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Lessons Learned and Applied in Facilitating Training and Implementation |
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| Lessons Learned and Applied |
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| Facilitating Training |
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| Participant Selection |
• Selection of trainees should be based on motivation and interest |
| • Where possible, trainees should have similar levels of baseline knowledge |
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| • Trainees should commit to some performance standards, as well as set individual goals |
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| Training Content and Process |
• Trainers should be familiar with trainees' work environment |
| • Certification or a marketable skill should be offered to motivate trainees |
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| Consultation & Coaching |
• Individual goals should guide post-training activities |
| • Post-training consultation should be targeted to concerns expressed by trainees |
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| • Regular coaching should emphasize initial goals and performance standards |
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| • Goals should be modified if necessary as the process unfolds |
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| Facilitating Implementation |
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| Evaluation Approach |
• Utilize objective assessment of skills acquisition |
| • Concrete site-specific outcomes should be assessed |
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| • Multiple follow up goal assessments allow for real time feedback to the extent possible |
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| Administrative Support |
• Collaboration between administrators and clinicians should ensure mutually-identified goals |
| • Administrators should agree to commit the resources necessary to accomplish goals |
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| • Each stakeholder should receive recognition for efforts from administrators |
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| Systems Intervention |
• All stakeholders should be engaged in implementation and monitoring |
| • Training should support the organizational strategic plan |
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Based upon Fixsen et al. (2005) [13] | |
Sullivan et al. Implementation Science 2008 3:33 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-33 |
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