Research capacity-building for clinicians: understanding how the research facilitator role fosters clinicians' engagement in the research process
Methods: This qualitative study employed an inductive approach and utilized face-to-face interviews to gather data from a purposely selected cohort. Professionally transcribed responses were thematically analysed.
Results: The role of the research facilitator emerged as comprising two main themes: (1) facilitating the research process and (2) engaging expert clinicians as novice researchers. Pragmatically, analysis of data led to the development of a table outlining the responsibilities, skills and attributes related to each theme. Conceptually, theme 1 encapsulates the research facilitators' skills and experience and their role as knowledge brokers and cocreators of knowledge. Theme 2 provides insight into the clinician-centric approach the research facilitators utilized to build and foster relationships and support the clinicians through their research journey.
Conclusions: This study reports on the characteristics of the research facilitator role in one phase of an RCB programme in one regional health service district in Australia and explains how the role fosters clinicians' engagement with the research process. Findings from this study will inform the development of future RCB programmes, which is important considering that clinicians' increased engagement with the research process is vital for developing a sound evidence base to support decision-making in practice and leads to higher levels of skills and greater ability to perform useful research.
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Publication title
Health Research Policy and SystemsVolume
20Article number
45Number
45Pagination
1-13ISSN
1478-4505Department/School
School of NursingPublisher
BioMed Central Ltd.Place of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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