TY - JOUR AU - Matus, Janine AU - Wenke, Rachel AU - Mickan, Sharon PY - 2019/07/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Practical Toolkit of Strategies for Building Research Capacity in Allied Health JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management JA - APJHM VL - 14 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.24083/apjhm.v14i2.261 UR - https://journal.achsm.org.au/index.php/achsm/article/view/261 SP - 5-18 AB - <p><strong><em>Objectives:</em> </strong>The objectives of this project were firstly to develop a practical toolkit of evidence-informed strategies for building research capacity in allied health, and secondly to disseminate and apply this toolkit to inform tailored research capacity building plans for allied health teams.&nbsp;</p><p><strong><em>Design:</em></strong> This project used a plan, do, study, act (PDSA) service quality improvement methodology to develop, disseminate and apply a toolkit which was based on the results of a recent systematic review of allied health research capacity building frameworks and a narrative review of other interventions and theoretical recommendations.&nbsp;</p><p><strong><em>Setting:</em></strong> Eight allied health professional teams in a publicly funded tertiary health service were supported to develop tailored research capacity building plans based on their specific needs, goals and context.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Main outcome measures:</em> The outcomes of this project were evaluated using process measures including whether a research capacity building plan was developed and to what extent short-term goals were achieved within three months.&nbsp;</p><p><strong><em>Results:</em></strong> A practical toolkit was developed which consolidates existing evidence-informed strategies and organises these around three components including ‘supporting clinicians in research’, ‘working together’ and ‘valuing research for excellence’ and 17 sub-components. Several barriers and facilitators to applying the toolkit to teams were identified and this paper suggests some recommendations and future directions for addressing these.</p><p><em><strong>Conclusions</strong>:</em> This toolkit may be a useful resource to inform the development of team-based research capacity building plans for allied health. The application of the toolkit may be enhanced by a needs assessment and facilitation from a researcher.&nbsp;</p> ER -