scholarly journals Lessons Learned through Research Partnership and Capacity Enhancement in Inuit Nunangat

ARCTIC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-403
Author(s):  
Natalie Ann Carter ◽  
Jackie Dawson ◽  
Natasha Simonee ◽  
Shirley Tagalik ◽  
Gita Ljubicic
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Partnership Approach

Facilitating research and enhancing community research capacity through a partnered approach in Inuit Nunangat (the Inuit homeland of Canada, located in Arctic Canada) presents learning opportunities and challenges for southern-based, non-Inuit researchers and community members alike. This article outlines lessons learned through the Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices (AC-NV) project, which involved 14 communities across Inuit Nunangat. The AC-NV focused on understanding community-identified impacts and potential management options of increased shipping in Inuit Nunangat due to sea ice reductions and a changing climate. The approach used to conduct the research involved visiting researchers and community partners working together with local organizations, and training and hiring northern youth as cultural liaisons and workshop co-facilitators. We strove to develop a model of collaborative partnership and strong north-south research relationships. In this paper, we draw on our broad learning experiences from four community case studies conducted as part of the AC-NV project: Arviat, Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, and Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Close partnerships were formed in each of these communities, and 32 youth were trained in participatory mapping and workshop facilitation. For our diverse team of Inuit, northern- (i.e., non-Inuit, living in Inuit Nunangat), and southern-based non-Inuit researchers, our efforts to engage in partnered research were a critical component of the research and learning experience. In this article we share methodological reflections and lessons learned from what collaborative-partnered research means in practice. In so doing, we aim to contribute to the increasing dialogue and efforts around knowledge co-production and Inuit self-determination in research. Key conclusions of this reflective exercise include the importance of 1) conducting research that is relevant to local needs and interests, 2) visiting researchers and local organizations partnering together, 3) co-creating and refining knowledge documentation tools, 4) including youth cultural liaisons as co-facilitators, 5) conducting results validation and sharing exercises, and 6) being open to forming personal friendships. For the AC-NV, this community-based partnership approach resulted in more robust research results, strengthened north-south relations, and enhanced local capacity for community-led projects.

scholarly journals A longitudinal analysis of data quality in a large pediatric data research network

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1072-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu Khare ◽  
Levon Utidjian ◽  
Byron J Ruth ◽  
Michael G Kahn ◽  
Evanette Burrows ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Common Data Model ◽  
Electronic Health Record Data ◽  
Quality Issues ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Quality Assessments

Abstract Objective PEDSnet is a clinical data research network (CDRN) that aggregates electronic health record data from multiple children’s hospitals to enable large-scale research. Assessing data quality to ensure suitability for conducting research is a key requirement in PEDSnet. This study presents a range of data quality issues identified over a period of 18 months and interprets them to evaluate the research capacity of PEDSnet. Materials and Methods Results were generated by a semiautomated data quality assessment workflow. Two investigators reviewed programmatic data quality issues and conducted discussions with the data partners’ extract-transform-load analysts to determine the cause for each issue. Results The results include a longitudinal summary of 2182 data quality issues identified across 9 data submission cycles. The metadata from the most recent cycle includes annotations for 850 issues: most frequent types, including missing data (>300) and outliers (>100); most complex domains, including medications (>160) and lab measurements (>140); and primary causes, including source data characteristics (83%) and extract-transform-load errors (9%). Discussion The longitudinal findings demonstrate the network’s evolution from identifying difficulties with aligning the data to a common data model to learning norms in clinical pediatrics and determining research capability. Conclusion While data quality is recognized as a critical aspect in establishing and utilizing a CDRN, the findings from data quality assessments are largely unpublished. This paper presents a real-world account of studying and interpreting data quality findings in a pediatric CDRN, and the lessons learned could be used by other CDRNs.

Building Research Capacity in a Mobile Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program: Service Learning in a University-Agency Collaboration

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Holbrook ◽  
Wan-Yi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Agency Collaborations

Social service agencies face increasing demands for accountability, emphasizing the necessity of preparing professionals to effectively evaluate practice. University-agency collaborations incorporating service learning can build community research capacity while providing opportunities for application of student research skills. We describe a partnership model between a Master of Social Work program evaluation course and a mobile psychiatric rehabilitation program to design a formative evaluation. Course structure and tasks central to the management of the partnership are described. Agency staff benefited from access to peer-reviewed literature, introduction to standardized assessment instruments, and stimulation of staff discussion and critical thinking around service provision. Students valued the applied research experience including exposure to the agency context and a real-world impact of their work. Lessons learned and implications for university-agency collaborations are discussed.

Political Science Research in the Middle East and North Africa

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Personal Accounts

Based on personal accounts of their experiences conducting qualitative and quantitative research in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, the contributors to this volume share the real-life obstacles they have encountered in applying research methods in practice and the possible solutions to overcome them. The volume is an important companion book to more standard methods books, which focus on the “how to” of methods but are often devoid of any real discussion of the practicalities, challenges, and common mistakes of fieldwork. The volume is divided into three parts, highlighting the challenges of (1) specific contexts, including conducting research in areas of violence; (2) a range of research methods, including interviewing, process-tracing, ethnography, experimental research, and the use of online media; and (3) the ethics of field research. In sharing their lessons learned, the contributors raise issues of concern to both junior and experienced researchers, particularly those of the Global South but also to those researching the Global North.

scholarly journals Mentoring upcoming researchers for non-communicable diseases’ research and practice in Malawi

Trials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adamson S. Muula ◽  
Mina C. Hosseinipour ◽  
Martha Makwero ◽  
Johnstone Kumwenda ◽  
Prosper Lutala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Capacity ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Mentorship Program ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Blood Institute ◽  
Research Mentorship ◽  
National Heart Lung

AbstractThe Malawi College of Medicine and its partners are building non-communicable diseases’ (NCDs’) research capacity through a grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Several strategies are being implemented including research mentorship for junior researchers interested to build careers in NCDs’ research. In this article, we present the rationale for and our experiences with this mentorship program over its 2 years of implementation. Lessons learned and the challenges are also shared.

Staying the distance: Transforming Latin pedagogy at the Open University

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 101-128
Author(s):  
Mair E. Lloyd ◽  
James Robson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Open University ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Pedagogical Changes

Abstract Between 2000 and 2013, over 8,000 students studied the module Reading Classical Latin at the Open University, the United Kingdom’s largest distance education provider. But while many learners attained high grades, a significant proportion withdrew from study or failed the module. In 2015, the original module was replaced with a completely new course, Classical Latin: The Language of Ancient Rome. This article details the innovative ways in which new technology and pedagogical theory from Modern Foreign Language (MFL) learning were drawn on by the team designing this new module, resulting in a learning experience which gives greater emphasis to elements such as spoken Latin, the intrinsic pleasure of reading, and cultural context. The (largely positive) effects of these pedagogical changes on student success and satisfaction are subsequently analysed using a rich mix of qualitative and quantitative data. Finally, the authors reflect on lessons learned and the possibilities for future research and enhancement.

Working together online to enhance learner autonomy: Analysis of learners’ perceptions of their online learning experience

ReCALL ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Eneau ◽  
Christine Develotte
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
The Body ◽  
Learning Collaborative ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Working Together

AbstractThis study concerns the development of autonomy in adult learners working on an online learning platform as part of a professional master's degree programme in “French as a Foreign Language”. Our goal was to identify the influence of reflective and collaborative dimensions on the construction of autonomy for online learners in this programme. The material used was 27 self-analysis papers in response to an assignment which asked students to review their distance learning experience (reflective dimension) and to highlight the role of others, if any, in their learning (collaborative dimension). In addition to these two major points, the analysis by category of the body of results shows principally that in qualitative terms, the factors of autonomisation for online learning are interconnected and include: the difficulties related to distance learning and the strategies that learners develop to face those difficulties, the importance of interpersonal relationships in social and emotional terms in overcoming those difficulties, the specific modes of sociability developed for distance learning and the related development of a new type of autonomy that is both individual and collective. The discussion examines the creation, over the course of time, of a new “distance learning culture” that is nonetheless never easy to create and share.

Health Services Research at United HealthCare Corporation: The Role of the Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation

1996 ◽  
Vol 53 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Peterson ◽  
Deborah Shatin ◽  
Douglas Mccarthy
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Managed Care ◽  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Services Research ◽  
And Performance

This article describes collaborative health services research and performance evaluation activities at United HealthCare Corporation, a national health care management services company. We outline the development of a research capacity within our company, the principal data sources used, and the types of research conducted. The importance of health services research within a managed care system is illustrated using two projects as examples. finally, we discuss issues faced by organizations such as ours in defining appropriate research priorities, ensuring health plan participation, and disseminating research findings. Lessons learned should be of interest to health services researchers working in or collaborating with managed care organizations as well as others seeking to understand the dynamics of research in private-sector health care companies.

A Socially Just Leadership Approach to Community-Partnered Research for Reducing Health Disparities

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 781-809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M. Tucker ◽  
Jaime L. Williams ◽  
Julia Roncoroni ◽  
Martin Heesacker
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
University Partnership ◽  
Partnership Approach ◽  
Leadership Approaches ◽  
Counseling Psychologists

Significant health disparities continue to plague many groups of people who have been systematically oppressed and largely unrepresented in health research. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative research approach that has been shown to be effective in addressing health disparities; a community–university partnership approach can be used to conduct this research. Counseling psychologists are well suited to establish and lead CBPR partnerships, yet there is a paucity of research to guide them in utilizing effective leadership approaches when conducting CBPR for reducing health disparities. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to (a) review existing leadership models applicable to conducting CBPR; (b) identify guiding principles of socially just leadership that emerged from the aforementioned review; (c) offer an example of how the guiding principles were used in a community–university partnership, highlighting challenges, solutions, and lessons learned; and (d) discuss the benefits of socially just leadership for counseling psychologists.

Road Map for Research Training in the Residency Learning Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 489-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Personett ◽  
Drayton A. Hammond ◽  
Erin N. Frazee ◽  
Lee P. Skrupky ◽  
Thomas J. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Literature ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
American Society ◽  
Interest In Research

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists residency accreditation standards require all postgraduate residency training programs to teach and evaluate a resident’s ability to advance practice through project development and presentation, underscoring the importance of conducting research in today’s professional climate. Although many residents express strong interest in research participation and contributing to the medical literature, many obstacles to publication have been identified. We aim to illustrate a deliberate approach to teaching this material and structuring the longitudinal experience in a way that maximizes resources to overcome these barriers. Such efforts should aid residents, advisors, and program directors in establishing curriculum which leads to successful completion and publication of pharmacy resident’s research projects.

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