Table 1 |
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Implementation Methods Programme priority areas, number of applications and projects funded in each area |
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| Ist Commissioning Round |
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| IMP 1 Influence of source and presentation of evidence on its uptake by health care
professionals and others (20 applications, 1 funded) |
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| IMP 1–11 Study of GP reasons for changing/not changing prescribing behaviour |
Qualitative |
| IMP 2 The principal sources of information on health care effectiveness used by clinicians
(11 applications, 1 funded) |
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| IMP 2–11 Nurses' use of research evidence in decision-making |
Qualitative |
| IMP 3 The management of uncertainty and communication of risk by clinicians (21 applications, 4 funded) |
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| IMP 3–5 Communicating risk reduction to patients and clinicians in the secondary prevention
of ischaemic heart disease |
Qualitative & RCT |
| IMP 3–10 Investigation of Doctors' ability to understand and use clinical prognostic
models when different metrics are used to describe model performance |
Qualitative |
| IMP 3–12 Self-medication and the communication of risk: The case of deregulated medicines |
Qualitative |
| IMP 3–16 Systematic review of risk communication – improving effective clinical practice
and research in primary care |
SR |
| IMP 4 Roles for health service users in implementing research (26 applications, 3 funded) |
|
| IMP 4–13 Availability of information material to promote evidence-based patient choice |
Qualitative |
| IMP 4–16 Evaluating improvements in the ability of health information services to
provide information on clinical effectiveness |
Qualitative |
| IMP 4–21 Effective communication – an evaluation of touchscreen displays providing
information on prenatal diagnosis |
RCT |
| IMP 5 Why some clinicians but not others change their practice in response to research
findings (45 applications, 3 funded) |
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| IMP 5–23 Understanding the reasons for change, or not, in clinical practice – the
case for dilatation and curettage |
Qualitative |
| IMP 5–40 Uptake of effective practices in maternity units |
Qualitative |
| IMP 5–41 Social networks and the use of research in clinical practice |
Qualitative |
| IMP 6 The role of commissioning in securing change in clinical practice (16 applications, 0 funded) |
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| IMP 7 Professional, managerial, organisational and commercial factors associated with
securing change in clinical practice, with a particular focus on trusts and primary
care providers (35 applications, 0 funded) |
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| IMP 8 Interventions directed at clinical and medical directors and directors of nursing
in trusts to promote evidence-based care (9 applications, 0 funded) |
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| IMP 9 Local research implementation and development projects (such as GRiPP) (17 applications, 0 funded) |
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| IMP 10 Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of audit and feedback to promote implementation
of research findings (16 applications, 2 funded) |
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| IMP 10–11 Evidence based secondary prevention of heart disease in primary care: an
RCT of three methods of implementation |
RCT |
| IMP 10–16 Effectiveness and costs of guidelines, prioritised audit criteria, and feedback
in implementing change |
RCT |
| IMP 11 Educational strategies for continuing professional development to promote the
implementation of research findings (34 applications, 3 funded) |
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| IMP 11–10 Effectiveness of education & implementation strategies and the adoption
of evidence based developments in primary care |
RCT |
| IMP 11–26 Using informal learning in the implementation of research findings |
Qualitative |
| IMP 11–29 Effectiveness of contin. education conferences and workshops to improve
practice of health professionals |
SR |
| IMP 12 Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of teaching critical appraisal skills
to clinicians, patients/users, purchasers and providers to promote uptake of research
findings (18 applications, 2 funded) |
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| IMP 12-8 Systematic review of studies of effectiveness of teaching critical appraisal |
SR |
| IMP 12-9 RCT of the effectiveness of critical appraisal skill workshops on health
service decision makers in SW region |
RCT |
| IMP 13 The role of undergraduate (pre-qualification) training in promoting the uptake
of research findings (19 applications, 0 funded) |
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| IMP 14 The impact of clinical practice guidelines in disciplines other than medicine
(33 applications, 1 funded) |
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| IMP 14–32 Review of the effectiveness of guidelines in professions allied to medicine |
SR |
| IMP 15 Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of reminder and decision support systems
to implement research findings (22 applications, 7 funded) |
|
| IMP 15-4 RCT of a simple prompting system re appropriate management of iron deficiency
anaemia and its influence on clinical outcome |
RCT |
| IMP 15-8 Effectiveness of computerised advice on drug dosage in improving prescribing
practice |
SR |
| IMP 15-9 Evaluation of computerised guidelines for the management of two chronic conditions |
RCT |
| IMP 15-11 Cochrane SR of effects of paper & computer-based reminders and decision
support on clinical practices & patient outcomes |
SR |
| IMP 15-12 Comparing patient held prompt & reminder card to a doctor held prompt &
reminder card to improve epilepsy care in the community |
RCT |
| IMP 15–19 Maternity Guidelines Implemented on Computer (MaGIC) |
Pilot study |
| IMP 15–21 Review of economic studies of reminders and decision support systems |
SR |
| IMP 16 The role of the media in promoting uptake of research findings (20 applications, 2 funded) |
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| IMP 16–18 Systematic review of the impact of mass media campaigns on health services
utilisation and health care outcomes. |
SR |
| IMP 16–19 The role of the media in public and professional understandings of breast
cancer |
Qualitative |
| IMP 17 Impact of professional and managerial change agents (including educational
outreach visits and local opinion leaders) in implementing research findings (16 applications, 2 funded) |
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| IMP 17-12 Is the involvement of opinion leaders in the implementation of research
findings a feasible strategy? |
Qualitative |
| IMP 17-13 Prevention of deep vein thrombosis: A feasibility study for a randomised
trial of three different strategies to implement evidence based guidelines |
Pilot study |
| IMP 18 Effect on evidence – based practice of general health policy measures (3 applications, 0 funded) |
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| IMP 19 The impact of national guidance to promote clinical effectiveness (16 applications, 1 funded) |
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| IMP 19-15 The injecting drug taker and the community pharmacist: impact of new department
of health guidelines and obstacles to a broader service-providing base |
Qualitative |
| IMP 20 Analysis of use of research-based evidence by policy makers (7 applications, 0 funded) |
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| Joint DoH funded project (under IMP 4) |
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| Evaluation of informed choice leaflets in maternity care |
RCT |
| 2nd Commissioning Round |
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| Evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions to improve the uptake of research
findings in practice |
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| IMP R2-25 Evaluation of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of audit, feedback and
educational outreach in improving nursing practice and health care outcomes |
RCT |
| IMP R2-34 Development and preliminary evaluation of decision interventions decision |
Pilot study |
| IMP R2-64 RCT of dissemination & implementation strategies for guidelines for extraction
of third molar teeth |
RCT |
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