving compliance with infection prevention best practices.

Target Audience

Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who are leading infection prevention activities in their facilities. These are infection prevention professionals with extensive knowledge of infection prevention and control concepts and considerable practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control.

Audience examples include expert infection preventionists and HAI/AR/IPC staff, expert healthcare or public health epidemiologists, and infection prevention program directors and medical directors.

Overall Learning Objectives

Define implementation science and how this is relevant to infection prevention
Outline social science models to predict team behavior and response to change
Describe impact of mandates, nudges and feedback mechanisms on improving compliance with infection prevention best practices

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this course from 9/25/2023 to 9/25/2026. To claim credit, please watch this video in its entirety, then visit the VCU Continuing Medical Education activity page to obtain your credit.

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Resources

Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) – The CFIR is a practical framework to help guide systematic assessment of potential barriers and facilitators to help guide the tailoring of implementation strategies and needed adaptations.
Theory & Techniques Tool – An interactive resource providing information about links between behavior change techniques and their mechanisms of action created by the Human Behaviour Change Project.
The QUERI Roadmap – A practical guide for health care practitioners and researchers to plan and deploy methods to support uptake of effective practices in routine care settings.
Livorsi DJ, Drainoni ML, Reisinger HS, et al. Leveraging implementation science to advance antibiotic stewardship practice and research. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022;43(2):139-146. doi:10.1017/ice.2021.480
Boscart VM, Fernie GR, Lee JH, Jaglal SB. Using psychological theory to inform methods to optimize the implementation of a hand hygiene intervention. Implement Sci. 2012;7:77. Published 2012 Aug 28. doi:10.1186/1748-5908-7-77
Persell SD, Friedberg MW, Meeker D, et al. Use of behavioral economics and social psychology to improve treatment of acute respiratory infections (BEARI): rationale and design of a cluster randomized controlled trial [1RC4AG039115-01]--study protocol and baseline practice and provider characteristics. BMC Infect Dis. 2013;13:290. Published 2013 Jun 27. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-290

VIPTC’s Advanced Course in Infection Prevention and Control

The Advanced Course in Infection Prevention & Control is designed for those leading infection prevention efforts for their organizations and will focus on implementation science, epidemiologic methods for surveillance and basic biostatistical data analysis, interpretation of the literature for evidence-based practice, and leadership training.

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