Healthcare Quarterly

Healthcare Quarterly 14(2) April 2011 : 54-60.doi:10.12927/hcq.2013.22381
The Healthcare Team

Strategic Approach to Building Research Capacity in Inter-professional Education and Collaboration

Esther Suter, Jana Lait, Laura MacDonald, Pamela Wener, Rebecca Law, Hossein Khalili and Patricia L. McCarthy

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the process used to initiate research capacity building in a community of practice (CoP) focused on the research and evaluation of inter-professional education and collaboration. This CoP, composed of members from across Canada, is a committee of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC), a national collaborative that aims to advance inter-professional education and collaboration in healthcare. The committee mapped recommendations that emerged from a number of CIHC reports onto a research capacity building framework. The expertise of the diverse members in conjunction with this unique mapping process allowed the committee to identify its long-term research and evaluation objectives and strategies. This resulted in the formation of three working groups, each tasked with activities that contribute to the committee's overall goal of building research capacity in inter-professional education and collaboration. A framework provides a structured approach to identifying research and evaluation priorities and objectives. Furthermore, the process of applying the framework engages the committee members in determining the course of action. The process can be easily transferred to other areas in need of research capacity building.

 

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