Scholar-in-Residence: An Organizational Capacity-Building Model to Move Evidence to Action

Area of Science:

• Healthcare quality improvement
• Translational science
• Organizational research capacity building

Background:

• Translating evidence into practice is a complex challenge in healthcare.
• Existing strategies do not always ensure evidence reaches the point-of-care.
• Improving quality in hospital care for seniors requires effective knowledge translation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe an innovative Scholar-in-Residence program.
• To illustrate how this program builds organizational research capacity at the point-of-care.
• To facilitate quality improvement in hospital care for seniors.

Main Methods:

• The Scholar-in-Residence program fosters collaboration between a health region and a university.
• Implementation details and examples are provided.
• Challenges encountered during the program are discussed.

Main Results:

• The program builds organizational research capacity directly where healthcare is delivered.
• It facilitates the integration of evidence into clinical practice for hospital-admitted patients.
• Lessons learned can help others develop similar research engagement activities.

Conclusions:

• The Scholar-in-Residence program is an effective model for bridging the gap between research and clinical practice.
• It enhances research capacity at the point-of-care, leading to improved quality of care.
• Sharing implementation challenges aids future research engagement initiatives.