Ottawa Model of Implementation Leadership and Implementation Leadership Scale: mapping concepts for developing and...

Area of Science:

• Health Services Research
• Organizational Psychology
• Healthcare Management

Background:

• Effective leadership is crucial for integrating evidence-based practices (EBPs) in healthcare.
• A supportive organizational climate and positive staff attitudes, driven by leadership, are key to successful EBP implementation.
• The Ottawa Model of Implementation Leadership (O-MILe) offers a theoretical framework for cultivating implementation leadership.

Purpose of the Study:

• To align the O-MILe theoretical model with the Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS), a validated measurement tool.
• To demonstrate the compatibility between the O-MILe and ILS for measuring implementation leadership.
• To describe the methodology for aligning theoretical concepts with measurement tools for evaluating interventions.

Main Methods:

• Modified template analysis was employed to map ILS items to O-MILe concepts.
• An iterative consensus-building process involving model and scale developers (n=5) was utilized.
• Appraisals focused on relevance, conceptual clarity, and fit between ILS items and O-MILe constructs.

Main Results:

• All 12 items of the ILS demonstrated a correspondence with at least one O-MILe concept.
• This finding confirms the compatibility of the ILS as a measurement instrument for the O-MILe theoretical constructs.
• The alignment validates the ILS as a tool for measuring leadership within the O-MILe framework.

Conclusions:

• The O-MILe provides a theoretical foundation for developing implementation leadership.
• The ILS is a compatible and validated tool for measuring leadership aligned with the O-MILe.
• Together, the O-MILe and ILS offer an evidence- and theory-based approach to developing and measuring leadership for EBP implementation in healthcare.
• Template analysis is an effective method for assessing the compatibility of evaluation tools with theoretical models.