International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

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”

Document Type : Commentary

Authors
Jo Rycroft-Malone 1
Joe Langley 2
1 Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
2 Lab4Living, Art & Design Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
10.15171/ijhpm.2020.02
Abstract
The ambition of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship initiative to modernise the health system is impressive. Embedded researchers who work between academia and nonacademic 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 HSI 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.
Keywords
Embedded Researcher
Knowledge Mobilisation
Evidence
Fellowship
Co-Production
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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 9, Issue 12
December 2020
Pages 531-535

  • Received Date 06 October 2019
  • Revised Date 01 January 2020
  • Accepted Date 01 January 2020
  • First Published Date 01 December 2020
  • Published Date 01 December 2020