Research Questions

Domain definition: To ask meaningful questions relevant to health system stakeholders and evaluate the usefulness of scientific evidence and insights.

 

General Research Questions Resources

Resource Type  Level
Developing Research Questions: Research Fundamentals Learning Package Module 1 PowerPoint Introductory

 

Generating Research Questions

Competency defined: Demonstrate the ability to compose feasible and timely research questions and hypotheses, incorporating stakeholder priorities, to generate evidence that informs meaningful clinical and policy decisions.

Resource Type  Level
Transforming Implementation and Improvement Into Science. Session 1: Identifying Your Implementation & Improvement Sciences Question PowerPoint Introductory
Fall 2018/2019 Week 6: De-implementation PowerPoint Advanced
Winter D&I Series 2019 Session 3: Engaging Stakeholders in Implementation Research PowerPoint Intermediate
Module 5: Study Designs in Implementation Science Video Introductory
Module 6: Implementation Strategies
 Video Introductory
QUERI Implementation Roadmap: Supporting More Rapid Innovation and Sustainability in a Learning Health Care System Video Introductory
Important Considerations for Research Partnerships in Health Care Settings Video Introductory
Engaging Stakeholders in Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Who, Why and How? Video Introductory

Incorporating Stakeholder Perspectives

Competency defined: Demonstrate the ability to engage with all relevant stakeholders (patients, families, clinicians, and system leaders) in the elicitation and prioritization of research questions that address current and future stakeholder need.

Resource Type  Level
Learning Health Systems Website Intermediate
Transforming Implementation and Improvement Into Science. Session 7: Engaging with Stakeholders to Conduct Feasible & Meaningful Research Powerpoint Intermediate
Fall 2018 Workshop: Qualitative Methods in Implementation Science Powerpoint Intermediate
The PCORI Approach to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Research Fundamentals Learning Package Interactive PDF Readings Intermediate
Engaging in Stakeholder-Driven Research: Research Fundamentals Learning Package Video Module Video Introductory
Designing the Research Study: Research Fundamentals Learning Package Module 2 Video Introductory
Planning Patient-Centered Consent and Study Protocols: Research Fundamentals Learning Package Module 3 Video Introductory
Sampling Recruiting and Retaining Study Participants: Research Fundamentals Learning Package Module 4 Video Introductory
Module 1: Introduction to Dissemination & Implementation Video Introductory
QUERI: Implementation in the Era of VA Modernization Video Intermediate
VA Women’s Health Research Network: Accelerating Research Impacts and Advancing Learning Healthcare System Principles Video Intermediate

The QUERI Implementation Roadmap: A Framework to Guided Partnered Implementation and Quality

Improvement Efforts in a Learning Health System

 Video Intermediate
VA’s Embedded Research Workforce and Operational Partnerships: Lessons Learned on the Path to VA as a Learning Healthcare System Video Intermediate

Critical Appraisal and Evidence Synthesis

Competency defined: Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze and assess available scientific evidence from peer-reviewed articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and gray literature to identify novel LHS questions and to judge the applicability of the evidence to a local care setting.

Resource Type Level
Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) Statement Readings Intermediate
Health Equity as Foundational to the Design of Pragmatic Trials PowerPoint Intermediate