Establishing an AHRQ Learning Collaborative: A White Paper

Establishing an AHRQ Learning Collaborative: A White Paper

Establishing an AHRQ Learning Collaborative

A White Paper Contract Final Report This contract final report explores the feasibility of creating and managing an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) learning collaborative to facilitate sharing of knowledge and expertise among the program directors and current and former trainees from the T32 health services research training programs sponsored by the agency. Select to download print version (PDF File, 635 KB). Plugin Software Help. Prepared by: Jon Chilingerian, PhD Signe Peterson Flieger, BA Andrew Hart, MPH, MA Awarded to: Professional and Scientific Associates Reston, VA Contract: 290-10-000190 Contents Executive Summary Introduction Background Theoretical Frameworks Need for Collaboration in Health Services Research Communities of Practice: A Mechanism for Organizing and Sustaining Collaboration Existing Learning Collaboratives Developing an AHRQ Learning Collaborative Conference Calls Survey Interviews Intersection of the AHRQ Learning Collaborative and the Health Services Research Community AcademyHealth Health Services Research Doctoral Core Competencies Recommendations for the AHRQ Learning Collaborative Structure Activities Roles and Responsibilities Funding Launching the Collaborative Next Steps References Appendix A. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality T32 Training Programs Appendix B. Federal Training Programs in Comparative Effectiveness Research Appendix C. Existing Learning Collaboratives and Networks Appendix D. Sample Interview Protocol Appendix E. 2005 Health Services Research (HSR) Core Competencies Appendix F. Core Competencies and Learning and Evaluation Opportunities Appendix G. Existing Health Services Research Resources This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission. The authors of this report are affiliated with Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. None of the authors have any affiliations or financial involvements that conflict with material presented in this report. The opinions presented in this report are those of the authors, who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Acknowledgments We acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their assistance with this project: Genevieve Buser, Tim Carey, Sunita Desai, Bryan Dowd, Eva DuGoff, Ashley Fox, Rebecca Garrett, Brenda Harding, Erin Holve, Charlotte Jones, Andrea Kabcenell, Eric Kokuma, Carol Lange, Bernard (Bernie) Lau, Vanessa Lybanon-Daigle, Courtney Rees Lyles, Diane Martin, Erin Murphy, Michael Parchman, Karen Rudzinski, Lisa Simpson, Maureen Smith, Jodi Sperber, Kathrin Stoller, Stacey Valentine, Jonathan Weiner, Christina Yuan. AHRQ Publication No. 12-0037-EF Current as of March 2012 Internet Citation: Chilingerian J, Flieger SP, Hart A. Establishing an AHRQ Learning Collaborative: A White Paper. (Prepared by Professional and Scientific Associates under Contract 290-10-000190). AHRQ Publication No. 12-0037-EF, March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/learningcollab/index.html