A Review of TCI Implementation in Action Bulletins – Updated for 2022!

By Dr. Julia E. Moore, Executive Director, and Dr. Sobia Khan, Director of Implementation

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Over this past year, we’ve been thrilled to connect with more and more people around the world who are actively applying implementation science to design, implement, spread, and scale their change initiatives!

Thank you for including us on your implementation journey by being a subscriber. And if you just joined us, we’ve been releasing a new issue of our Implementation in Action bulletin every month since October 2018!

We’ve heard from many of you that it’s helpful to have some guidance on the numerous resources featured in our bulletins, so we’ve updated this summary to make it easier to find information that’s relevant to your work.

We hope it helps you think more deeply about implementation processes, frameworks, questions, and challenges. 

Hot topics in implementation

Here are some hot topics that are coming up over and over again:

• Building trust in collaborative implementation initiatives

• Cultivating trust in a hybrid world

• Cultural adaptations

• Navigating adaptations and fidelity

• Sustainability

• Motivation

• Conducting a barriers and facilitators assessment (with limited time and resources)

• Mapping barriers and facilitators

• Assessing context

• Readiness for implementation

• System readiness

• Evaluation

Are you looking for some of TCI’s visuals or pathways?

• The WHAT and the HOW

• The Relational Pathway

• The Trust Trifecta

• The StrategEase Pathway

The intersection of implementation science and other disciplines

There is an increasing recognition of the value of integrating implementation science with other disciplines. These are all hot topics, but also unique because they explore the intersection of implementation science with other disciplines:

• Equity and implementation science – Article 1 and Article 2

• Quality improvement and implementation science – Article 1 and Article 2

• Human-centered design and implementation science

• Systems thinking and implementation science – Article 1 and Article 2

Reflections on training implementation practitioners

The need to train implementation practitioners to apply implementation science has come to the forefront of the field. Here are some reflections about training people to use implementation science to guide the implementation of evidence.

• Implementation practice training in graduate school

• Implementation practice training for professionals

How can you enhance your interactions with people implementing and/or impacted by implementation?

If you are thinking about how to engage with people who are implementing or impacted by implementation, these bulletins are for you:

• Understanding roles in the implementation system

• Co-creating knowledge

• Making implementation locally meaningful and relevant

• Importance of partnering in implementation planning and evaluation

• Considering the role of relationships in implementation: The Relational Pathway

For the Implementation Support Practitioners…

These bulletins focus on implementation supports. They are great for professionals responsible for supporting implementation:

• How intermediary organizations support implementation – Article 1 and Article 2

• Understanding roles in the implementation system

• A framework for implementation supports

• Coaching for implementation

• Implementation facilitators

• The importance of power dynamics in supporting implementation

How can you improve your implementation process?

If you are looking to improve your implementation process, check out these bulletins on:

• How to use the Knowledge to Action

• Active Implementation and a formula for implementation success

• Process models to support spread and scale

• The StrategEase Pathway: A roadmap for designing interventions for implementation

• Implementation Mapping: An implementation process model

Are you struggling with a practical application of frameworks and theories?

We know that applying implementation science frameworks in practice is not always easy. The following bulletins really hone in on some of the key challenges we face when using these frameworks in real life:

• How can a process model help you?

• Struggling to use a framework?

• What is your theory of change?

• The practical realities of assessing barriers and facilitators

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