Table 8 Future study questions regarding the concept of facilitation
1. To what extent does facilitation mediate the value of other implementation interventions? |
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2. To what extent does a facilitator role, compared to other implementation interventions, enhance the success of implementation? What is its cost-effectiveness? |
3. Can good facilitation, in the form of an external role, help to overcome poor internal leadership? |
4. What activities are crucial to the usefulness of external facilitation across different types of sites and projects? |
5. Is there a toolkit that would enhance the enactment and implementation of a facilitator role? |
6. How can facilitation activities be measured and related to implementation outcomes? [11] |
7. Does "more facilitation" result in better implementation outcomes? Under what circumstances? Is there a "dose" effect, and, what constitutes "sufficient" facilitation activities? [11] |
8. Are there stages of facilitation activities? If so, are these stages associated with and needed within the different stages of change? [20] |
9. What are the similarities of and differences between a facilitator role and a project manager, consultant, and other change agent roles? |
10. How does being part of an implementation study team affect the external facilitator role and project effectiveness? |
11. What aspects of the external facilitator study role must be replicated by clinical leadership when they plan to use the results of a successful implementation study? |