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Table 2 Top six innovator ideas

From: The clinician crowdsourcing challenge: using participatory design to seed implementation strategies

Title

Idea

Issues addressed through idea

Challenge Committee rating ranking (n = 6)a

GALA attendee rating rankingb

Pre-session preparation

Create a relaxing waiting room that helps prepare the patient (along with a “pre-session quick sheet”) for the session ahead

Stress created from chaotic waiting room that detracts from session time and opportunities to implement EBPs

1

1

Experts in your back pocket

Network of EBP experts are available for consultation and supervision via a hotline or face-to-face appointments

Lack of experts on various EBPs within organizations

2

5

Workshops and rewards

Point-based system for EBP fidelity and workshop attendance that can be used towards session supplies or gift cards

Clinician burnout and lack of incentive for clinicians

3

4

Electronic evidence-based screening instrument inventory

Provide validated screening instruments in the EMR to clinicians to easily assess treatment needs and track client progress

Barriers to implementing measurement-based care

4

6

On-site training and fidelity follow up

A certified EBP trainer comes to an organization and provides on-site training and consultation

Lack of EBP support within organization and barriers to attending distant training sessions

5

2

Community-based mentoring program for EBP

Implement an intra-agency EBP mentoring program that addresses therapist isolation and lack of community understanding from EBP experts

Therapist isolation and lack of community understanding from EBP experts

6

3

  1. aChallenge Committee members were asked to rate all the ideas based on their enthusiasm for the idea’s “potential to increase therapist use of evidence-based practice” using a 1–5 Likert scale. The top 6 ideas (presented here) were chosen, and the ranking of the ideas are presented in this column
  2. bGALA attendees were asked “How excited are you about the idea” following the presentations at the IDEA GALA and ranked ideas using a 1–10 Likert scale. The ranking of the top 6 ideas are presented in this column