1. Provide insights based on accumulated experiences regarding the following: |
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a. The operational nature of external and internal facilitation, across multiple sites and across multiple implementation research projects, within the VA. |
b. The differentiation of facilitation from other change agent-related implementation activities, such as opinion leadership, as well as other relevant implementation interventions. |
c. Facilitators of and barriers to facilitation. |
d. The potential role of facilitation (both external and internal) as a distinctly separate implementation intervention. |
e. The essence of facilitation as a role or function. |
i. Within a QUERI implementation study: Is it one function among many played by an Implementation Research Coordinator*? Do others on the study team also play that function? |
ii. Within a VISN:** Is it a role or function that might conceivably support the routine uptake of evidence? |
2. Identify critical research questions regarding facilitation relative to the above insights. |